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.
Seven car passenger train pauses at De Kalb Junction for lunch. Eleven man crew poses with New York Central engine number 3782 while passengers have 20 minute lunch break at De Kalb Junction hotel. At least three African American crew members. Circa 1900. Town of De Kalb, NY.
James Chaney and Amos Howlett with a wagon full of furnishings for a new hotel on Cranberry Lake on the Tooley Pond Road. April 14 and 15, 1886. Town of De Grasse, NY.
