Inside an unidentified Carthage restaurant, featuring high tin ceiling and elaborate tile floor. The man and woman are unidentified, but are clearly workers or proprietors of the business. 1915. Carthage, NY. From the collection of Jim Costes. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage […]
The Parker Laundry washerwomen (and possibly the delivery boy) standing outside the store. Circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
What was formerly known as Parker Laundry was purchased in August 1915 by George Scribner and became the Carthage Laundry. It handled commercial, hotel and family laundry. The main building was located on North School Street near Francis Street. Pictured is the horse-drawn laundry carriage, which picked up and dropped off laundry around town. Photo […]
Harriet McManus operated this candy and cigar shop out of her home on North Mechanic Street in the 1940s and 50s. Circa 1940s. Carthage, NY. Town of Wilna archives. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
State Street, the downtown business area, before it was paved. Note muddy ruts left by horse and auto traffic; also, wooden sidewalks. On the left, storefront for Light Power. Electricity had replaced gas lights by this time. 1912. Carthage, NY. Carthage Free Library’s Heritage Room Collection. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and […]
The McCollum Block of Lower State Street which was divided into little service shops (building on left) operated mostly by first generation Americans, including Lebanese and Italian immigrants. Ladies in the foreground are shopping. Note the shopping cart being pushed by the lady second from left. Circa 1890-1900. Carthage, NY. Henry M. Beach, photographer. For […]
Two barmen in Fred Marquette’s Bar on lower State Street, next to the railroad tracks. Decorations suggest it was around Christmas. Circa 1900. Carthage, NY. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
Barmen and patrons in the bar of the Grand Union Hotel, built in 1893 by Michael Gleason. According to the Carthage Republican Tribune, in 1905, owners Melvin and Laura Quinn were arraigned for selling liquor on Sunday. They pleaded not guilty to the charges and bail was fixed at $500 apiece. Photo circa 1910-1920. Carthage, […]
Abdoo (left) and Scander (right) Maroun, Lebanese businessman who settled in Carthage, natives of Bekahotoota, Lebanon. They are pictured in front of one of their businesses on State Street. Circa 1910-1920. Carthage, NY. From the Town of Wilna Archives. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America […]
Scander Maroun was one of the first of a number of Lebanese businessmen who settled in Carthage. A native of Bekahotoota, Lebanon, he arrived in 1900. He worked first with his brother Abdoo for four years before founding his own grocery and clothing store at 211 State Street. Abdoo operated a dry goods store right […]
