North Country At Work

Interior photo of Berry’s Restaurant in Philadelphia. May 15, 1937. Philadelphia, NY.

Harley McAllester in front of Ashley’s Market and Restaurant. Circa 1940s. Philadelphia, NY.

Frank A. Dodd in Ox-Heart Chocolates vehicle with three unidentified men. Circa 1910-1915. Heuvelton, NY.

Exterior of the Mayne Brothers Cider Mill, with last owner/operator Fred Crawford pictured on the far left. The Mill, which pressed apples into cider for customers, closed in the late 1950s. Circa 1950s. Heuvelton, NY.

Maude Mahaffey hand carrying milk pails to the milk house. 1950. Boonville, NY.

“Busta” Fergerson and Herb Sloan working in a Heuvelton grocery store. Note the Hershey chocolate bar (bottom right), Rice Krispies and Wheaties (between the men), and Coca-Cola sign on the right wall. Circa 1940s. Heuvelton, NY. Photo donated by Allen and Ann Sloan.

Unidentified shop clerk in a Heuvelton grocery store. According to the sign above the door, he was selling fresh buttermilk for five cents a glass. Also for sale: Wonderbread and Vicks Cough Drops (bottom right), Kellogg’s Cornflakes (bottom left) and tea from Japan (sign hanging from ceiling). Circa early 1930s. Heuvelton, NY.

Interior of a Heuvelton butcher shop, featuring the butcher in his white apron and the counter where he would wrap packages of meat. Circa 1920. Heuvelton, NY. Donated by Allan and Ann Sloan.

Warner Adrian’s meat market on Main Street in Heuvelton. Circa 1920s. Donated by Linda Tulley-Wilson. Heuvelton, NY.

Merchant selling coffee with nine different types of beans in Glens Falls. Coffee grinder under poster. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story on how local artisans have turned the old Glens Falls shirt factory into a space for art and business.