Line truck belonging to Mountain Home Telephone Company with men posed in driver’s seat and standing alongside of the vehicle. Mountain Home Telephone Co. came into being in 1893. It became the New York Telephone Company in the 1930s. The company served St. Lawrence, Franklin and Clinton Counties. Circa 1920s. Probably in Clinton County. Courtesy […]
First float bridge in Long Lake, which was built around 1870. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Sagamore Hotel being destroyed. Circa 1959. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Neil Nichol and crew putting on vinyl siding onto a farmhouse. 1970s. Hammond, NY.
Neighborhood friends and family came and helped to pour the foundation for a garage on the McGregor farm. 1960. Hammond, NY.
Nate Hosley was born in Long Lake and recently moved back after living in California. He owns hotels and restaurants with his two brothers and a college friend. They bought the Park and the Longview Lodge in 2017, and they’re working on renovating them to fit their modern Adirondack vision. Interviewed on May 31, 2018. […]
Stephen Sarfaty cutting steel on the tween decks of the “pirate” ship Atlantean. 1973. Oak Point, NY.
Pouring concrete in sub-freezing temperatures at the Carry Falls hydro-electric plant in 1952, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. The Carry Falls dam created a 7-mile long reservoir that flooded Hollywood, a hamlet of Colton. Photo by Niagara Mohawk News. 1952. Town of Colton, NY. Courtesy of the Colton Historical Society. […]
Workers install the new Wicks organ for Hosmer Hall on the SUNY Potsdam campus. Circa 1970. Potsdam, NY.
Workmen take a break while installing a water main in front of the Liberty Knowles house on the east side of Market Street, across from the head of Depot Street. Note the pieces of sandstone sidewalk piled around the site. Circa 1870. Potsdam, NY.
