Yes, Robert I. Finkle is my father (Bob fishing) B April 5, 1922 in Liberty NY. D June 29, 2007. On the back of the picture it says "me fishing on the Beaverkill near Livingston Manor taken in 1930" Bob Finkle fishing in the Little Beaverkill - 1930 We have been discussing the photo for two days now and comparing it to other photos of the stream near the house. Unfortunately, due to floods and erosion the looks of the stream have changed considerably during my lifetime, and so far I have been unable to match it up. For example, when I was a boy, I had the job of taking my grandmother's mop out to the stream for a good rinse. To do that now in the same spot, I would have to climb down a ten-foot bank to get to the water. The three buildings in the photo are also not familiar to me, nor can I find similar ones in any of my old photos, although that in itself is not necessarily a factor, as at least two of them probably went down not long after that picture was taken. I will keep looking and if I find anything I'll let you know. Say hi to Fred for me. If you get a chance, why don't you stop by sometime after I open for the season and have a look around. Jim I think you're right on the location of the photo. The hillside in the background seems to have a highway, with cut and fill, running mid-way across; only two locations in the valley that I can think of that would have that configuration; at Morsston and also at Mott Flat. I wasn't sure Morsston was the right location, since there also appears to be a smaller road or trail that ascends up from the valley to that road. I thought that the slope would have been too steep for this until I traveled past the location this morning, finding that there is indeed still the remains of some sort of trail going up the hillside, perhaps left over from the tannery days. Also on the hillside possibly may be the early stages of the cemetery that now exists along old Route 17, the Jewish cemetery.

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