Carleton Villa, also known as Wyckoff Villa, on Carleton Island in the Thousand Islands. This photo was taken by Alice Peebles Dungey. Her uncle, Clair Smith pictured here with a young calf, was a graduate of Cornell and was the manager of the Carleton Villa farm. Photo donated by Gordon S. Dungey, Alice’s son. 1914.
Unidentified hotel workers, one with pail getting ready to milk the cow. Early 1900s. Photo donated by Ralph Kelly. Saranac Lake, NY.
Game protectors Black Dwinal and Toby Tyler with Forest Rangers Jeb Garfield and Alex Stowell at the Northwoods Club (formerly known as The Adirondack Preserve Association for the Encouragement of Social Pastimes and the Preservation of Game Forests). The elk was 550 pounds with an 11 point rack. Elk went extinct in the Adirondacks in […]
Blocks of marble stacked for shipping on dock at Saint Lawrence Marble Company. Marble would be loaded into wooden boxcars to be sent to different locations (one boxcar owned by Wabash Railroad, one owned by St.Paul-Minneapolis company). Three teams of oxen, one team of horses, and an individual horse being used to move blocks. Circa […]
A block gang—both men and oxen—at work with slab saw at St. Lawrence Marble Company quarry, circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY.
Saint Lawrence Marble Company oxen team and teamster, drawing slab of marble on a track. Circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY.
This photo of the Club Restaurant, located at 8 Church Street, managed at the time by F. D. Moore, was taken circa 1910-1920. Note stuffed animals on walls, including a deer, parrot, owl, and squirrel. Gouverneur, NY.
Ed Stone, using walking plow with mules. Circa 1915. Dexter NY.
Red and white spotted mule team were a familiar sight in the town of Philadelphia from 1908-1918. The bus was purchased from the St. Lawrence Inn and was used to haul mail from the Eagle Hotel to the Depot. Photo taken on Main Street in front of old Lovejoy House. Karl Hart drove the mules […]
Woman with her chicken flock. Tending the chicken flock was traditionally women’s and children’s work on the farm. Circa 1920s. Philadelphia, NY area.
