Every week we share a different image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. We shared the old postcard above last week and asked these questions: What do you see in this "lake view" in Essex? What do you recognize? … [Read more...] about Vintage Postcard: Essex, NY’s Industrial Waterfront c. 1910
Essex Horse Nail Factory
Vintage Postcard: Northern Essex Waterfront View
Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. Take a look at this Essex scene and tell us what you see! What has changed? What's still there? When do you think this old postcard dates … [Read more...] about Vintage Postcard: Northern Essex Waterfront View
Vintage Photo: Essex Side Street Scene
Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. What do you recognize in this photo? When do you think it was taken? Which streets are we seeing here? We had one guess from the community that … [Read more...] about Vintage Photo: Essex Side Street Scene
Essex Horse Nail Company Artifacts
I'm perennially on the lookout for Essex artifacts... especially artifacts that offer a glimpse of bygone buildings such at the Essex Horse Nail Company that once stood proud and productive on the site of present day Beggs Park. Lost heritage. Ghost of a building, an enterprise, … [Read more...] about Essex Horse Nail Company Artifacts
Vintage Postcard: Essex Lakefront Scene
Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. Have you ever seen this old postcard? What do you recognize? What has changed in Essex since then if you looked at this same view? When do you … [Read more...] about Vintage Postcard: Essex Lakefront Scene