George W. Brown, far left, with the first high school hockey team he ever coached at Alexandria Bay High School. Brown was one of the founders of the Northern Hockey League for high schools and a beloved coach. The 1947-’48 season. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Brown. Barbara says the whole Brown family’s life […]
Coach George W. Brown holding a hockey tournament trophy. He coached basketball and football as well as hockey. March 1973. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Brown.
Robert “R. Gareth” Service painting a wildlife scene. Service became a painter after retiring as editor for the Watertown Daily Times; he sold his work through Ducks Unlimited and private customers. Circa 1980. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Melinda Comstock.
Ernie Mance, Jr. holding a large sturgeon he had just caught on the St. Lawrence River. Mance owned a marina called Mance Marine Basin, tore down buildings while the seaway was being built , and fished sturgeon for years, until they stopped issuing licenses for them in the mid-1970s. Circa 1970. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Ernie […]
Dick Zoller (right) sitting next to a colleague at Boldt Castle. He piloted the “Commander III” for Captain Thomson’s Boat Line from an early age. Alexandria Bay, NY. Circa 1932. Photograph donated by Guy Zoller.
A work crew for Hawkeye Trail Camp posing on the summit of Whiteface Mountain. They were blazing the old Blue Trail up the mountain (the trail no longer exists). Pictured from left to right: Barbara Rubin Neel, Ann Gearhart, William D. Laundry, and Duncan McDougal. June 1965 or ’66. Wilmington, NY. Courtesy of Ann Gearhart.
Philip N. Jackson IV, left, and Jack Pulsifer pose next to a pile of large, soft maple logs. Atop the logs is a 1978 John Deere 440C skidder. Note the remnants of snow still on the ground. The logs were cut near the Boquet River. Spring 2016. Elizabethtown, NY. Courtesy of Philip N. Jackson IV.
Two workers in a barbershop helping customers. The barbershop was located in the Pervonga & Trudeau building. The decorations suggest the photo was taken sometime around the fourth of July. Circa 1900. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
Employees posing inside the Santa Clara Lumber Company mill. 1920. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
A lumber crew posing at their camp. 1923. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
