Exterior shot of the company store in Benson Mines. Signs on the building advertise Furniture and Undertaking services, post office, American Seal paint, and dry goods and a millinery on the second floor. Several men in shirt sleeves are standing on the porch, and on the far right there appears to be someone in official […]
Thomas Basford’s store, a two story general store. Two horse-drawn bob sleds wait outside. Four people and a dog stand on the porch. Circa 1910. DeGrasse, NY.
Flavius Austin Stalbird stands in front of his store. Circa 1910. Russell, NY.
Exterior of the The Waddington Bank. Circa 1950. Waddington, NY.
Tom Miller Furniture Store & Undertaking, later the Lawrence Funeral Home. Two men sit on display furniture. Circa 1900. Canton, NY.
Stanley Cornell’s Garage on Riverside Drive. Black and white tires being sold out front; white tires were only sold until 1920. Circa 1910-1915. Canton, NY.
Main Street Canton Hardware store interior, featuring goods including a clothes washer, stoves, baskets, and buckets. Pictured is proprietor J. Fred Hammond. Circa 1910. Canton, NY.
The exterior of the American House hotel, with employees and guests on the hotel porches; note the chambermaids standing on the second floor. The American House Hotel was built in 1825 and torn down in 1916. It was located at the intersection of Main Street and Park Street in Canton, where the Post Office and […]
Storefront of the Aldrich Brothers Store, with Aldrich Eggleston, proprietor, pictured on left. It was a general merchandise store, selling flour, brooms, cleaners (example: Gold Dust washing powder), and fresh produce. Circa 1890. Canton, NY.
George S. Conkey (soda jerk) and patron in Conkey and Cully Drugs and Soda Fountain. Note the soda machine behind the bar, and the “Fruit Nectar” dispenser on left for 5 cents. Circa 1900-1910. Canton, NY. We may no longer have soda bars, but one Canton business is busy pressing fresh apple cider – check […]
