North Country At Work

Employees of Dexter Finishing Shop pose outside the shop. 1909. Dexter, NY.

Employees of Woods Laundry pose in front of the store. Note horse drawn wagon and Woods Model T delivery truck. Circa 1920s. Tupper Lake, NY.

A view of the businesses on Park Street in downtown Tupper Lake. Pictured are the Tavern, The Tap Room, National Army Store, A&P Food Stores, and Schine’s State Theater, which is advertising live entertainment. Circa late1940s. Tupper Lake, NY.

Interior of the Page Brothers Store in downtown Tupper Lake, a hardware store that burned down and took a number of other town buildings with it in 1898. Note fur coats hanging from ceiling. Circa 1890s. Tupper Lake, NY.

Female employees and Ambrose Marquis (the owner) in front of the J.J. Newberry department store in Tupper Lake. They are possibly dressed in clothing of an earlier era for the old-fashioned sidewalk sale advertised in the window. August 1936. Tupper Lake, NY.

Masonic Flea Market in August of 2006. Yearly flea market organized by the Masonic Lodge in Saranac Lake, NY.

Nature’s Storehouse co-owner, Joshua Crabtree, with freshly baked bread inside the store. Joshua was the store’s baker at that time. 2002. Canton, NY. Photo courtesy of Rainbow Crabtree.

Dave and Sue Ziemba on the porch of the Wanakena General Store, which they owned and ran for years. The building is now an arts center called Otto’s Abode. Circa 2000. Wanakena, NY. Photo courtesy of Allen Ditch.

A man working at an unidentified stationery and notions store. Circa 1920s. Watertown, NY. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.

The interior of an unidentified stationery and notions store. Circa 1900-1910. Watertown, NY. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.