North Country At Work

Exterior of Boat Factory/Columbian Boat Livery, which manufactured and rented boats. Canoe or Adirondack skiff in front of two unidentified employees. Circa 1890-1900. Depauville, NY (in town of Clayton).

Some of the instruments sold were built by William F. Sudds. Sudds came to Gouverneur in the 1860s as a professor at Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary. He gave music lessons and sold instruments at his store. Circa 1898 (note McKinley poster in right store window). Gouverneur, NY. Curious about music in the North Country? Check out […]

Interior of VanDuzee Furniture Store, circa 1900-1910. Gouverneur, NY.

Interior of Harold Storie’s Radio Shop, taken in 1925. Note Sonora Radio speakers at bottom right and in center, on top of radio with five dials. Gouverneur, NY.

Cutting & Perrin Hardware Store in Gouverneur. Stoves are mentioned on the left hand window, including Glenwood kitchen ranges. Wooden washing machines on both the left and right. Circa 1890s. Gouverneur, NY.

Dodge Plymouth Sales and Service. Charles Eveligh was the owner. Circa late 1930s. Dexter, NY.

Teamster with single horse hitch in front of Geo. W. Hobb’s Jewelry Store in downtown Dexter. Large sign advertises The Hub 5 and 10 cent store. Circa 1900-1910. Dexter, NY.

Interior of Hobb’s Jewelry Store (this location was later Dexter Free Press building). Circa 1890s. Dexter, NY.

Interior of Hobb’s Jewelry Store with clerk behind display case (this location was later Dexter Free Press building). Circa 1890s. Dexter, NY.

J.A. McWayne block: dry goods and general merchandise on left; short covered bridge; F. W. Winn building general store, at right rear; J.T. Wood Store, boots, shoes, groceries and drugs, hides and skins, and pork packers, right front; Mill Canal, foreground. Information on stores from History of Dexter, NY, compiled by Marion H. Evans, village […]