North Country At Work

Exterior of the Hermon Post Office. Postmaster was named Johns. 1909. Hermon, NY.

Interior of old post office. Florence Livingston is pictured on the left. Hammond, NY. September 1922. Hammond, NY.

Getting the mail out in the big snow of 1947, using a horse and bobsled. Hammond, NY.

Elmer Sprague, Star Route carrier, delivering mail to Rossie Post Office. Model A Ford has half-tracks on for winter driving – to get them on he had to remove fender. Circa 1930s. Rossie, NY.

Great Bend Firemen (1st department) stand in “uniform” in front of their fire truck. Circa 1938. Great Bend, NY. Men, from left to right, are: Paul Snyder, Leonard (Mose) Wiltonstock, Floyd Rendle (chief), Harold Comstock, Joel Bacon, Jerome Sisson, James Call, Fred Sterling, James Green, and C. B. Dodge.

Horse drawn steam fire engine racing toward one of the West End paper mills in Carthage, NY. 1905. Check out this North Country at Work story to learn more about how fire has shaped the history of Carthage.

Pictured at the Public Works office in the Town Hall basement, West Side are: Charles M. Letman, public works, Stanley Ward, clerk, Norman Reed, and Osborn, sidewalk inspector. Circa 1900-1910. Watertown, NY.

Trolley and trolleyman in front of Grange Hall on State Street. The Grange was an early (1880s) advocate for women’s suffrage. Unknown photo date. Watertown, NY.

Unknown Watertown city engineers in their office with surveying equipment and a city map. Circa 1900-1910. Watertown, NY.

Soldiers photographed by Schuyler outside Madison Barracks. Circa 1870. Sackets Harbor, NY.