May 24, 2025 through December 30, 2025

Canajoharie citizen John Bayne Young (1922-2009) was a
life-long photographer. His lens captured the everchanging landscape of his hometown of Canajoharie, NY. He photographed a wide range of subject matter that interested him, environmental and mechanical disasters, historic places, friends and townspeople at work and play, and even aerial images of the surrounding area. Something of local celebrity, people who knew him recount seeing him snapping photos of any new development taking place in town. This exhibit presents the many places and faces, old and new, the tragedies and the ordinary, and other local history and life in Canajoharie, as seen through Young’s lens.

John Bayne Young (1922-2009)
Abeling Garage and Esso Gasoline Station, n.d.
Photograph
Arkell Museum Collection, Gift of the family of John Bayne Young, 2008

Made possible by the support of the New York State Council On the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.