North Country At Work

Allen Wilson painting a fence, doing spring chores on the farm. Behind him are barrels on pivots. Circa 1890-1900. Hammond, NY.

Exterior portrait of young machinists at D.S.M. shop. Names within photo. 1886. Watertown, NY.

Boat builder Ralph Morrow with his wife, and three of the guide boats he built. Circa 1970s or 80s. Saranac Lake, NY.

Albert Hart’s Black River Machine Shop with unidentified employees standing out front. Circa 1900s. Black River, NY.

Interior of Leonard and Gilmore Sash and Blind company, previously a failed woolen mill. Standing in front is Charles Moyer. In rear, from left to right are: Herbert Coe, William Leonard and William Gladwin. Donated by J.L. Chidester, Dexter undertaker, to the Watertown Daily Times in 1940. Circa 1880. Dexter, NY.

Dexter Free Press, a Chandler & Price 8 x 12 letter press, treadle operated. The newspaper closed about 1945. Circa 1915-1930. Dexter, NY.

Interior of blacksmith shop and unidentified blacksmith standing at anvil, surrounded by tools of the trade. He is preparing to shoe a horse. Circa 1900, Philadelphia, NY.

Flaherty Coal & Oil Service employees Don Ward and Ralph Eager with their Chevrolet truck in front of the garage. Dressed in work clothes. Circa 1940s. Philadelphia. NY.  

A. Flaherty Coal & Oil Service employee Charlie Ward in front of his company truck. Charlie lived to age 98. 1947. Philadelphia, NY.

Unidentified man working on very early typewriter (note: no cover on the working mechanism). Circa 1910. Philadelphia, NY.