North Country At Work

The first Hermitage Hotel on Lake Bonaparte. The hotel was built in 1894. Hotel looks newly built. Circa 1890s. Harrsiville, NY.

Early automobiles lined up outside the Stevens House (a hotel) in Lake Placid. Note that all automobiles in this photo have gas lights; Cadillac introduced electric lights in 1912. Circa 1905-1912. Lake Placid, NY.

The original Hotel Champlain at Bluff Point, built in 1888. Circa 1890-1900. Bluff Point, NY.

Exterior of the Deers Head Inn. Circa 1930s. Elizabethtown, NY.

Waiter and waitress staff at the Windsor Hotel, owned by William Kellogg, in Elizabethtown. Circa 1900-1910.

Ben Stetson (center), owner of the Deers Head Hotel, posing with guests outside the hotel. Circa 1910-1920. Elizabethtown, NY.

Stagecoach pulled by four horses arriving at the Stevens House in Lake Placid, loaded with passengers. Note that it is all women in the coach, and all men riding on top. Stage coach is elaborately painted with stag head and forest scenes. Circa 1900-1910. Lake Placid, NY. Photo by L.E. Shattuck.

A hunting expedition has returned with a large buck, met by a crowd of guests at the Windsor Hotel. Orlando Kellogg, proprietor, is third from left. On his right is Harry Palmer, a porter. In the wagon, on left, Is Clinton Simons, on right is William Kellogg, son of Orlando Kellogg, the proprietor. Circa 1900-1910. […]

Bartlett’s Hotel, which was located on the Saranac River in the Adirondacks, with people posed on front porch. 1883. Tupper Lake, NY.

The Wayside Inn was built in 1869. Guests are posed on the second floor porch, and employees are posed on the ground level. Little girl in carriage pulled by a team of goats outside the gate. Circa 1870-1880. Lake Luzerne in Warren County. Photographer was Seneca Ray Stoddard.