North Country At Work

Two men and a boy, process onions for market in Hermon. Circa 1900-1910. Hermon, NY.

George Lamica, Clarence MacIntrye, George Lamica Jr., Kelly, Don Thompson, Herbert Thompson, and Stanley Hurlbut prepare to cut corn on the Hurlbut farm. The crew would move throughout the neighborhood cutting corn at each farm until the harvest was finished. August 1940. Osbornville in the Town of De Kalb, NY.

Pictured (left to right): unknown, Merrit Martin and Stan, ready to make hay. Circa 1910. Town of De Kalb, NY.

A line of dump wagons in the gravel pit on the Casaw Farm. J. Lahey ran the pit. 1912. Saint Lawrence County.

Kellogg Morgan, a small boy, in the process of feeding a mixed flock of fancy hens. In the background is a white house. Circa 1900. Hermon, NY.

Loggers, children, and a woman on the far left pose for a photo outside in the snow, at Bert Frank’s Lumber Camp. Circa 1900. Colton, NY.

A neighborhood work circle is getting ready to fill silo at Theron Allen Farm. Six men are on or beside horse drawn wagons. There’s a young boy in the foreground. Circa September of the 1910s. Canton, NY.

A boy tending chickens at W.E. Church’s hennery. Both Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns were bred at the hennery, and both are pictured here. 1911. Canton, NY.

Workers of Wilna Machine, a machine shop located near the Carthage paper mills, pose seated and standing, lit by natural light from large windows lining the wall running the length of the room. The shop produced machinery used in the paper mills. Note young boy, second from left. Circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY. Check out this North […]

Known as Arnot Hardware Store or Arnot’s Plumbing & Heating Company, owned by William Arnot, pictured here. Note small boy on work bench (far left near corner of window), shiny new galvanized tubs, and vise in front of Arnot. This business became Bushnell & Bassett under new ownership in the early 1900s. Circa late 1890s. […]