M. Wainwright’s Farmers Sheds, where farmers would keep their horses for the duration of a town visit; the equivalent of a modern day parking garage but for horses. Circa 1910-1920s. De Kalb Junction, NY.
Main Street in De Kalb Junction. The first building on right Gilmour’s jewelry store, then the Farmer Sheds, Rice’s General Store, and then Lobdell’s hotel. These buildings were built after the July 1897 fire destroyed all the buildings on this side of the street. Circa 1900-1910. De Kalb Junction, NY. Photograph by Robert Woodward.
Inside Woodward’s Barber shop on Hermon Street which also served as Robert Woodward’s photography studio. Robert Woodward (barber) gives a haircut to George Brown on left and Edward Woodward (barber) shaves Bill Sutherland on right. 1909. De Kalb Junction, NY.
Henry F. Nevin winter milk delivery carriage/car on bobsled runners. The carriage was hand-painted, and brought fresh milk door to door. Nevin blew a whistle to call the housewives from their homes. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1900.
Diners sitting at long board tables outside the The Basket Shop, a dance hall and eatery owned by I.M.Priest, which sold boats, tackle, souvenirs, ice cream, soda, and soft drinks, according to signs on the building’s exterior. Late 1920s. Harrisville, NY.
Unidentified photographer working in his studio, making a portrait of a sitting man – possibly himself. This is a doctored photograph. In view are the camera, the backdrop, and a tool to keep the sitter’s head still. 1893. Harrisville, NY.
Three employees inside the Moses Store (a grocery/dry goods store), which was located near the Pleasant View Hotel. Circa 1930s. Harrisville, NY.
The dining room of the McKeever Logging Camp, empty except for the cooks, Henry and Clara Stevens (on the left), who were from Pitcairn. The younger man on the right is Hershell Iruin, and he was the “choreboy.” Caption written on photo reads: WINTER OF 1911 to 1912 – MCKEEVER LOGGING CAMP – WAITING FOR […]
The dining room of the McKeever Logging Camp, filled with loggers during a meal. Caption on photo reads: WINTER OF 1911 to 1912 – MCKEEVER LOGGING CAMP – HARD WORKING LUMBERJACKS AND HEARTY EATERS HENRY AND CLARA STEVENS, COOKS FROM PITCAIRN – HERSHELL IRUIN, CHORE BOY. Winter of 1911 to 1912. Harrisville, NY.
Main Street in Harrisville in 1909 with pedestrians, horse drawn wagons and carriages, and storefronts; wagon advertises UNEEDA Biscuits. Roads are still unpaved. Photographer is Henry M. Beach. 1909. Harrisville, NY. For more on Henry M. Beach’s life and photography, check out our North Country at Work story on him.
