North Country At Work

Aerial view of the Oval Wood Dish Company, a mill and a major presence in town. Circa 1930. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

An Oval Wood Dish Company Linn tractor carrying cargo in the back and passengers in the front. Circa 1920. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

A planing mill, where boards from the sawmill are turned into finished lumber. Circa 1920. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Workers inside the sawmill at the Santa Clara Lumber Company, which operated from 1888-1927. Circa 1900. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

The exterior of the alcohol plant run by the Brooklyn Cooperage Co. 1915. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

A group of workers pose outside a sawmill; the caption on the original reads: “The Big Mill.” Some of the people identified in the original photo: First Row: David Benjamin #5, Ben Churcho #11; Second Row: Mike Leonard #3, Ernie Martin #5; Top Row: Mr. Coolaw #3, William Staves #4. 1900. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo […]

A view of the buildings at the Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories plant in the 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.

Pallets of Riopan, an antacid drug for relieving heartburn and indigestion that was made at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.

A worker operating some kind of switchboard at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. The factory was later bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed in 2006. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.

A worker surveys a machine washing bottles at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. The factory was later bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed in 2006. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.