North Country At Work

H.B. Howard Grocery and E. Normand Meat Market at 2 Lake Street in Ogdensburg, NY. H.B. Howard delivery wagon in foreground. Circa 1890.

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.

Snow removal with horses and wagons in downtown Ogdensburg, NY. Looking east on Ford Street.  Circa 1890.

Corner of Ford and State Streets, looking east in 1888. Photo by Dow’s Portrait Studios in Ogdensburg, NY.

Corner of Ford and State Streets, looking east circa 1905-1915. National Bank pictured, paved roads and trolley tracks visible. Ogdensburg, NY.

Billie Mashaw and Colburn Ruport (driver) in a horse drawn wagon, possibly for deliveries. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1930.

Conveyor belt that moved ice into the ice houses. 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 story, here.

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 […]

Cutting ice during 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 story, here.

Loading ice blocks on a horse-drawn wagon. During 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 story, here.