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Adirondack Attic: farm photos 08/03/10
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark
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The lemon tree
We continue our series, the Adirondack Attic, with Andy Flynn. You may know Andy from his series of "Adirondack Attic" books on local history. He uses the objects people make, use and leave behind to tell stories about the life and times of the region. NCPR is collaborating with Andy and his sources at the Adirondack Museum and other historical associations and museums in the region to bring these stories to air. Today, Andy digs through a box of photographs from a farm in Cranberry Lake.

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Adirondack Attic: Mohawk pottery 07/06/10
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John Fadden
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Mohawk pottery
We continue our series, the Adirondack Attic, with Andy Flynn. You may know Andy from his series of "Adirondack Attic" books on local history. He uses the objects people make, use and leave behind to tell stories about the life and times of the region. NCPR is collaborating with Andy and his sources at the Adirondack Museum and other historical associations and museums in the region to bring these stories to air. Today, Andy visits the Six Nations Indian Museum in Onchiota.

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Adirondack Attic: wine bottle corking machine 06/01/10
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Wine bottle corker at the Adirondack Museum.
We continue our new series, the Adirondack Attic, with Andy Flynn. You may know Andy from his series of "Adirondack Attic" books on local history. He uses the objects people make, use and leave behind to tell stories about the life and times of the region. NCPR is collaborating with Andy and his sources at the Adirondack Museum and other historical associations and museums in the region to bring these stories to air. Today Andy talks with Hallie Bond, curator at the Adirondack Museum, about a wine bottle corking machine from the Horseshoe Forestry Company.

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Adirondack Attic: an in-car phonograph 05/25/10
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Dropping the needle on Chrysler add-on "Highway Hi-Fi"
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Highway Hi-Fi and car radio built into home-made cabinet
We continue our new series — the Adirondack Attic, with Andy Flynn. You may know Andy from his series of "Adirondack Attic" books on local history. He uses the objects people make, use and leave behind to tell stories about the life and times of the region. NCPR is collaborating with Andy and his sources at the Adirondack Museum and other historical associations and museums in the region to bring these stories to air.

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The Adirondack Attic 04/23/10
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The first Blue Mt. House.
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...and the ladies in the wagon.
We introduce a new series this morning - The Adirondack Attic, with Andy Flynn.

You may know Andy from his series of “Adirondack Attic” books on local history. He uses the objects people make, use, and leave behind to tell stories about the life and times of the region.

Now, NCPR is collaborating with Andy and his sources at the Adirondack Museum and other historical associations and museums in the region to bring these stories to air.

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Andy Flynn works with the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, singer/songwriter Dan Berggren of Ballston Spa, and North Country Public Radio to produce a series of monthly 5-minute "Adirondack Attic" radio programs, exploring the Adirondack Museum's artifact collections, and other museum collections around the Adirondack North Country region to highlight a broad range of New York state history.

Andy is also the author The Adirondack Attic book series and Meet the Town community guides. You can find them at the Hungry Bear Publishing website, and at bookstores around the region.



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