North Country At Work

Employees outside the office of the Kendrick, Brown & Co. lumber manufacturers. Circa 1900. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Men gathered around a paper milling machine at a local paper mill. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Men in the shirtmakers’ shop of the Norris Factory on the corner of Maple and Culvert Streets. Pictured are E. Norris, Varney, Mahoney, and Charles Norris. Circa 1896. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

A man in front of the graphite mill in Johnsburg. Circa 1910. Johnsburg, NY. Photo courtesy of The Adirondack Museum

The Johnsburg Graphite Mill. Circa 1920.  Johnsburg, NY. Photo courtesy of Joan Reynolds.

The Delbert Allen Mill, a steam mil. Circa 1900. Bakers Mills, NY. Photo courtesy of Joan Reynolds.

Workers at the Oregon Tannery, which burned to the ground in 1892. It was owned by Charles Swan. Circa 1890. Johnsburg, NY. Photo courtesy of the Johnsburg Historical Society.

Fletcher Beede’s sawmill with a slab wood carrier in the foreground. Orlando Beede is on the left, and Fletcher Beede is on the right. Spread Eagle Mountain is in the background. Circa 1900. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

Workers outside Staebler and Baker in Clayton, NY. Staebler and Baker (later Graphic Controls) manufactured items such as graph paper. The company was a steady source of employment in Clayton from the 1940s through the 1990s. Clayton, NY. Circa 1954. From the Thousand Islands Museum.

Workers pose outside the Clayton Manufacturing Company, which produced bathing suits and was a steady employer, especially of women. Clayton, NY. Circa 1920. From the Thousand Islands Museum.