Postcard, Picture

Second House, South Family

Object ID:
1950.3998.97
Community:
New York, Watervliet
Description

Anna Case, Grace Marie Dahm, George Duncan, and Rosetta Hendrickson on the porch of the "sauce and jelly house" at the South Family, Watervliet, New York. The back of this photo explains that the house was built in 1800 on the farm of Benjamin Youngs, Sr., and was called the "Second House." The building was dismantled by the State of New York around 1930. [source: Filley, Dorothy M., Recapturing Wisdom's Valley, 1975, pp. 114-115.

New York Watervliet South Family

New York Watervliet South Family

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