Print, Photographic

[Forge, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY]

1940

Object ID:
1950.3795.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Makers
Williams, John Stanton, Sr. (1902-1982)
Description

John S. Williams, Sr., founder of the Shaker Museum|Mount Lebanon was an amateur photographer and took photographs of the interior of the stone Forge between the First and Second Order of the Mount Lebanon Church Families in 1940 just prior to it being "cleaned out" so the Shakers could sell the property. The forge itself was salvaged, removed, and rebuilt at the Shaker Museum in Old Chatham, NY.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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Shaker Museum Print, Photographic. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=17875. Accessed on September 21, 2024

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