Morris, New York

Quoting the introduction below:

"On the grave-posts of our fathers
Are no signs, no figures painted;
Who are in those graves we know not,
Only know they are our fathers."

This little book is the result of the past four
summers' work in searching old records, con-
sulting books and articles that bear upon local
history and talking with those who, by age or
interest, are authorities. An endeavor has been

A curved dam and a hydro-electric project or something similar, but where?

Emily, one of the librarians at the Village Library of Morris, NY has solved the mystery. The plant is at Triphammer Falls on Fall Creek near Ithaca, NY. Details of the project were reported in 1896 in The Cornell Daily Sun -- see this link.

http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=d&d=CDS18961027.2.11&...

Some portraits.

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Are any of the school children in this group of three?

Double exposure -- outside a church it would appear.

Girl with bird on her shoulder. Woman inside might not be approving the pose.

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Looking into the backyard. Is someone dressed in black working back there?

At the wheelwright or blacksmith shop. He works on a hub while a partially completed wheel is in the foreground.

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