Women working at the Serfis Glove Company. Workers kept a bag of cut gloves by their side, ready to sew, and were paid by the pair. Most women also had commercial sewing machines in their homes and would do additional work at night or on weekends. March 6, 1956. Wells, NY. Photo courtesy of Bruce Wright.
The 6th Lake Dam. Circa 1909. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Stewart Cuthbert on top of the “sheep chute,” an apparatus used to move and control sheep during de-worming and treating their feet for hoof rot. Ann Cuthbert in the foreground. 1958. Hammond, NY.
Two men on top of the logs loaded on a bobsled, on the ice at the north end of Long Lake. One of the men is Asa Hall. Circa 1900. Long Lake, NY.
Herbert and Donald Thompson pose on top of the Thompson farm’s last load of hay. 1936. Osbornville in the Town of De Kalb, NY.
Workers at top of Saint Lawrence Marble Company quarry. Note walls built around quarry to contain dirt; quarry located on the west side of the village. Circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY. Check out our story on how marble built Gouverneur.
Alan Washbond and Ivan Brown posing with the Olympic bobsled they built. The pair won the gold medal at the winter Olympics that year. 1936. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Photo courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.
View of St. Lawrence Pyrites Company ore-concentration mill and the top house of Stella Mine No. 1 (left center). The mine provided sulphur ore for the mill, shown uphill on the right. Tailings pond in middle. Circa 1910-1920. Stellaville, town of De Kalb, NY.
Log train at the Plains, a flat area between Wanakena and High Rock which was logged by the Rich Lumber Company. Note the swivel winch and lift mounted on a flat car to handle log-loading. Circa 1910. Wanakena, NY.
Alan Washbond and Ivan Brown posing with the Olympic bobsled they built. The pair won the gold medal at the winter Olympics in 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Photo courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives. Alan Washbond was Hope Stone and Charity Marlatt’s father. Listen to their memories of their father’s victory here.
