North Country At Work

Dwight Church using a ladder affixed to his car to get a better angle for his photograph. Canton, NY. 1926. Photo donated by Lamar Bliss.

Dwight Church’s Model-T, advertising the 5$ Photo Company in an independence day parade in Canton. Canton, NY. July 4, 1920. Photo donated by Lamar Bliss.

Dwight Church’s Film Car which advertised the $5 Photo Company. Church at one point drove the car all the way to Florida to advertise his business. Canton, NY. 1916. Photo donated by Lamar Bliss.

Dwight Church taking photos in Canton using ladder secured to his car so that he could photograph from a height. Canton, NY. 1973. Photographs donated by Lamar Bliss.

Dwight church standing in the yard of 7 West Main St in Canton with a camera bag he took down to the post office daily to take incoming films to be processed and outgoing photos to be delivered. Canton, NY. Fall 1970. Photo donated by Lamar Bliss.

Lumberjack Philip Jackson operating a 1978 John Deere 440C skidder. In the foreground is Jack Pulsifer. The skidder is on top of a pile of large, soft maple logs cut close to the Boquet River. Spring 2016. Elizabethtown, NY. Courtesy of Philip N. Jackson IV. Jackson says he’s been logging for about 66 years. Listen […]

A worker from Thousand Islands Landscaping, which was owned by Hunter Horton, spreading a load of dirt from the back of a dump truck outside the Cornwall Brothers Store Museum. 2016. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of the Alexandria Township Historical Society.

Starting in 1873, a train ran from New York City to Redwood and Hammond, and the trolley would take passengers from Redwood to Alexandria Bay from between 1902- 1916. The trolley station in Alexandria Bay was on Route 12. Photo taken within the range of 1902-1916. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of the Alexandria Township Historical […]

A view of the businesses on Park Street in downtown Tupper Lake. Pictured are the Tavern, The Tap Room, National Army Store, A&P Food Stores, and Schine’s State Theater, which is advertising live entertainment. Circa late1940s. Tupper Lake, NY.

The front of the Ward P. Smith Auto Supply and Studebaker Dealership. 1918. Donated by the Aswood family. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.