Type of Work: Retail and Services

Coffee merchant in Glens Falls

Merchant selling coffee with nine different types of beans in Glens Falls. Coffee grinder under poster. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story on how local artisans have turned the old Glens Falls shirt factory into a space for art and business.

Baker Rollande Henry in Heuvelton

Baker Rollande Henry, nickname “Sarge,” piping frosting onto a cake. By 1978 she had been making cakes for 25 years. Rollande moved to the US from Hull in Quebec in 1928. From the Ogdensburg Journal’s Leisure Time Advance News insert from July 1978. Heuvelton, NY.

Ducett’s Store grocery section in Heuvelton

Grocery section of  Ducett’s Store in the 1930s, with Fred and Hattie Ducett and son Orman. Another son, Earl, was also associated with the store, which operated until the 1960s in the Pickens Hall building. Circa 1930s. Heuvelton, NY.

The Snyder House and Breckenridge & Snyder corner store in Heuvelton

The Snyder House (middle) and Breckenridge & Snyder corner store which sold McCormick Harvesting machinery. They were located across the Oswegatchie River from Pickens Hall. The Snyder House was operated by John Snyder, son of Samuel and Sally Snyder. Circa 1880s. Heuvelton, NY.