Storefront of the Aldrich Brothers Store, with Aldrich Eggleston, proprietor, pictured on left. It was a general merchandise store, selling flour, brooms, cleaners (example: Gold Dust washing powder), and fresh produce. Circa 1890. Canton, NY.
George S. Conkey (soda jerk) and patron in Conkey and Cully Drugs and Soda Fountain. Note the soda machine behind the bar, and the “Fruit Nectar” dispenser on left for 5 cents. Circa 1900-1910. Canton, NY. We may no longer have soda bars, but one Canton business is busy pressing fresh apple cider – check […]
Exterior of the Corner Clothing Store. Pictured are R.B. Ellsworth on the left and Ed Frison on the right. Frank Patno to the far right, sitting at the top of the stairs to his barber shop. Circa July 1902. Canton.
J.B. Ellsworth & Son shoe store. J.B. Ellsworth is on right. C.E. Chamberlain law office placard at left. Circa 1890s. Canton, NY.
The exterior of Harriet Lytle’s Millinery Shop, three women and two children stand in front of the doors. On board at right is a WCTU (Women’s Christian Temperance Union) bulletin. Circa 1910-1915. Canton, NY.
People and possibly the proprietor outside of Murray Dry Goods and Grocery Store. Circa 1900. Brasher.
The exterior of Professor W. F. Sudds Music Store on Main Street. Sudds, the man pictured on the right, was a music teacher and taught lessons from his store. Circa 1898. Gouverneur, NY. Curious about music in the North Country? Check out North Country at Work’s story on a man who has been restoring pianos, organs, and […]
The exterior of H.H. Noble Coal, a coal and building supply company that sold cordwood, flour, salt, coal, cement, brick, lime, phosphate, and shingles. Two horse drawn wagons are parked in front of the shop. 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY.
Sutherland Blacksmith Shop, Ephriam Sutherland standing in the doorway. Circa 1870s. Stockholm.
Two men stand inside the Ross Brick Store, a clothing, shoe, and dry goods store in Lawrenceville, a hamlet of Lawrence. Circa 1920. Lawrenceville, NY. Photo donated to the SLCHA by Elizabeth Winn, Town of Lawrence Historian.
