Morris, New York

Postcard of Linn Dog and Pony show -- caravan pulled by steam tractor.

He also took along a projector and generator to show movies.

Image shared by Peggy Knapp McCrea -- comments as noted in discussion on Facebook in January 2016.

Rene M Elliott
The license plates would suggest it is NOT 1947, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1957. If the large numbers are at top of the plate, black numbers on yellow, it is possibly 1951, 1952, 1958, 1959. (they added a black tag on the lower right corner in 1952 and 1959, I can't see the photo that well). Note the top of the Naylor Co. still has the fancy architecture and finial knobs, since removed.

Sad to say that today a trip to Hillington Cemetery in Morris won't provide you with a view of this fountain. Someone made off with it some years ago. As far as I know the crime has not been solved. This fountain was in the "old" section, near the Civil War monument.

Rene Elliott shared the image and wrote the following.

I have seen other images showing all these rocks along the driveway (where did they go? Or come from?) but this image shows what looks like they may have been relocated steps from the old 1894 - 1932 school building?

A group of postcards of the Morris Manor, Morris, NY.

Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this page for a
link to a large PDF that has 99 photos
from inside and outside the Morris Manor around 2015.

Manor House viewed from south. Click on READ MORE to see more photos.

Image and comments courtesy of Rene M. Elliott

The ice flood, which shows the annex on the Grove St. blacksmith shop (site of village barn now), I don't know if they would have had a turbine in the creek under this or not but could have made it handler to access water with a pail. But deeds from c. 1840 mention the right of a millrace across the property and street to the machine shop across the street, which would later use steam until Linn installed a gasoline engine about a century ago.