North Country At Work

Newton Falls Post Office, Associated Stores, and a gas pump. Circa 1954. Newton Falls, NY. Dwight Church??

Exterior of the The Waddington Bank. Circa 1950. Waddington, NY.

ALCOA Police Department portrait. 1950. Massena, NY.

Postmaster Michael Ingram and his wife Catherine in front of the Hickory Post Office, which served the Hickory Lake area in the town of Macomb. 1900. Macomb, NY.

Stationwagon filled with people and surrounded by crowd in front of the Lawrenceville post office, en route between Lawrence hamlets Lawrenceville and Fort Jackson Circa 1900. Lawrenceville, NY.

A crowd of people and a horse drawn wagon pose in front of the Fine post office, which was built in 1888 and had three floors. Circa 1890-1900. Fine, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story on early mail delivery in the Adirondacks.

Mail carrier David O’Brien in his sleigh in downtown Canton. Note that he’s wearing a fur coat. 1910. Canton, NY. Click here for a North Country at Work story on early mail carriers in the Adirondacks.

Man drives horse pulling the village plow on Chapel Street. Circa 1910. Canton, NY.

Eight postal workers pose behind mail bags in the Canton Post Office. Circa 1940s. Canton, NY.

Five men sort mail inside the Canton Post Office. Mail carts on left. Circa 1940s. Canton, NY.   Michael Welch started carrying mail in Potsdam in 1989. He’d been working as a window clerk just outside New York City for a couple years, but when he got the chance to come home to St. Lawrence […]