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Title	Postcard of boys picking apples at the Berkshire Industrial Farm, Canaan, N.Y., 1907 - 1910.
Creator	Gillet, H. M.
Date.Original	1907 - 1910
Publisher.Original	Gillet, H. M.
Description	3 boys on ladders, 3 men on ground with barrels under apple tree. Unused photographic postcard with divided back. Printed on front: "Picking Apples, Berk. Ind. Farm, Canaan, NY"; Printed on back: "H.M. Gillet, Photgraphic Post Cards, Lebanon Springs, NY"
Notes	The Burnham Industrial Farm was established in 1886 on the property of a former Shaker community in Canaan by Frederick Gordon Burnham and his wife, Catherine Hilliard Burnham, as a residential facility for troubled boys. The school's name was changed to the Berkshire Industrial Farm in 1894. It became the Berkshire Farm for Boys in 1959, and in 1974 it assumed its current name, the Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth.
Subject.TGM	Agricultural laborers Orchards Postcards
Personal Name	Burnham, Catherine Hillard, 1836-1917 Burnham, Frederick G., 1831-1918
Corporate Name	Burnham Industrial Farm (Canaan, N.Y.) Berkshire Industrial Farm (Canaan, N.Y.) Berkshire Farm for Boys (Canaan, N.Y.) Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth (Canaan, N.Y.)
Location	Canaan (N.Y.: Town) Columbia County (N.Y.)
HRVH Topic	Agriculture Work & Labor
Format.Original	Photograph: Postcard, b&w; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.89 x 13.97 cm.)
Type	Still Image
Resource Identifier	cchs.1992.020.0013
Publisher.Digital	Columbia County Historical Society
Date.Digital	2005-03-02
Format.Digital	image/jpeg
Digital Collection	Columbia County Historical Society Collection
Holding Institution	Columbia County Historical Society, Kinderhook, New York
Contact Information	5 Albany Avenue P. O. Box 311 Kinderhook, New York 12106 518-758-9265 www.cchsny.org
Rights	Prior written permission is required for use of this digital image. Contact the holding institution for information.
Technical Data	Archival TIFF - MicroTek ScanMaker 8700; MicroTek ScanWizard Pro 6.52; Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE; 24 bit color; 550 ppi; RGB; 16.6 MB; 1929 x 3015 pixels; no compression Acess JPEG - Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0; 150 ppi; RGB; 100 KB; 384 x 600 pixels

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