The solar eclipse is less than a week away and we can’t wait! We’re looking back at eclipse history in Saranac Lake in honor of the day, and found a unique photograph in the HSL collection. This picture was taken by a patient at Trudeau Sanatorium on Jan. 24, 1925. It shows the view of the partial solar eclipse taken from the sanatorium’s Main Building. A newspaper clipping from the time says the eclipse covered almost 90% of the sun, and locals used “darkened bits of glass and old camera plates and films,” to view the spectacle. (We don’t recommend this! If you need glasses to view the eclipse, we will have free glasses for museum visitors. You can also get them from the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and the Saranac Lake Free Library.) (Provided photo — Historic Saranac Lake Collection, 2021.4.14.75. Gift of Trudeau Institute)