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Photographer: Howard C. Ohlhous
Taken: November 15, 2008
Caption: Schenectady Massacre Painting
Additional Description: This painting of the Schenectady Massacre hangs in the Schenectady County Historical Society. One inaccuracy in the painting is the Indians depicted wearing short tunics without trousers, which would have been very uncomfortable during the chilly February weather. In the bloody massacre houses and barns were torched and men, women and children were slaughtered. Many were in night clothing and had no time to arm themselves. By the morning of February 9, the thriving community lay in ruins — more than 60 buildings were burned and residents were dead, taken prisoner, or fled as refugees to the safety of the fort at Albany.
Submitted: January 2, 2009, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p48609
File Size: 0.965 Megabytes

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