Lena Bombard, manager of the Tri-Lakes Humane Society animal shelter, with Jessie the dog inside the shelter. February 2019. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo taken by Andy Flynn. Read and listen to her full story here.
Wendy Hall feeds a young, sick robin at the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehab Center in Wilmington. Hall and her husband, Steve, opened the center in 2000. August 2019. Photo taken by Andy Flynn. You can read and listen to Wendy’s full story (and see more photos of the center) in the full North Country at Work story.
A large wall of muskrat pelts trapped by Roy Johnson. Johnson was known as the “preacher-trapper” because he worked as both. Circa 1979. Philadelphia, NY. Courtesy of Dave Johnson. Listen to Dave Johnson on his father’s trapping in the audio clip.
Cars parked outside of the Neverett farm for a livestock auction run by the H.L. Neverett & Sons Livestock Commission. They led auctions every Tuesday in Ellenburg Depot and every Thursday in Chazy. 1946. Chazy, NY. Photo courtesy of Kim Neverett Howley.
A livestock at the Neverett farm. The man holding the cane behind the cows is Harry Neverett, the founder of H.L. Neverett & Sons Livestock Commission. To the right of him in the jumpsuit is his eldest son, Robert Neverett. In the top right in the booth is the auctioneer, auctioning off cattle, and one of […]
Cars parked outside the Neverett farm for a livestock auction. The H.L. Neverett & Sons Livestock Commission held auctions at their home every Thursday, and in Ellenburg Depot every Tuesday. This view shows Route 9; the paddock where the animals were held is on the left. 1946. Chazy, NY. Photo courtesy of Kim Neverett Howley.
Cows in a paddock at the Neverett farm. The H.L. Neverett & Sons Livestock Commission would hold an auction there every Thursday. On the right, you can see a chute where the cows would come into the paddock after being delivered by trucks. The auction was held in the barn on the left. 1956. Chazy, […]
Mark Thompson on the farm, washing cattle in preparation for the fair. Late 1960s. Lisbon, NY. Photo courtesy of Bob Thompson.
Robert Thompson in a Gouverneur Fair Show tent with a cow. Mid-1960s. Gouverneur, NY. Photo courtesy of Bob Thompson.
A view of the businesses on the side of Warren Street: Kee & Hill grocers, Reuben Peck Drug Store, Harness & Trunks, and Crockery. Circa 1900. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.
