North Country At Work

Four workers are standing at the gas pumps of the Kerr Garage. Sign on the building advertises the sale of Dunlop Tires, and there’s a Pennzoil sign. Circa 1925. Fine, NY.

Fourteen people pose on the front porch of the Hotel Locklin. An automobile with a driver and several passengers is parked to the left of the porch. Circa 1910s. Pyrites, NY. Check out our story on the boom (and bust) of Pyrites here.

Stan Dwyer, Doris Dwyer (child) and Lottie Dwyer stand outside the S.P. Dwyer store (located next to the Lisbon Post Office). Note the Texaco gas pump on the right side of the building. Circa 1920s-30s. Lisbon, NY.

F.B. Gates Gas Station, with proprietor standing next to gas pump. Circa 1920s. Carthage, NY. From the Bill Blunden Collection in the Town of Champion Archives.

Automobile dealership or repair shop in Carthage. Circa 1910-1920. Carthage, NY.

State Street is lit up by electric lights strung in front of businesses as part of a celebration of industry. Carthage was one of the first towns to get electricity in Jefferson County, even before Watertown. Note early automobiles parked along sidewalks. 1912. Carthage, NY. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold […]

There were meat lockers in the building on the left that individuals and businesses could rent to store their meat. The meat was kept cool by ice in specially designed cold storage units. Circa 1940s. West Carthage, NY. From the Town of Champion Archives. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson […]

Rich and Anders General Store in Wanakena. The store was also the local telephone exchange (notice all the wires entering building). 1910-1920. Wanakena, NY.

Worker driving “The Speeder,” a bus built by the White Manufacturing Company that was outfitted with wheels so it could run on the railroad track. “The Speeder” carried passengers between Cranberry Lake and Conifer, where they could then connect to the New York Central railroad system. Written on the photo is: Famous Grasse River R.R. […]

The Rondax Building which housed the Old Forge Electric business office, known informally as the Flat Iron Building. Old Forge had an electric plant earlier than most Adirondack communities, around the turn of the 20th century.  1931. Old Forge, NY.