Opening of First National Bank of Philadelphia
Bank president John Markwich standing in the interior of the First National Bank of Philadelphia on its opening day. 1915. Philadelphia, NY.
Boat at the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in Massena
Boat at the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, at the Eisenhower locks. 1959. Massena, NY.
Station manager Ellen Rocco makes a phone call at NCPR in Canton
Ellen Rocco on the phone in North Country Public Radio’s Payson Hall production studio. 1987. Canton, NY. Donated by North Country Public Radio.
Arthur Owens answers the phone in the office of the Emporium Lumber Company in Conifer
Arthur Owens answers the phone while smoking a cigar in the offices of the Emporium Lumber Company. Circa 1952. Conifer, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Saranac Lake at Work: Live! at the Grand Opening of the Cure Porch on Wheels
Join us for the grand opening of Historic Saranac Lake’s CURE PORCH ON WHEELS with a night of live storytelling! Historic Saranac Lake and NCPR’s North Country at Work project are collaborating to bring you Saranac Lake at Work: LIVE! Onstage, people tell their funniest, craziest, or most meaningful work stories to a live audience full of […]
Katsitsionni Fox on openness as a documentary filmmaker
Katsitsionni Fox is a documentary filmmaker from Akwesasne. Katsitsionni described how openness makes for a good documentary filmmaker, and her favorite moments on a shoot. Director Katsitsionni Fox holds a microphone while interviewing Pete Jemison. Photo courtesy of Katsitsionni Fox.
The 6th Lake Dam in Inlet
The 6th Lake Dam. Circa 1909. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Stewart Cuthbert on top of a sheep chute in Hammond
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.
Opening early locks on the St. Lawrence River
Boats going into the locks on the St. Lawrence River. Men in background turning winches to open locks. The passenger boat Grenada out of Prescott Ontario taking on passengers on right. Circa 1870-1880. Photo by Frank Spencer.
Opening of McDonalds in West Carthage
Opening of McDonalds in West Carthage, NY. Pictured left to right are: Ed Cosmie (Town of Wilna Supervisor), Leon Maine (Carthage Village President), Richard Goodspeed (West Carthage Mayor), unknown, unknown, Theodore Ward (Saint Lawrence National Bank), Thomas Gurnett, and unknown. December 27, 1978. Courtesy of the Town of Wilna Historian’s Office Collection.