Section:
In Recreation and Leisure
Label:
"A Party Guide-Boating Thru Long Lake ca. 1900"
In 1967, Frances Seaman painted this scene of a party of guideboaters rowing up Long Lake. Each guideboat holds two people with a package in the cockpit between them. We can imagine this party is traveling from the Saranacs to the Fulton Chain Lakes--ninety miles of rowing with a few carries along the way. This scene may have been described to the artist during her childhood in the Town of Long Lake.
Long Lake is 14 miles long and is one of many lakes along the Raquette River. The artist depicts important local landmarks such as Blueberry Mt, Kempshall Mt, and the Seward Range in the distance. The large hotel on the far shore is the Sagamore Hotel, which closed in the 1950s. The hotel was torn down 15 years before this scene was painted.
In 1967, Frances Seaman painted this scene of a party of guideboaters rowing up Long Lake. Each guideboat holds two people with a package in the cockpit between them. We can imagine this party is traveling from the Saranacs to the Fulton Chain Lakes--ninety miles of rowing with a few carries along the way. This scene may have been described to the artist during her childhood in the Town of Long Lake.
Long Lake is 14 miles long and is one of many lakes along the Raquette River. The artist depicts important local landmarks such as Blueberry Mt, Kempshall Mt, and the Seward Range in the distance. The large hotel on the far shore is the Sagamore Hotel, which closed in the 1950s. The hotel was torn down 15 years before this scene was painted.
Catalog #:
1980.100.0001
Slide #:
19 of 22
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A Party Guide-Boating Thru Long Lake ca. 1900
A Party Guide-Boating Thru Long Lake ca. 1900