North Country At Work

Men cleaning up debris from the remains of the Walker Pulpstone Company on River Street. In the wreckage one can see old pulp rollers on the left. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1920s.

Skillings, Whitneys and Barnes Lumber Company, a steam planing mill. Standing from left are Joseph Montroy, Mr. Seguin, Buck Doe, Archie Montpelier (white shirt). Front row- 2nd over Mr. Montroy? 4th over front Mr. Sergeant, 5th over Earnest Buchard, 6th over Nelson Montroy, 7th over Oscar Gilbert, Labeled 7 is Buck Gokey; front row in […]

First year of the Diamond Match Company B.F.D. Division paper mill’s operation. Here, pulp is unloaded at the new operation site, which had formerly been residential. The homes pictured being covered in logs were owned by local residents, on Broad Street.  The homes were purchased by the company, and later the city gave the title […]

Workers at the International Paper Company, in Harrisville, NY, 1905.

The International Paper Company in Harrisville, NY. Circa 1900.

Harrisville Lumber Company, circa 1891. Harrisville, NY.

Aerial shot of the lumber mill in Kalurah, the hamlet east of Harrisville, located in the Town of Pitcairn, NY. Photo by Keith Young Jr. Circa 1890.

Workers at the Beach and Dodge tannery. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1880.

Workers stand on a log flume used to bring logs into the mill at the Harrisville Lumber Company. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1900.

Workers at an unknown tannery in Harrisville. Many children pictured are laborers. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1890.