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.
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 […]
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.
Elsie P. Brown working inside the Red & White grocery store, located on Walton Street. Brown worked at the store for decades, until it closed. Circa 1940. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Brown.
Giles Wallace, the owner of the Red & White Store, poses outside the grocery. March 1947. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Brown.
Stores on Park Street; on the left is Merchant Tailor, and the sign on the right advertises J.B. Goff, Jeweler. 1899. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
Buses parked outside the Tri-Lakes Bus Company at Northland Garage on Main Street. Circa 1960. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
Firefighters hosing out a fire at Clifford’s Gift Shop on Park Street. Circa October 1969. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
Hauling cinder blocks for a new foundation for Salamy’s grocery store on the corner of Park St. and Boyer Ave. 1957. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
Moving Salamy’s grocery store, located on the corner of Park St. and Boyer Ave. Note the building in on cribbing and the old foundation is on the foreground. 1957. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
