North Country At Work

Canada Steamship Lines Limited “Kingston” paddlewheel steamer on the St. Lawrence River. Circa 1920s. Precise location unknown. Photo by Toronto Panoramic Photography.

“The St. Lawrence,” a Canada Steamship Lines steamer on the St. Lawrence River. 1962. Unknown dock.

Red Cross nurses posed in unknown location during WWI. 1910-1920. Jefferson County, NY.

Women employees in sewing room of unidentified textile factory. Circa 1900-1910. Unknown location in Jefferson County.

Workers in loom room of textile factory. Circa 1890. Unknown location in Jefferson County.

Unknown textile factory with 15 employees working in sewing room on electric sewing machines. Early electric lighting features Edison light bulbs. Circa 1890. Unknown location in Jefferson County.

Women working in a factory during World War II. 1940s. Unknown location.

Woman lathe operator in factory, World War II era…think Rosie the Riveter. Unknown location.

Man and woman grading and sorting potatoes at a farm using a machine with different sized meshes. As potatoes roll along the chute, they fall through different hole sizes. The workers remove debris as the potatoes are moved along. Circa 1940-1950. Unknown farm in Jefferson County. Check out this related story on a potato farm […]

This woman is bagging oats being fed into bags from steam-powered threshing machine (view complete operation in related photos). Circa 1940-1950. Photo from Watertown Daily Times staff photographer.