North Country At Work

Exterior of a butter factory; one man stands on the second floor and one stands at the receiving station platform, where farmers would deposit their milk. The butter factory burned in 1897. Circa 1890. Hopkinton, NY.

Employees of the International Lace Mill pose in front of the factory looms, which were used to weave lace. Circa 1910. Gouverneur, NY.

Interior of the International Lace Mill. Two rows of seamstresses work over sewing machines, sewing piles of lace. Circa 1910. Gouverneur, NY.

Six carpenters assemble wooden brooder boxes inside Van Dwyer Furniture Works. Circa 1910. Gouverneur, NY.

Benson Mines railyard: railroad tracks, factory buildings, water tower and a gondola railroad car. Circa 1891. Benson Mines, NY.

Box factory in Rensselaer Falls. Water diversion canal pictured in front. All factories in Rensselaer Falls ran off hydro-power from the diverted river. Circa 1890s. Rensselaer Falls, NY.

Workers stand outside the Hudson Condensed Milk Company, which was located on Main Street near Hermon’s old stone bridge. Circa 1915. Hermon, NY.

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.

DeGrasse Paper Company from above. Circa 1903-1916. Pyrites, NY.

Above the dam on the Grasse River where the DeGrasse Paper Company, informally known as the Pyrites Paper Plant, sorted all the logs for the paper-making process. Circa 1900-1910. Pyrites, NY.