North Country At Work

Alfred “Shag” Sheard and his wife outside their store. Shag was a St. Lawrence University football player who later played in the NFL. Frozen custard stand in foreground. Circa 1960. Cranberry Lake, NY.

General store of Alfred “Shag” Sheard, a St. Lawrence University football player who later played in the NFL. Sign on the side of the building reads “Shag Sheards General Store, we sell everything! Stop and see”. Circa 1960. Cranberry Lake, NY.

Mountain House/Home, rebuilt after the original burned down. It was a hotel in the hamlet of Windfall run by J.W. McAleese. Some of the clientele were clearly hunters: note deer carcasses displayed on horse-drawn wagon. Circa 1910-1915. Town of Clifton, NY

The original building of the Mountain House, a hotel in the hamlet of Windfall run by J.W. McAleese. Pigs eat dinner from trough in front of log hotel. 1890s. Town of Clifton, NY.

GM Given and Sons General Store and Garage. Automobile sits at gas pumps out front. Three signs advertising Socony oil can be seen. Circa 1920. Cranberry Lake, NY.

Mose LaFontaine sits with children (may not be his) on his Department of Conservation truck. He worked as the district forest ranger in Cranberry Lake for many years, starting in 1920. Circa 1940. Cranberry Lake, NY.

George Bullock and his wife Sarah inside the original Wanakena post office. George Bullock was the first postmaster, and Sarah sold postcards and maintained an album of every postcard sold in original condition. Circa 1910. Wanakena, NY.

The original Wanakena post office, which opened in 1902. At the time of this photo, the post office contained over 2,000 PO boxes. When the town’s lumber company left the area in 1912, the population went down and the post office no longer needed its own building, so it was moved into the general store […]

Advertising photograph for NYS Gas & Electric Coth men posing in chefs’ aprons at cooking ranges with advertisement board. Date and location unknown. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Advertising photograph for NYS Gas & Electric Co, chefs at cooking range. Date and location unknown. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.