North Country At Work

Behind the bar at the Riverside Café, a bar in Clayton, NY. Circa 1990. From the Thousand Islands Museum.

Waitresses at Vincent’s Restaurant(now called the Golden Acre). Clayton, NY. Circa 1930. From the Thousand Islands Museum.

Bartenders at McCormick’s Bar in Clayton, NY. Circa 1972. From the Thousand Islands Museum.

Opening of McDonalds in West Carthage, NY. Pictured left to right are: Ed Cosmie (Town of Wilna Supervisor), Leon Maine (Carthage Village President), Richard Goodspeed (West Carthage Mayor), unknown, unknown, Theodore Ward (Saint Lawrence National Bank), Thomas Gurnett, and unknown. December 27, 1978. Courtesy of the Town of Wilna Historian’s Office Collection.

Lobby of Hubert’s Inn. Hotel desk on right, man sits with women at a table in the center. Photograph by Seneca Ray Stoddard. 1891. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Exterior view of the Boardwalk Restaurant with the chef, three women, a little girl, and two men posed in front of the restaurant and on the porch.  Railway tracks visible between the restaurant and boardwalk. Written on photograph: “THE BOARDWALK, RESTAURANT, WANAKENA, N.Y.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Wanakena, NY. Courtesy of the […]

Waitress Mary “Rusty” Russell standing at a table in the restaurant. Image was probably taken at the Saranac Inn in Saranac Lake. 1946. Saranac Lake, NY. Donated by Jean Cunningham, courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Stan (Sonny) Schoonmaker at the soda counter of Schoonmaker’s Drugs. Circa 1960s. Speculator, NY. Photo by Kevin Schoonmaker. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Babcock’s Inn and Restaurant, now called Drakes Tavern. Circa 1946. Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The Parquet, a hotel and restaurant. Mrs. Fred N. Parquet ran the hotel. Circa 1934. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.