North Country At Work

Horse-drawn bobsled with unidentified driver in front of Tinware and Stove Depot storefront. Early 1900s. Philadelphia, NY.

Bill Smith of Philadelphia drives the team—at Newton Falls Tract logging camp owned by Gould Paper of Lyons Falls. Bill was employed by Jim Weston. 1913. Newton Falls, NY. Photo loaned by Karl Hart of Philadelphia.

Unidentified men in front of Taylor Brothers Hardware. Circa 1920s. Philadelphia, NY.

Snowplowing a street in Philadelphia. Note crew in front of plow. 1947. Philadelphia, NY.

The first evangelist preacher to preach at the tabernacle in Philadelphia was E.C. Crabill pictured here with his wife in 1914. Crabill was also a professional baseball player. The Tabernacle was built in 1914 and was the first in the North Country. It was located on the site of the present Elementary School in Philadelphia. […]

M4 Sherman tank in downtown Heuvelton, NY as part of U.S. Army “Snowfall” winter maneuvers in the 1952. Circa February 1952. Heuvelton, NY.

Van Heuvel House (a hotel) in the winter of 1866, at the top of State Street in Heuvelton. Just in front of it was the railroad crossing. The building was torn down in 1959 to make way for a Tydol Gasoline Station. 1866. Heuvelton, NY.

The end of Christmas “Turkey Day” in 1915. One sees turkey farmers and their wagons headed away from the train tracks, where they would have brought their slaughtered and dressed turkeys to be appraised and purchased by buyers from large cities such as New York, Boston, and Montreal, right before Thanksgiving and Christmas. St. Lawrence […]

Paul Woods assisting customers in the IGA grocery, which was located in the downstairs of Pickens Hall. From the Ogdensburg Journal’s Leisure Time Advance News insert February 22, 1973. Heuvelton, NY.

Barber Paul McDerment cutting Burt Carr’s hair. McDerment’s Barber Shop on State Street. From the Ogdensburg Journal’s Leisure Time Advance News insert from February 22, 1973. Heuvelton, NY.