Hockey photo from the archive. Do you know what year this is?

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This is a photo from the Hockey folder in the library’s archive. There are names written in cursive on the back, but no date for when this was taken. We’re pretty sure about most of the names, but there is one we are having trouble deciphering.

Here’s what we know:

Back Row – left to right
1 Ray Pratt
2 Doug B______?
3 Ray Bigelow
4 Jack Shea
5 Fred Cunningham
6 Ed Lynch
7 Ken De Sourday

Front Row – left to right
1 Tony Miller
2 Ellis Jacques
3 Dick Strack
4 James Hadjis
5 Ken Porter Jr.
6 Rod Dashnaw
7 Ray Levitt

Does anyone have any educated guesses about the year this was taken or who #2 in the back row is?

Adirondack Family Book Festival

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August 20, 2022

9:30 am – 4 pm

John Brown Farm State Historic Site

115 John Brown Rd,
Lake Placid, NY 12946

The Adirondack Family Book Festival brings together an illustrious and richly diverse group of children’s and YA authors and illustrators under a big convening tent and several smaller tents to meet their readers of all ages, read aloud, and talk about their work.  A youth panel and activities that pair select books with the natural beauty of the John Brown Farm and hands-on art making and discovery are also planned.

The Adirondack Family Book Festival is free and open to all.

Join us for a celebration of community, diversity, and storytelling in the beautiful Adirondack mountains!

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The Glidden Tour, 1950

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These classic cars are parked in front of the Esso Service Center in September 1950. They made the news back then with the headline “Glidden Tour of Ancient Automobiles will Leave Mon. on 463-Mile Trip” LAKE PLACID NEWS, September 8, 1950. From our archives.