MaryAnn Spavins-Owen in her shop, Winged Camel Metalworks. She and her husband, John Malcolm Owen, have been making metal pieces and sculptures for over forty years from their home studios. Pierrepont, NY. Photo taken by Amy Feiereisel in 2017. For more on Winged Camel Metalworks, read the full story here.
An aerial view of the Dominie dairy farm in Morley. Circa 1970s. Photo courtesy of Pat Dominie. Listen to Pat’s stories of farm life by clicking the audio clip, or read the full story here.
Stephen Sarfaty cutting steel on the tween decks of the “pirate” ship Atlantean. 1973. Oak Point, NY.
Stewart Cuthbert (left) and toddler Ann playing with a Hampshire lamb in the barn of their family farm. February 1957. Hammond, NY.
Jennifer McGregor pouring milk into the dumping station, which fed into a bulk tank at the McGregor farm. August 1968. Hammond, NY.
Soper Brothers, Fred and Norris with propeller-powered ice sled on runners, that they rigged up out of old car parts, with a propeller and engine. In the Soper garage building opposite the mill. Circa 1920s. Hammond, NY. Read our story on the Soper Brothers here.
Catherine “Cat” Bennett posing with freshly dug fingerling potatoes. She runs an heirloom and fingerling potato farm called Milkweed Tussock Tubers that focuses on environmentally friendly farming. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. 2017. De Peyster, NY. Check out our story on Cat and her farm.
Bill Hull in front of his milk truck at his grandparent’s farm in Lisbon in 1986. He drove milk trucks on and off four around 20 years starting in 1981. 1986. Lisbon, NY. Courtesy of Bill Hull. For a look into the daily life of a milk truck driver, check out our story on Bill here.
The interior of the poultry processing plant owned by the McCarthy family of Canton. Circa 1950s. Canton, NY. Photo courtesy of Varick Chittenden. Check out our story on the evolution of the McCarthy poultry plant.
Carolyn “Corky” Marlowe (left) and Doris Alexander dressed in scrubs. Both were a part of the Samaritan Medical Center Ambulatory Surgical Unit. 2010. Watertown, NY. Courtesy of Carolyn Marlowe. Click here for a North Country at Work story about how nursing has changed over the years. You can listen to Corky Marlowe talking about life […]
