Reeves Wood moved to Upper Saddle River around 1910 with his parents and siblings. His sister Bertha was an artist and Reeves took up photography. He developed his own photos as well and set up a dark room in their house. When they first arrived in town they rented the Terwilliger-Eckerson farm on Carlough Road for the first few years after Mr. Eckerson was widowed and moved to Ramsey. The Wood family hadn’t farmed before and they hired Sam Kanreck to work as a farm hand. Sam is pictured in many of Reeves’ photos.
In 1915 they bought the Terhune-Hopper house on Lake Street and West Saddle River Road. The house passed to an adopted child and her husband and remained full of their many farm implements, objects and furnishings into the 1980s and early 1990s. During an estate sale a pile of the glass negatives Reeves took were found in the attic and saved. Below are several of them that depict scenes in Upper Saddle River. We will be adding to this collection, so please check back.
