North Country At Work

A SUNY Potsdam employee, Walter Newtown, delivers boxes on the college campus. 1980-2000. Potsdam, NY.

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 […]

The Potsdam Depot had been scheduled for demolition when the partial bypass of downtown Potsdam was constructed. Public pressure resulted in a successful effort to move and preserve the structure, which is now the home of an Italian restaurant, Mama Lucia’s, a few hundred feet from its original location. Circa 1980. Potsdam, NY.

James Hotaling posing with his horse drawn stagecoach in front of train tracks. Written on the coach is: Hotels and Residences. This stagecoach transported people between the train depot and hotels in Hermon and Russell; Trout Lake was a popular destination. Note “old-fashioned” long dresses and short capes of the two older women standing next […]

A team of horses towing a 1905 Jackson Automobile on Church St in Hermon. Circa 1905-1910. Hermon, NY.

The exterior of Goodale’s Gas Station, on the corner of Hermon-Russell and Edwards Roads. In 2018, Woody’s, a gas station and convenience store, sits on the same spot. Pictured from left to right: unknown, Charles Allen, Mrs. Frank Goodale, Leon, Mabel, Lucinda, and Frank Goodale. Circa 1926 or 1927. Hermon, NY.

Adirondack & Saint Lawrence Railroad depot main office. H.F. Timmerman, superintendent, and W. R. Davidson, agent. A telegraph machine and telephone are on the shelf behind the men, and a ticket stamper is on the left. 2:56 pm on Tuesday, September 8th, 1914. Hermon, NY.

Adirondack and St. Lawrence R.R. Station, image from a postcard which was sold at the Conant Drug Company store in Hermon. The station depot building is still standing today, though no longer used for passenger or freight stops. Circa 1910-1920. Hermon, NY.

Man delivering oil for Standard Oil Company of New York in horse drawn wagon. Note three horse hitch. Circa 1890-1900. Hermon, NY.

Dr. Cole pumps gas into a car at his drugstore in De Kalb Junction. Most gasoline was sold by drugstores before 1910. Cole family collection. Circa 1908. De Kalb Junction in the Town of De Kalb, NY.