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.
Turkey buyers gather by the Lisbon Post Office. Turkeys were brought to town from nearby farms. Circa 1915. Lisbon, NY. Click here to read a North Country at Work story on a Lisbon girl who hid notes inside of the turkeys her family sold.
Three employees stand inside the Kelley and Moore Tin Shop on Main Street. Metal break and rolling machine as well as other metal working tools are pictured. Circa 1910s. Lisbon, NY.
Tufic Ellis, proprietor, outside the Ellis Cigar Store (which also sold ice cream and newspapers). The store was connected to the front entry of the Grand Union Hotel. Ellis was Lebanese or of Lebanese ancestry. Circa 1950s. State Street in Carthage, NY.
Nolan’s Boston Store “The Store That Saves You Money” during a Big Bargain Sale. Circa 1900-1910. Carthage. NY. From the Bob Blondin Collection in the Town of Champion Archives.
A horse-drawn coach, which served as a taxi to deliver people from the train station to the businesses on State Street, is pictured here in the middle of an unpaved State Street. Circa 1880. Carthage, NY. From the Bob Blondin Collection in the Town of Champion Archives.
Police officer William Cheeseman, operating stop and go sign at intersection on State Street circa 1930s. Carthage, NY. From the Bill Blunden Collection in the Town of Champion Archives.
The Parker Laundry washerwomen (and possibly the delivery boy) standing outside the store. Circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
What was formerly known as Parker Laundry was purchased in August 1915 by George Scribner and became the Carthage Laundry. It handled commercial, hotel and family laundry. The main building was located on North School Street near Francis Street. Pictured is the horse-drawn laundry carriage, which picked up and dropped off laundry around town. Photo […]
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 […]
