Tag: worker portrait

Pete Liberty’s lumber camp in Ausable Forks

Pete Liberty’s lumber camp; employees pose for a photo in the snow. Circa 1890-1900. Ausable Forks, NY. Donated by Mr. and Mrs. John Liberty, October 4, 1977. Photographer was named Cheeseman (other details about photographer unknown).

Log drivers during spring drive on the Boquet River in Essex County

Twelve of Frank Peterson’s log drivers on the Boquet River. Drivers’ names from left : Frank Peterson, unidentified, Philip Ezro, Lewis Lashway, Fred Longware, Nelson Fleury, John Rumney, Peter Fleury, Tuffield Fleury, unidentified, Albert Pierce, George Lashway. Circa 1900-1908. Essex County, NY.

Captain Lovelace of the Elmer Jones ferry in Morristown

Captain Lovelace of the Elmer Jones, a ferry boat owned by the Brockville and Morristown Transportation Company, which operated a busy ferry lined between the US and Canada on the Saint Lawrence River. Circa early 1950s. Morristown, NY.

Assembly-line workers at the Indian Root Pill Factory in Morristown

Female assembly-line workers and male management at the Indian Root Factory, which manufactured miracle cures, elixirs, and pills, etc. Circa 1900. Morristown, NY. Pictured from left to right are Row 1: Manie Manard, Julia A. Bolton, Julia Rowland Richerdson, Kittie Manard, Lace Worden Hawkin, Row 2: Emma hay Dyen, Mary Roland, Elizabeth Dunn, Uncle Nicholson, […]

Fire Department portrait in Morristown

Morristown Fire Department portrait, taken in 1940. Pictured are first row: Jim Cree, JV Hughes, Forest Edwards, Clarence Carpenter, Ruben Record, Harold French, Thad Cater, and Barney Farrell. Second row: George Slater, Charlie Coffler, George Delair, Sylvester Livingston, George Adams. Row three: Floyd Reagen, Jimmy Moran, Art Bordine, Ralf Garrison, Howard Scott, Grant Whitmarsh, Ben […]

Trolley before its last run in Ogdensburg

The last run of the Ogdensburg, NY trolley was on April 1, 1932. The trolley had been running since August 14, 1886. When it first started, it carried over 1,400 passengers in the first two days, but by 1932 it was times for buses to take over. Pictured above, from left standing, are Williams Rowledge, […]

Employees in front of Custom House in Ogdensburg

Custom House employees in front of custom house on June 30th, 1894. This was the oldest custom house in the U.S. at the time. Originally built by David Parish  for his weight forwarding business Ogdensburg, NY.  Identified are W.R. Remington, Collector. W.H. Craig, Special Deputy Collector. F. Johnson, Bond Clerk. Q.Q. Mattenson, Manifest Clerk. F. […]