LONG LAKE - Copies of roughly 1,000 Sutton family photographs have been added to the Long Lake Archives Collection, thanks to Patty Sutton Tokarz.

Her father, Duane Sutton, who died in 2005, was an inveterate photographer throughout his life. He served on the USS Springfield at the end of World War II and photographed the ship at sea from all angles, reminiscent of Charles Sheeler’s paintings.

He also photographed the crew at work at their various jobs, mopping the deck and getting a haircut.

He photographed every day occurrences in the Adirondacks such as shoveling snow off roofs in the winter, lumbering operations and driving school bus.

Sutton ancestors, including the picture above of his mother, Angeline, are also part of he collection. Photos of his grandfather, Willard Sutton; a guide and his father, Clint, who was also a guide, contractor and a lumberman; are present.

There is also an account of a fishing trip on the Raquette River with Clint Sutton as guide. Sutton took many pictures of his various trucks, his cars and, in his younger days, his girlfriends. A few have been identified ... Nellie Staves and Mary Wilson as young women.

Sutton also photographed unique occurrences such as the arduous journey by road (not railroad track) of the Belmont private Pullman car, “The Oriental,” to the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake.

The photos have been copied onto discs by Hilary LeBlanc, who has been instrumental in preserving most of the photographs on discs for the archive’s collection. As soon as the photos are cataloged some will be featured in the Historical Showcase in the summer at Long Lake Town Hall.

The Sutton Collection is a wonderful addition to the Long Lake Archives and thanks are due both Patty Tokarz and Hilary LeBlanc for making this project possible.