North Country At Work

Main Street Blacksmith Shop. Advertises horse shoeing, saw filing by J. Bird, and American Seal paint. Ed Callahan is perhaps owner. Omnibus in background. Circa 1890. Canton, NY.

Sullivan’s Lumber Mill. Photo by F.J. McCormick Photo Studio, donated by Florence Howard. Circa 1880s. Canton, NY.

Employees posing outside Sullivan’s Lumber Mill next to and on a large pile of wood scraps. Circa 1880s. Canton, NY. Photo taken and printed by the F.J. McCormick Photo Studio, photo donated to the SLCHA by Florence Howard.

Exterior of a blacksmith shop in Pope Mills. Men and children in front of the building with horses and a wagon. Circa 1880s. Pope Mills in the town of Macomb, NY

A Saint Lawrence Mill wagon filled with bags of feed or flour, drawn by one horse, in front of a photo studio (note sign above wagon that says Photograph). The Saint Lawrence Mill was owned by Horace Dickinson Moody, brother in law to Silas Wright. Circa 1860s. Canton, NY. Photo by H.D.Moody.

Brasher Iron Works employees outside the building. A horse and buggy with two women poses on the left. Men sit on roller on rights. Circa 1880s. Brasher. Donated by Ada Morse of Winthrop.

A work crew comprised of men and teams of horses hitched to wagons, clearing the way for a road. Circa 1900-1905. Canton. Photo taken and processed by F.J. McCormick Studio in Canton.

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.

A crowd of employees and guests stand on the porch of the Commercial House. Circa 1900. Nicholville, NY.

Stationwagon filled with people and surrounded by crowd in front of the Lawrenceville post office, en route between Lawrence hamlets Lawrenceville and Fort Jackson Circa 1900. Lawrenceville, NY.