Stories From The Attic

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Synopsis

Author and historian Andy Flynn, of Saranac Lake, NY, explores museum artifact collections to produce the "Stories from the Attic" podcast series, including "New York's Attic" and the "Adirondack Attic" programs.

Episodes

  • 1758 Lake George bateau

    14/11/2016 Duration: 04min

    This British bateau in the New York State Museum's collection was found on the bottom of Lake George. Dating to 1758 during the French & Indian War, it is part of the "Sunken Fleet."

  • Elkanah Watson House, Port Kent

    06/10/2016 Duration: 04min

    Revolutionary War patriot, entrepreneur and agricultural fair promoter Elkanah Watson founded Port Kent, New York, on Lake Champlain and built a house here in 1828. Learn about one of the most important people to move to the Adirondack region that many people do not know.

  • New York's Attic: Antique appraisals at the Lake Placid train station

    06/09/2016 Duration: 05min

    Professional appraiser Ted Comstock recently helped the Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society with an antique appraisal fundraiser, and Doug Hoffman learned about his Edison battery and cookie jar, once used at a cure cottage in Saranac Lake, New York.