North Country At Work

Giles Wallace, the owner of the Red & White Store, poses outside the grocery. March 1947. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Brown.

Stores on Park Street; on the left is Merchant Tailor, and the sign on the right advertises J.B. Goff, Jeweler. 1899. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Buses parked outside the Tri-Lakes Bus Company at Northland Garage on Main Street. Circa 1960. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Firefighters hosing out a fire at Clifford’s Gift Shop on Park Street. Circa October 1969. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Hauling cinder blocks for a new foundation for Salamy’s grocery store on the corner of Park St. and Boyer Ave. 1957. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Moving Salamy’s grocery store, located on the corner of Park St. and Boyer Ave. Note the building in on cribbing and the old foundation is on the foreground. 1957. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Four men outside the Tupper Lake Furniture Company pose unloading a piano. William H. White is pictured in the photo. Circa 1935. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Businesses in downtown Tupper Lake on Maid’s Corner. L. C. Maid’s Pharmacy is on the far right. In the middle of the block with arched pillars is the theater. Circa 1915. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Employees on the steps of Leonard & LaRocque’s department store in Tupper Lake. Circa 1910. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Kimberly LeClaire, assistant manager of the North Country Food Co-Op, with a tray of samples inside the Co-Op’s store on Bridge Street. December 2018. Plattsburgh, NY. Courtesy of Ryan Demers.