North Country At Work

Marble slabs, with company owners (unknown), workers, horse at marble company. Slabs this large would have been used for sculpture. Circa 1910-1920. Gouverneur, NY. Gouverneur was known as Marble City.

Unidentified workers at Jones Cut Stone Company, standing with large block of marble. 1936-1941. Gouverneur, NY.

Loading for a shot at the Frontenac Mill. January 1925. Dexter, NY.  

Draft tube forms at Frontenac Mill. Winter 1925. Dexter, NY What were these used for?

Dexter Sulfite Mill workers. Circa 1940. Dexter, NY. With the photo, we have the following list of names–but it is not clear who is who. If you can identify any of these men, let us know. Charles Hayes, Superintendent  Jack Farrel, Schenller (sic, Schneller?) — do you know what this title meant? (In German, “schnell” […]

Employees in Dexter Sulfite Mill, which was the first in the US to make pulp through a chemical process using sulfuric acid, called the Mitscherlich process. Donated by Bernard Burke. Circa 1900. Dexter, NY. Editor’s Note: The information below was taken from an article we scanned from the Dexter Historical Association. We cannot find an […]

G.B. Mangin Fruit Stand on Main Street, featuring bananas. Canton, NY. Circa 1900. (Unknown if man in photo is Mr. Mangin.)

Saw mill worker with mill horses in Natural Bridge, NY. 1920’s.

Lime quarry in Natural Bridge, NY. Date unknown.

Employees of a shoe last factory in Natural Bridge. Note the lasts in the picture with the men – these shoe lasts were wooden forms used by shoemakers to construct shoes. Men identified in the photo are Frank Cross (first row, third from the left), George Dooley (first row, far right), and Leon Weatherhead (second […]