North Country At Work

Nate Derushia, electrician at Clarkson University. Photographer is Sophie McKibben. 2015. Potsdam, NY.

Kyle Henderson, Senior groundskeeper at Clarkson University. Kyle has worked at Clarkson for five years. Photographer is Sophie McKibben. 2015. Potsdam, NY.

A Potsdam Normal School teacher- in-training works with a group of students. Circa 1920. Potsdam, NY.  

Class photo at the Buck’s Bridge School, located at the intersection of four towns: Madrid, Lisbon, Potsdam and Canton. Althea Haley, teacher, in upper left. Top row, left to right: Miss Griswold, Dea Abernathy, Julia O’Brien, Jessie Hodge, Lora Allen, Belle Lawrence, Mollie Olin, Maggie Charbaneau. Second row: Clark, William O’Brien, Wardner Lawrence, Harold Wright, […]

Surveying class—and teacher–calculating latitude at the Clarkson School of Technology. 1908. Potsdam, NY.

Strengths of materials Lab at Clarkson School of Technology. 1900- 1910. Potsdam, NY.

Steam engine test at Clarkson School of Technology. 1900- 1910. Potsdam, NY.

Students clearing what would later become Snell Field. Tractor was loaned by a nearby farmer and driven by Stub Baker, class of 1927. 1923. Potsdam, NY.

Ladies sewing class at Clarkson School of Technology. 1898. Potsdam, NY.

Professor Bell teaching the Polygon Club at Clarkson University. 1950-1960. Potsdam, NY