The Potsdam Depot had been scheduled for demolition when the partial bypass of downtown Potsdam was constructed. Public pressure resulted in a successful effort to move and preserve the Spanish Revival Style structure, which is now the home of an Italian restaurant, Mama Lucia’s, a few hundred feet from its original location. 1980. Potsdam, NY.
The Adirondacks has always been a huge tourist attraction. Here’s a look back into the hunting industry featuring both local hunters and tourists.
Blacksmiths work with their hands, creating horse shoes, wheels and other iron based objects for everyday use. This next series of images portrays the various blacksmith stores and smiths all over the North Country.
The milk industry has reach in various areas from cheese, to yoghurt to just pure calcium goodness. The delivery systems needed to get milk to households all over the North Country has evolved over time. From horse drawn systems to trucks, milk makes its way around the North Country in these series of images.
Everybody needs a haircut every now and then. These pictures give a little look into barbershops all over the North Country.
The North Country at Work team visited Plattsburgh in early April of 2019, teaming up with the Clinton County Historical Association to collect work stories from around the region. Here are some of the stories and photos we scanned and recorded, from yarn-making in Chazy to metal fabrication in Champlain to teaching psych in Plattsburgh.
Inside and outside Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories in Rouses Points, a factory that made a number of different medicines and pills. The factory was later bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed for good in 2017. Photos courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.
Inside the Elks Lodge and behind the counter in the 1940s and 1950s. Courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
From haying to planting seeds to milking, most farm work is hands-on and on the ground. Change it up and check out the view from above with these aerial photos of farms & homesteads from around the North Country.
Industries vary wildly in the North Country, from logging to to mining to farming. But whether it’s a tourist town or a port, there’s a good chance it has at least one bar. Here’s a collection of bartenders throughout the region, whether they’re serving up the hard stuff or some soda pop.
