Nelson Brown using a draw shave to shape canoe paddles. He was the foreman of the Rushton Boat Shop and a very skilled boat builder. Behind him hang boat patterns for making boat pieces. Circa 1910. Originally identified and researched by Atwood Manley. Hamlet of Rushton in the Town of Canton, NY.
Men gathered downtown with horses and wagons for Turkey Day, a day just before Thanksgiving during which farmers sold their turkeys to buyers from cities like New York, Boston, and Montreal. Circa 1910. Lisbon, NY. Click here to read a North Country at Work story on a Lisbon girl who hid notes inside of the turkeys her family […]
Clara Grant working on a straw hat inside her Millinery and Hitchcock store. Around her are hats on display and posters of different hat styles. 1906. Hermon, NY.
Clara Grant’s Millinery and Hitchcock store interior, featuring displayed hats. Pictured left to right: Lena Cook, Clara Grant, and an unnamed man sitting in a chair. 1906. Hermon, NY.
Interior of the International Lace Mill. Two rows of seamstresses work over sewing machines, sewing piles of lace. Circa 1910. Gouverneur, NY.
Wayne Lincoln taking the front off of the main chest of a piano he’s repairing. Circa 2010. Massena, NY. For more information, check out our story on Wayne Lincoln and his piano repairs.
Aunt Susie Graham spinning. 1900. Town of De Kalb, NY. Photograph by Robert Woodward.
Men and a wagon in front of the blacksmith shop on Main Street. Circa 1906. Richville, NY.
Fred Hayes standing on the right in front of the wagon wheel, Fred Morrow on the left, a Gettman Girl and a young boy (center) standing in the F.W. Hayes Blacksmith Shop. Fred Hayes was also a farrier and so he had piles of horseshoes in his shop. 1906. Town of De Kalb, NY. Photo […]
Furniture workshop in Wadhams Mills, NY. C: Bert or Henry Swan working in the Henry Swan furniture shop in Wadhams Mills, NY. Circa 1880-1900. Donated by Joseph Kozma.
