A young Gary Purdue sits inside the family car in front of Ste Marie’s grocery store in the Village of Indian Lake. Late 1940s. Indian Lake, NY. Photograph by Frederick N. Purdue, Jr. Courtesy of Frederick Purdue.
Woman loads box into the delivery van of Green Goddess Natural Foods. The van had been used for catering services, but after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was used for a daily grocery delivery service to help people shelter at home. Lake Placid, NY. March 2020. Photo courtesy of Tammy Loewy. To learn […]
Appliance repairman Chris Beldock in front of his work truck. Madrid, NY. June 2021. Photo courtesy of Chris Beldock. Check out Beldock’s North Country at Work story here.
Two men in the process of logging (using a Model T as a power source) in the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area. Note from donor Patricia Quinn: “From my Great Grandfather Earnest Halsey Johnson Family Albums”. Circa 1910-1920. On the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area, in the town of Long Lake, Hamilton County. Donated by […]
The “Glens Falls Downtown Express” of the Glens Falls – Bolton Auto Stage Line Transportation. The back of the automobile is filled with luggage. Glens Falls, NY. Undated, circa late 1800s, early 1900s. Courtesy of the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection #1430, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library.
Harold Champney hauling timber for Carl Tracy’s trucking company: C.W. Tracy, Local and Long Distance Trucking, Potsdam, NY. Huge diameter timber in the background, right side. Circa 1930s. Colton, NY. Photo donated by Darren Tracy, Carl’s grandson.
Carl Tracy hauling hay by truck. Picture taken in West Stockholm across the street from Carl Tracy’s home. Warren Tracy, Carl’s son, riding shotgun. The truck is a Model 180 Brockway. Circa 1930s. West Stockholm, NY. Carl Tracy was a farmer, but ran a trucking business as well to make ends meet. The truck pictured […]
Sam Bunstone hauling cheese boxes from West Stockholm to Carthage. Burnstone worked for Carl Tracy, a farmer that ran a trucking business on the side to make ends meet. Truck is a Stewart. Circa 1930s. West Stockholm, NY.
Carl Tracy trucking a team of horses with his son Warren Tracy. West Stockholm, NY. Circa 1930s. Carl Tracy was a farmer, but ran a trucking business as well to make ends meet. The truck pictured here was Carl’s third truck, an International. Photo donated by Darren Tracy, Carl’s grandson
Carl Tracy walking in front of his truck, which is pulling a building down Main Street in West Stockholm in the early 1930’s. The building was moved from a milk factory to a new location and converted to a residence. Warren Tracy, Carl’s son, is standing on the passenger side of the truck. Carl Tracy was […]
