North Country At Work

Unknown textile factory with 15 employees working in sewing room on electric sewing machines. Early electric lighting features Edison light bulbs. Circa 1890. Unknown location in Jefferson County.

Portrait of workers in woodworking factory. Circa 1890. Unknown location in Jefferson County.

Workers in wood-turning shop, using lathes on right. Circa 1890. Unknown location in Jefferson County.

Women working in a factory during World War II. 1940s. Unknown location.

Woman lathe operator in factory, World War II era…think Rosie the Riveter. Unknown location.

Man and woman grading and sorting potatoes at a farm using a machine with different sized meshes. As potatoes roll along the chute, they fall through different hole sizes. The workers remove debris as the potatoes are moved along. Circa 1940-1950. Unknown farm in Jefferson County. Check out this related story on a potato farm […]

This McCormick combine both harvests and threshes oats. Circa 1970-1980. Precise location unknown but somewhere in Jefferson County. Photo taken by Watertown Daily Times staff photographer.

Worker on beam outside of some kind of plant, possibly connected to stone sorting operation. Unknown date and location. Taken by/for Watertown Daily Times.

Stone sorting operation, including chutes (behind unidentified worker) and piles of crushed stone. Note open ceiling. Circa 1930s or 1940s. Taken by/for Watertown Daily Times. Unknown location.

Employees of J.M. Patterson Shoes in front of store located on a busy commercial street. Other signs include: George E. Smith, Diamonds; John Murray, Tailor; O.E. Riordan, Real Estate; Doctor Leak, Dentist. Circa 1890-1900. Public Square Watertown.