North Country At Work

The exterior of A. Ray Trumbull’s Eagle Garage. It later became Trumbull’s Hardware Store. Circa 1923. Keene Valley, NY. Donated by Sue Turner. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

John Yerman, the janitor at Town of Webb High School. Here he is shooting the first basket after he finished refinishing the floor. Circa late 1940s. Webb, NY. Photo by Bruce Harris. Courtesy of the Goodsell Museum.

Fishing guide Roly Garnsey kneels in front of three fish caught by his day’s clients (unknown, standing in back). Roly was a guide on the St. Lawrence River from 1920 until his death in 1979. Thousand Islands region, NYS. Circa 1960. Photo: Personal Archives of Jeff Garnsey

Jeff Garnsey on the Muskie, which he uses to take clients fishing on the St. Lawrence River. Garnsey, who started working on the river as a deck hand before he turned 10 is a third-generation fishing guide. He is one of only a few guides left who use traditional boats and fishing techniques. 2015. Clayton, […]

Four men, two on top of the Frink snowplow and two riding the wings, plow through deep snow. Clayton, NY. Circa 1930 -1940. From the Thousand Island Museum.

Men loading horse-drawn bobsled with ice blocks. 1930- 1940. Photograph by Ferris Jacob Meigs. In the Adirondacks region, NY. From the Ferris Meigs Logging Photograph Collection: Andrews Donation, courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

An unidentified man cuts ice with a long-handled saw on Blue Mountain Lake. Photograph by Fynmore Studios. 1940. Blue Mountain Lake, NY. Donated by Fynmore Studios, courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Speculator Garage, owned by William Wilbur and later by a Mr. Downey. It is currently still standing. Circa 1930s or ’40s. Speculator in Lake Pleasant, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

John Buyce’s blacksmith shop. Circa 1870s-1880s. Speculator, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Bob Eldridge in Eldridge’s Garage. Circa 1980s. Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.