North Country At Work

Drivers of the Ogdensburg Street Railway, a trolley that ran on State Street. The motormen are Fox (left) and Stevens. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1920.

Interior of an unidentified general department store in Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1900.

Exterior of the James M. Dow photographic studio. Standing on side porch from left: Miss Taylor, Imogene Manley, and James M. Dow. April 9, 1872. Ogdensburg, NY.

Alexandria Bay, Brockville, and Ogdensburg ferry at the dock, filled with passengers. In foreground is a horse-drawn livery wagon, used to transport luggage to and from the ferry. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1900.

Employees of  Hannan’s La Rosa 10 Cent Cigar  manufacturing company in Ogdensburg, NY. Employees were hand rolling cigars. Circa 1912.

City Council meeting. Standing on far right is R.P. McDonald. Circa 1940s or 50s. Ogdensburg, NY.

Ogdensburg Prescott International Bridge under construction. July 7, 1959. Ogdensburg, NY. Photograph by Ken. L. Henderson. Near Ogdensburg, NY.

Machinery and tools needed for the ice harvest–horses, pikes (poles with hook on end), elevator for moving blocks of ice. Ice houses in the background; cupolas  for ventilation. During the Carthage, NY ice harvest. 1947. Carthage Ice Harvest Collection donated by Eleanor Query, whose father, Francis George Query, is pictured in many of the photos. Related […]

Jayville (early iron ore mining area above Kalurah) rail station with early high wheeler car. Town of Pitcairn, NY. Circa 1900.

Jerden Falls store and post office. Taken in 1926. Town of Diana, NY.