North Country At Work

Unidentified men in front of Lynn Rogers Meat Market in downtown Canton. Circa 1880. Canton, NY.

The Plaindealer Block on Canton’s Main Street (so called for the Saint Lawrence Plaindealer offices located there), picturing the J.H. McIntosh and American Express Company and unidentified men. Circa 1900. Canton, NY.

Second Union Block (which burned down in 1880) featuring a clothing store, printing office, and furniture store. Circa 1875. Canton, NY.

Unidentified people on the porch of George W. Jack’s Bakery and Confectionary, Canton NY. Circa late 1880s.

Canton First National Bank located at the corner of Hodskin and Main, circa 1900, Canton, NY. One can see evidence of the transition between kerosene lamps and electric lighting, and between ledger keeping and typewriters.

G.B. Mangin Fruit Stand on Main Street, featuring bananas. Canton, NY. Circa 1900. (Unknown if man in photo is Mr. Mangin.)

The St. Lawrence Plaindealer office and J.M. McIntosh store on Main Street, after a snowstorm.  Canton, NY. Circa 1900.

Interior view of J. B. Smith’s Barber Shop, Carthage, NY. Circa early 1900s.

William Allen, owner of Allen’s Fine Jewelry and Gifts, installing the sign for his new location on State Street, Carthage, NY. From the Carthage Republican Tribune on July 21, 1993.

Darcy L. Gibbons, hairdresser, working on a customer at her business, Country Curl Beauty Salon on State Street. From an article written by Deborah O’Connor in the February 5, 1985 Carthage/Lowville Times.