North Country At Work

Waitresses at Vincent’s Restaurant(now called the Golden Acre). Clayton, NY. Circa 1930. From the Thousand Islands Museum.

Bartenders at McCormick’s Bar in Clayton, NY. Circa 1972. From the Thousand Islands Museum.

The New Windsor Hotel, in Clayton NY. The hotel was originally called the Potter House and was constructed prior to 1884 by Mr. A. Potter. It was later called the West End while under the proprietorship of John Unser. In the 1890s, it was refurbished and called the New Windsor, which burned down in 1906. […]

This is a picture of the Hubbard House Hotel. The central figure in the picture is Mr. Hubbard. The hotel was located on James Street. The original building was built around 1845 and was owned by John and James Hubbard. In the early 1870s, James bought out his brother and brought his bride Eleanor Martin […]

Walton Inn (also called The Izaak Walton or Walton House) was located at the corner of James and Water Streets. The property on which it was built was originally owned by the LeRay family – in April 1830 the land was sold by Vincent LeRay to Jesse Smith. A tavern known as the Northern was […]

Cooking a shore dinner near Clayton. The man on the left, who is cooking, is probably the guide; the other man, sitting on the ground, is probably the client. It was—and still is—common practice for fishing guides to cook shore dinners for their clients. July 1914. Clayton, NY. Photo by Im Noe. From the Antique […]

Six men on shore cooking on an open fire after a guided fishing trip. Circa 1920. Clayton, NY. From the Antique Boat Museum.

(L-R) Frank Lavigne (Postmaster),  Don McGee (Airline Manager), Albert J. Paradis (Assistant Postmaster) receiving the first Air Mail delivery to Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1950. Submitted by Marilyn Paradis.

A crane places the sign on the Super Duper, a grocery store in West Carthage, NY. December 19, 1979. Bridge Street in West Carthage, NY. Courtesy of the Town of Wilna Historian’s Office Collection.

Employees of the St. Lawrence National Bank work while patrons converse in the building that is now the Carthage Town Hall.  Circa 1970s. Carthage, NY. Courtesy of the Carthage Village Historian.