North Country At Work

Trevor J. Moore, contractor and trapper, learned about trapping from E. J. Dailey. He is standing by his truck with a beaver he trapped. Circa late 1980s. Lisbon, NY.

Turkey buyers gather by the Lisbon Post Office. Turkeys were brought to town from nearby farms. Circa 1915. Lisbon, NY. Click here to read a North Country at Work story on a Lisbon girl who hid notes inside of the turkeys her family sold.

Paper plant employees and family members sit on the porch of a hotel in Pyrites. Circa 1900-1916. Pyrites, NY.

Workers pose standing and on a horse drawn wagon in front of the Meyer & Farrar door and sash factory, built on the banks of the Black River. It was built to replace the factory that burned in the fire of 1884. This photo was taken circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY. Check out this North Country at […]

Ray Bell’s meat market and grocery in West Carthage, circa 1920s. Pictured are three male butchers and four of the female employees on the sidewalk in front of the storefront. From the Bell & Arnot Collection in the Town of Champion Archives.  

Adirondack taxidermist’s cabin in WilloweMock, in New York’s Adirondack Mountains. 1907.

Pictured is a traveling bear act in Wanakena. A man is bottle feeding bear cubs. Circa 1920. Wanakena, NY. Check out our related story on how trains brought tourism to towns like Wanakena and Cranberry Lake.

Camp Watokalo Dobson’s. Group of men pose with five deer outside of log hunting camp. 1900-1910. Adirondacks. Check out this related story on how trains brought tourism to Cranberry Lake.

A Real Photo Postcard of Keibel’s Hunting Camp, featuring a hunter posing with a buck in front of a log cabin. Circa 1900-1910. Wanakena, NY.

An Adirondack guide standing on the edge of Twitchell Lake, holding a shotgun, with a deer in his guide boat. 1895. Twitchell Lake outside Big Moose in the Town of Webb. Photo taken by W.C.Nichols.