Tag: downtown

Child in car in front of grocery store

Ste Marie’s Grocery Store in downtown Indian Lake

A young Gary Purdue sits inside the family car in front of Ste Marie’s grocery store in the Village of Indian Lake. Late 1940s. Indian Lake, NY. Photograph by Frederick N. Purdue, Jr. Courtesy of Frederick Purdue.

Glens Falls Downtown Express in Glens Falls

Glens Falls Downtown Express in Glens Falls

The “Glens Falls Downtown Express” of the Glens Falls – Bolton Auto Stage Line Transportation. The back of the automobile is filled with luggage. Glens Falls, NY. Undated, circa late 1800s, early 1900s. Courtesy of the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection #1430, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library.

A. S. Rugge shirt factory workers on Park Street in Glens Falls

A. S. Rugge shirt factory workers on Park Street in Glens Falls

Workers of the A. S. Rugge shirt factory stand in front of the large frame factory building on Park Street in Glens Falls, NY. Circa 1893. The factory burned in 1894 and again in 1900. Courtesy of the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection #1448, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library.

The Crooks and McLean Company monument shop in Carthage

The Crooks and McLean Company monument shop at 225 State Street in Carthage. In the early 1900s, Crooks and McLean Co was the largest retail dealer of granite and marble monument work in northern New York. One of Crooks and McLean’s biggest projects was the mausoleum for the Frederick Marcy estate in Boonville in 1907, which […]

Inside Cranker’s Machine Shop in Alexandria Bay

Inside Cranker’s Machine Shop in Alexandria Bay

Cranker’s Machine Shop on Mill Point. Cranker was a gunsmith and a toolmaker. He also made motors, and put the motor into the first fire boat in town. The shop closed in the 1960s. Circa 1940. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of the Alexandria Township Historical Society.

Inside the Cornwall Brothers Store in Alexandria Bay

Inside the Cornwall Brothers Store in Alexandria Bay

The interior of the Cornwall Brothers Store. Originally owned by Azariah Walton and Andrew Cornwall, the store was called Walton & Cornwall and then Cornwall & Walton. In 1877, Cornwall’s four sons took over the business. They sold groceries; sundry items; and tickets for the steamer, trolley, and train. The bank was located inside the […]

Sheppard’s Barber Shop in Alexandria Bay

Sheppard’s Barber Shop in Alexandria Bay

Three workers in Sheppard’s Barber Shop, located by the river walk. Pictured from left: Mr. Sheppard, George Beach, and Riley Perry. Sheppard’s daughters owned Sheppard’s Gift Shop. Circa 1910. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of the Alexandria Township Historical Society.