A Rare Look Into The Archives: Tracy Law
Published: October 4th, 2012

By John Antonowicz

Correspondent

As we glance at the accession records from the museum, one might notice a ‘Cow Pass: 300 Feet’ sign, a signed George Eastman Cook painting of his estate, items from Thornbrook Hall, wooden carvings by Jacob Matthey of Earlville, original political cartoon drawings that once appeared in The Evening Sun done by Dan McCarey, and a wooden sign from a butter manufacture in Rockdale, N.Y. All these objects; one could say they really have no connection, other then all being from Chenango County but the truth of it is that all these objects and hundreds, even thousands of items were donated to the museum by Tracy Law of Norwich. In celebration of the Chenango County Historical Society’s 50th anniversary open to the public, the society honors Tracy Law as an important volunteer for the society in the past for the expansion of the museum.

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