North Country At Work

A North Country Public Radio Project

Women at Work in North Country Factories

Employees in the Imperial Paper & Color Corporation in Glens Falls

Photos of women manufacturing lace, shirts, and more from the 1900s to the 1980s.

Collection Items

Sewing room in textile factory in Jefferson County
Sewing factory in Watertown
Women factory workers in Jefferson County
Women inside the Geo Sweetser & Son Shirt Factory in Watertown
Women inside the Geo Sweetser & Son Shirt Factory in Watertown
Women on the filling line at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories in Rouses Point
Women on the filling line at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories in Rouses Point
Workers on the packaging line at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories in Rouses Point
Workers on the packaging line at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories in Rouses Point
Seamstresses sewing in the International Lace Mill in Gouverneur
Seamstresses sewing in the International Lace Mill in Gouverneur
Industrial looms inside the International Lace Mill in Gouverneur
Industrial looms inside the International Lace Mill in Gouverneur
Woman factory worker in Jefferson County
Workers among piles of shirts at the Geo Sweetser & Son Shirt Factory in Watertown
Workers among piles of shirts at the Geo Sweetser & Son Shirt Factory in Watertown
Two workers at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories in Rouses Point
Two workers at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories in Rouses Point