Morris, New York

What a beautiful bike! Most likely a fixed wheel bicycle. If the wheels turn the pedals turn. No brakes. No clicking of a freewheel.

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Looks like flood waters have nearly submerged a fence beyond the carefully balanced hunter.

Some group photos of adults and families.

This negative is missing large portions of the image. I had to adjust brightness and contrast to get the people to show up in some sort of normal fashion. If you click on img015.jpg below you will see what the raw scan looks like.

A man with a horse on the sidewalk with snow on the lawn.

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Is this the horse that was at the vets office?

A bit of milk for the kitty.

The books make me think that these young men are taking a class. Perhaps they became veterinarians?

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How many bones has a horse? More ribs than a human for sure.

Same group, different pose. One with arm in a sling.

Everyone loves a parade, right? This looks like a parade to me. Perhaps a 4th of July parade.

Not every picture is "picture perfect." Something went wrong with this one and the image was smeared.

I googled "G.B. Jones" shoes and found two mentions of a G.B. Jones of Waterville, NY in two trade magazines. The google hits were for 1905 and 1913 and have been attached below. If you wish to look through those trade magazines you can download them from books.google.com for free.

Some time over 30 years ago I bought a box of 4 x 5 inch glass plate negatives at the Morris Auction Gallery on a Friday night. I don't know where they came from.

Recently I bought a scanner that can illuminate negatives.

Julian Button has said that he recognizes the location of the photo with the three folks and the dog in the river -- facing east across the Chenango River. He thinks that the young man MIGHT be Franklin P. Moak (1852-1933). Frank's father, Ephraim was Town Supervisor of Sherburne in 1878. The series of scanned negatives goes up to 13. Some photos were taken prior to 1883 because the church tower was being completed and was dedicated in 1883. Does anyone have a labeled photo of the Moak family so we can compare?

Here's the first glass plate that I scanned. I will be getting more software to remove some of the speckles where the image has deteriorated.