Telephone operator sitting at a desk taking calls for the Colton district inside a large open room filled with phone equipment. Possibly owned by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. A second phone company man is standing across the room near the computers. Circa 1960. Colton, NY. Check out our story on being a telephone operator […]
Mail carrier David O’Brien in his sleigh in downtown Canton. Note that he’s wearing a fur coat. 1910. Canton, NY. Click here for a North Country at Work story on early mail carriers in the Adirondacks.
Eight postal workers pose behind mail bags in the Canton Post Office. Circa 1940s. Canton, NY.
Five men sort mail inside the Canton Post Office. Mail carts on left. Circa 1940s. Canton, NY. Michael Welch started carrying mail in Potsdam in 1989. He’d been working as a window clerk just outside New York City for a couple years, but when he got the chance to come home to St. Lawrence […]
Lisbon residents sit on the steps outside the Post Office. Next door is the Clark H Flack plumbing and tin smithing store. Circa 1910. Lisbon NY. Donated by Laurie Worden Kirkby.
Eleric Jack Dailey (born 1889- died 1973) at his typewriter. Dailey was a fur trapper and writer who wrote books and articles for “Fur, Fish and Game” magazine. He also sold lures. Circa 1960s. Lisbon, NY.
Interior of the room that housed Parson’s radio station (W8B7Y) in Old Forge. 1931. Old Forge, NY.
Parson’s radio station broadcast room (W8B7Y) in 1920. Old Forge, NY.
Printing and distributing newspaper feature section, Saranac Lake, NY. “Weekender run” at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise offices on Broadway Street in Saranac Lake, NY. Donated by Susan Doolittle. Circa 1975-1990. Saranac Lake, NY. Check out our story on lead printing at the Enterprise, or listen to a short clip from Phil Gallos, who worked at […]
Don Renadette mounting a metal plate on the hot type press at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise offices. Flat metal printing plates were shaped to fit over the metal rollers of the rotary press. Circa 1971-1975. Saranac Lake, NY. Donated by Susan Doolittle. Check out our story on lead printing at the Enterprise.
