Philip Lord Jr wrote: > > I am trying to find an old photo that evokes early tourism in rural New York > State, at the time when the State Historic Markers were first being put up. > > We have all seen those old shots of Model T Fords (maybe it was > Model A) struggling through some rutted dirt road, with people hanging out > the windows (did they have windows?). Too bad when you want to find one, you > can't seem to come up with it. It does not have to be a NY image, but it > would be great if it was digital and free of copyright. > > Any ideas? > > Philip Lord,Jr. > NYS Museum Robert Bogdan at Syracuse University is the author of "Exposing the Wilderness: Early-20th-Century Adirondack Postcard Photographers and Their Work." He presented at a NYS History conference I attended, and showed many wonderful images of early Adirondack tourism taken by the six postcard photographers he has studied. -- Lesley L. Humphreys Curator of History and Research New York State Historical Association/The Farmers' Museum