North Country At Work

The Eagle Hotel, around 1890-1900. The Hotel was destroyed by fire January 31, 1983. Philadelphia, NY.

Customers coming in and out of Barrows Hotel. C.Lane and son boot and shoe store in background. 1867. Photo taken by G.H. Baehme of Watertown, for Schuyler Studio. Sackets Harbor, NY.

A shipment of rolls of paper being drawn by horses on a winter sled. Circa 1910-1920. Donated by Town of Champion. Great Bend, NY.

Traveling salesmen with their wagons, photographed in front of Proctor House. Written on the wagon at right, Boston Traveling Store. Note that all of the wagon wheels and the  water pump in foreground are made of wood. Note: traveling salesmen were also known as “drummers.” 1872. Antwerp, NY.

“Babe” (the horse) with unidentified tender and wagon for Wholesale Fruit & Produce business. Circa 1911. Donated by the Sheldon Family. Presumed to be in the area of Saranac Lake, NY.

Cutting ice in Ampersand Bay in Saranac Lake. Note horse with blanket cover. Circa 1912. Donated by the Sheldon Family. Saranac Lake, NY. Related story on ice harvesting, here.

Main Street featuring horse-drawn grocery cart on dirt road. Photo taken before paved roads or automobiles came to Black River. Circa 1900-1910. Black River, NY.

Teamsters transporting burlap bags–possibly to Dexter flour and feed mill. Circa 1880s? Dexter, NY

William Street in 1912. Dexter, NY.

Hackman Eugene G. Clark and baggage man Weston Gould with a load of trunks to be delivered to the New York Central Depot. Donated by Wallace B. Sloat, published in the Watertown Daily Times. Circa 1882. Dexter, NY.