North Country At Work

Waitresses at Vincent’s Restaurant(now called the Golden Acre). Clayton, NY. Circa 1930. From the Thousand Islands Museum.

Bartenders at McCormick’s Bar in Clayton, NY. Circa 1972. From the Thousand Islands Museum.

Inside a classroom at new Carthage Elementary School, which opened September 1975 on South Washington Street. Carthage, NY. September 16, 1975. Courtesy of the Town of Wilna Historian’s Office Collection.

Linda Sturtevant standing on the front steps of Rubyor’s General Store and Post Office. To her left is a sign listing their hours, an American flag handing from a rod, and an advertisement for Pepsi. To her right is a community bulletin. Photograph by Mathias T. Oppersdorff. 1986-1987. Woodgate, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Mary Casey (left) and Elizabeth Albright in office of Gladd Brothers Garage, an automobile dealer. 1928. Saranac Lake, NY. Donated by William Gladd, courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Inside Mould’s Drug Store. On the left, two men stand behind the counter; on the right, a woman leans on the counter. Merchandise in bottles (alcohol?) is displayed in glass cases lining the walls. Note gas-lamps. Photograph by George W. Baldwin. 1889. Keeseville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Store or market interior. Man and woman stand behind a counter, little girl is in front holding a large apple and a man with a pad and pen stands in front. On the floor are several boxes and bushel baskets of apples, onions, potatoes and other produce.  A sign at the door window reads: “Strictly […]

Women wash laundry in wooden washtubs. Woman in center holds washboard next to upright clothes wringer. Woman on right rinses out a clothes boiler. Children play in barrels and a wooden wagon while the women work. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. 1900. In the Adirondack region, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience

Harry Cummings and Noah John Rondeau sitting on motorized ice saw mounted on sled on Saranac Lake. Circa 1930. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Man and woman inside the office of Newton Falls Paper Company. Circa 1909. Newton Falls, NY.