Seaplane transports deer on its floats in Long Lake
1934 Waco Cabin Seaplane transporting a deer on its floats. Circa 1957. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Type of Work: Transportation
Blue Mountain Lake Stagecoach in the Adirondacks
Blue Mountain Lake stage coach called Turner’s Tavern in the Adirondacks. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.
Steamboat on the St. Lawrence River near Hammond
Passenger steamboat on the Saint Lawrence River. Circa 1910-1915. Hammond, NY.
Joyce Bozak on Running Bozak & Sons in Long Lake
Joyce Bozak on her family’s business, Bozak & Sons, a garage and used car dealership for which she has been the bookkeeper since its opening in 1982. The division of labor was: her husband sold the used cars, her son did the repairs, and she kept the numbers straight. Interviewed on May 31, 2018. Long […]
Soper Brothers with their ice sled in the Soper garage in Hammond
Soper Brothers, Fred and Norris with propeller-powered ice sled on runners, that they rigged up out of old car parts, with a propeller and engine. In the Soper garage building opposite the mill. Circa 1920s. Hammond, NY. Read our story on the Soper Brothers here.
A steam train hauling ore in Hamilton County
A steam train hauling ore. In the background are workhorses and cows and a steam shovel. Photo by Henry M. Beach. 1910. Hamilton County. Photo courtesy of the Adirondack Experience: the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. For more on Henry M. Beach’s life and photography, check out our North Country at Work story on him.
Bill Hull in front of his milk truck in Lisbon
Bill Hull in front of his milk truck at his grandparent’s farm in Lisbon in 1986. He drove milk trucks on and off four around 20 years starting in 1981. 1986. Lisbon, NY. Courtesy of Bill Hull. For a look into the daily life of a milk truck driver, check out our story on Bill here.
Undertaker Horace N. Clark in Potsdam
Horse and buggy outside Horace N. Clark’s funeral home. Circa 1900-1910. Potsdam, NY.
SUNY Potsdam employee Walter Newtown making a delivery in Potsdam
A SUNY Potsdam employee, Walter Newtown, delivers boxes on the college campus. 1980-2000. Potsdam, NY.
Electric Light & Power Company service truck No. 1 in Potsdam
Potsdam Electric Light & Power Company service truck No. 1. In 1913, this Model T Ford service truck was one of three vehicles operating out of Potsdam for the Hannawa Falls Electric Light and Power Co. Arthur Cassada, a Clarkson Graduate and electrician, was the truck’s first driver. The vehicle’s service to the company was […]