Warren Humes jerking–preserving by drying over a slow fire–venison (deer meat). Taken by Burton Humes. Burton Humes sent photo to New York Conservationist Magazine where it was printed probably sometime in the 1950s. Original photo dates from about 1910. Harrisville, NY. Related story here.
Interior of the Orrin Carr Grocery Store, owned by Lloyd Foote. Destroyed by fire in 1951. Photo taken in 1941. Hammond, NY.
Interior shot of Jim Scanlon’s Ice Cream Parlor. Pictured behind the bar is Margaret Hazen. The store was located on the northwest corner of Main Street in Hammond, NY. Circa 1910s.
Madeline Sisson (front) working in the Great Bend, NY Cafeteria in 1972.
Restaurant–or possibly the commissary–at Pine Camp. Circa 1945. Fort Drum/Jefferson County in NYS. Note: Pine Plains/Pine Camp started in 1908, became Camp Drum in 1951, and Fort Drum in 1974. At all stages it was used for winter training of military personnel, and became home to the 10th Mountain Division.
Two waitresses, Laura M. McConnell and Lena Rivers, at work in dining area of restaurant. Circa 1900-1910. Benson Mines, NY. Photographer: Henry M. Beach.
This photo of the Club Restaurant, located at 8 Church Street, managed at the time by F. D. Moore, was taken circa 1910-1920. Note stuffed animals on walls, including a deer, parrot, owl, and squirrel. Gouverneur, NY.
Interior of a Philadelphia Bakery in the 1920s. Baker with bent arm (on right) is Lawrence Reynolds. Circa 1920s. Philadelphia, NY.
Lloyd Storie, left, and James Matteson surrounded by freshly washed milk cans at Philadelphia Milk Producers Co-op before its closing in the late 60s. All producers cans which were labeled with individual producers farm numbers were washed after receiving the milk. Circa 1960s. Philadelphia, NY. The audio clip is of Frieda Kent, talking about the dairy […]
Keller’s Meats & Groceries with unknown clerks/owners on front stoop. Note the signs around them: Gas, 15 cents a gallon—cash! CERTO special, 2 for 53 cents (Certo is still used today to make jellies and jams and costs about $2.50 a box). 1915. Philadelphia, NY.
