North Country At Work

The interior of the Ellis Cigar store with owner/proprietor Tufic Ellis behind the counter. Ellis was Lebanese or of Lebanese ancestry. Circa 1930s -1940s. Carthage, NY.

Tufic Ellis, proprietor, outside the Ellis Cigar Store (which also sold ice cream and newspapers). The store was connected to the front entry of the Grand Union Hotel. Ellis was Lebanese or of Lebanese ancestry. Circa 1950s. State Street in Carthage, NY.

Abdoo (left) and Scander (right) Maroun, Lebanese businessman who settled in Carthage, natives of Bekahotoota, Lebanon. They are pictured in front of one of their businesses on State Street. Circa 1910-1920. Carthage, NY. From the Town of Wilna Archives. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America […]

Scander Maroun was one of the first of a number of Lebanese businessmen who settled in Carthage. A native of Bekahotoota, Lebanon, he arrived in 1900. He worked first with his brother Abdoo for four years before founding his own grocery and clothing store at 211 State Street.  Abdoo operated a dry goods store right […]