North Country At Work

Gary Pierce turning a bowl on a lathe in his workshop. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of Gary Pierce. Click here for our story on Turner and his quest to make the perfect wooden bowl.

Bob Jones sands a duck on a rotating belt sander. January 2024. Cranberry Lake, NY. Photo by Ana Williams-Bergen. Check out our story on Bob Jones, who has been crafting wooden duck decoys for over 50 years.

Glassblower Greg Tomb uses a blowtorch to seal the bottom of a glassblown pumpkin. 2022. North Creek, NY. Photo by Ana Williams-Bergen. Click here for our story on how Tomb blows glass in a retrofitted barn in North Creek.

John Duncan Currie in his creamery at Aubrey Corners, Quebec. “J.D.” as he was known owned and ran the Aubrey Corners creamery for many years. Aubrey Corners is virtually non-existent today. Only one house and the cemetery remain but at one time it was a thriving community. The photo is from a negative by his […]

Self-portrait of James Hackett at work at J. R. Miller & Co. in Watertown. He was a tailor there for many years. The photo is a scan of one of his 5″x7″ glass plate negatives. Circa 1900-1910. Photo donated by James Bullard, Hackett’s grandson.

Woodcarvers Rick and Ellen Butz teaching a class at the Crandall Public Library. Ellen is carving. Circa 1983. Courtesy of the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection, CLP 3057, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library. Carl Atiyeh (1911-1997) grew up in Glens Falls, NY. He was the son of Nicholas and Zehia Atiyeh.  He graduated […]

A man installing duct-work on the first floor of the Glens Falls Hospital addition, Glens Falls, NY, circa 1974. Carl Atiyeh Photograph Collection, Prints Box 3 #0033, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls, NY. Carl Atiyeh (1911-1997) grew up in Glens Falls, NY. He was the son of Nicholas and Zehia Atiyeh.  He graduated […]

A man working on installing duct-work, circa 1974. Carl Atiyeh Photograph Collection, Prints Box 3 #0026, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls, NY. Carl Atiyeh (1911-1997) grew up in Glens Falls, NY. He was the son of Nicholas and Zehia Atiyeh.  He graduated from Glens Falls High School and the New York Institute of […]

Two men working in a lab. Glens Falls, NY. April 1975. Carl Atiyeh Photograph Collection, Prints Box 3 #0005, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls, NY. Carl Atiyeh (1911-1997) grew up in Glens Falls, NY. He was the son of Nicholas and Zehia Atiyeh.  He graduated from Glens Falls High School and the New […]

Paving the street and laying down the electric trolley tracks on the east side of Glen Street. Glens Falls, NY. Circa 1890s. Courtesy of the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection #1320, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library.