Church on Sundays

by | Nov 17, 2016 | Amish Lifestyle

Go To Sunday Meeting The Amish meet for church within their communities every other week. Their Sunday best is mostly black for the married folks while the single young ladies often wear colors.  Interesting.  This woman wore a cape and a black head covering while the...

Harvest Time

by | Sep 21, 2016 | Down on the Farm

Baling Hay With Summer over harvest time arrives in Lancaster County.  Our Amish neighbors grow corn, tobacco and soybeans in their fields.  This photo shows them baling hay and using a mix of gas (diesel)-powered equipment and real horsepower and manpower. Woman...

Text from 1948

by | Dec 13, 2015 | Jules A Beckary

This telegram was sent to my dad in the Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York State from his uncle WT Farley in Albany as a means of congratulations after he graduated from Union Law School. The FBI was the next step in his life.

Life In The Buffalo Snowbelt

by | Nov 19, 2014 | Activities, The Four Seasons

– Can You Tie My Skates? We had many fun times such as ice skating at the Village Park pond which had a rather rustic cabin and large open fireplace with a warm fire that was kept blazing. Even today when I smell and open fire it reminds me of that place and...