Visual Entertainment from Near and Far
Laura Maxwell Inn
Open all four seasons. Picture windows facing water. Combination tub and shower baths. Luxury electric blankets. Box springs and innerspring mattresses. Walk-on-a-cloud carpeting. Food available. Private beach and dock. Scenic, peaceful, comfortable, accessible.
Engraving of Steuben Glass, Corning Glass Center, Corning, NY
A master copper-wheel engraver, working form an artist’s design, carves a shallow intaglio design on a Steuben vase. The Center is open Tuesday through Sunday 9:30 am to 5 pm. Admission Free.
The Falls of Taughannock in the valley of Cayuga is the highest perpendicular falls in New York State. The Indians termed it Taghanic or “The Great Falls in the Woods”. It is located in Taughannock Falls State Park, Ithaca, NY.
213 Feet High
The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado
Rye Beach, Rye. NY
One of the most beautiful amusement parks in the world. Owned and operated by Westchester County. Comprises over 200 acres, “Playland” occupies a choice site on Long Island Sound. Large lake, shaded walks, beautiful flowers, and shrubs, top-notch amusements. A visit to “Playland” is an unforgettable experience.
February 2001, Tucson
Dear B and V
We are here for 8 weeks this time so there’s plenty of open dates on our guest room. Be sure to stay over Saturday night so that we can take in the scene depicted here!
Love, Mary and Lowell
Sterling Forest Gardens
Tuxedo, NY
One of the many pea fowls located at Peacock Patio in Sterling Forest, Tuxedo, NY, the prize being two pure white peacocks.
US Capitol Building
Photo by E. David Lurie
Works Progress Administration (WPA) circa 1939
Artist C Don Powell
Between 1935 and 1945 the WPA Federal Art Project printed over two million posters in 35,000 different designs to stir the public’s imagination for education, theater, health, safety, and travel. Due to their fragile nature only two thousand posters have survived. The National Park image shown here is also available in the original poster format from many National Park Bookstores.
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