Workmen near the Rice Emery Company Tannery and office. The superintendent, Miles E. Darby, is in the front row, sixth from the right. Circa 1880-1890. Griffin, NY. Photo donated by Frank Girard. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office. Garth Fisher worked in tanneries in Johnstown for 15 years. He remembers seeing the colored runoff […]
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Griffin was a thriving community. Around 300 to 400 people came to work in the booming lumber and tanning industries – in fact, it boasted one of the largest tanneries in the county. But now, Hamilton County Historian Eliza Darling says it’s one of the county’s two […]
Two employees operating paper roll machinery inside the Newton Falls Paper Mill. Circa 1940s or 1950s. Newton Falls. Photo courtesy of the Town of Clifton Museum, from the Ernie Bognar Collection, as furnished through the courtesy of Randy Clark. Wayne Morrow started working at the Newton Falls paper Company in 1936 and retired in 1978. […]
Portrait of workers at an unidentified mill with three smokestacks in the background. Circa 1890-1910. Potsdam, NY.
Interior view of factory with workers at the St. Lawrence Creamery (businesses producing butter were called creameries) on Maple St. From left to right, William Wright, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, George Leslie Wright. Large wooden butter churns are visible on right. 1910- 1920. Potsdam, NY.
The Thatcher Manufacturing Co. primarily produced milk bottles with tops after local inventor, physician and pharmacist Hervey Thatcher became concerned by the public health risks stemming from the delivery and consumption of un-bottled milk. Thatcher is credited with inventing the milk bottle. He also made and sold butter color. 1900- 1910. Potsdam, NY.
Moore’s Door, Sash and Blind Factory. Circa 1890. Potsdam, NY.
Written on photo is: SULPHITE MILL. STOREHOUSE AND MILL. NEWTON FALLS, NY. The photo is an exterior shot of the sulfite mill, including a large smokestack. A horse drawn wagon and two men are in the foreground, in front of the mill. Sulfite was used to bleach paper in the manufacturing process. Newton Falls Paper […]
Some of the Newton Falls Paper Mill buildings, located next to train track. Circa 1900-1910. Newton Falls, NY. Real Photo Postcard by Henry M. Beach.
Newton Falls Paper Mill complex of buildings under a layer of snow. Black smoke billows into the sky from two smokestacks. Open chute on stilts used to feed pulp logs to plant. Circa 1910. Newton Falls, NY.
