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 see the postcard we've shared above? What do you recognize? What has changed? When do you think the photo was taken? Here's … [Read more...] about Vintage Postcard: View of Essex from Lake Champlain
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Vintage Postcard: Yachting on Lake Champlain
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 before? The title — "Yachting on Lake Champlain" — tells us that this scene is taking place on our lake, … [Read more...] about Vintage Postcard: Yachting on Lake Champlain
“The Adirondacs” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The Adirondacs" by Ralph Waldo Emerson A Journal Dedicated to My Fellow Travellers in August, 1858 Wise and polite,—and if I drew Their several portraits, you would own Chaucer had no such worthy crew, Nor Boccace in Decameron. WE crossed Champlain to … [Read more...] about “The Adirondacs” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Vintage Postcard: Chateaugay Steamer
Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. Do you recognize this steamer? What can you tell us about it? Did it ever operate out of and/or around Essex, NY? When do you think this photo … [Read more...] about Vintage Postcard: Chateaugay Steamer
Vintage Postcard: Main Street Looking North
Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. Last week it was another old postcard depicting Main Street seen above. (Check out this link to see other old photos of Main Street throughout … [Read more...] about Vintage Postcard: Main Street Looking North