Alice Keough standing in front of her summer motel. She started by converting a barn into a cottage and just kept building. Alice made all the curtains, bedspreads, and did the interior decorating. She was one of the first businesswomen in Saranac Lake. Around 1930. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of Ronald Keough. For more […]
Edwin Hadlock (left), son Doug, and wife Joan with their tractor. They were out planting field and sweet corn to sell at their farm stand. 1971. Hammond, NY. Photo courtesy of Joan Hadlock. Click here to check out our story on the Hadlocks.
Sturgeon taken from the St. Lawrence River by Lawrence Taylor. Circa late 1940s or early 1950s. Hammond, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story on one man’s job as a sturgeon fisher.
Beth Nutting moving from the old grade school to the newly merged Dexter Union Free School and Brownville-Glen Park Junior-Senior High School. Circa 1989. Dexter, NY. Related article here; the audio clip is from that story and features Beth Nutting talking about her time as a teacher.
Beth Nutting is pictured with students during her last year of teaching, June 2006. Dexter, NY. Related article here; the audio clip is from that story and features Beth Nutting talking about her time as a teacher.
Workers at Limerick Cheese Plant, left to right: Alice Stano, ruthKizzer, unknown, Mickey Gracey, Helen (unknown last name). Circa 1960. Limerick, NY. Audio clip is of John Stano, Alice Stano’s son, remembering his mother’s time working at the plant.
Fire truck responding to a call, circa 1930s. Dexter, NY. Related article about volunteer firefighting here; the audio clip is from that story and features John Stano and Corky Marlowe.
Alice Rockwood Stano posing in storage room in Limerick Cheese Plant. Late 1950s. Dexter, NY. The plant closed in the mid-1960s. Photo provided by Dexter village historian John Stano, whose mother is pictured here and whose uncle and aunt also worked at the plant. The audio clip is of John Stano, remembering his mother working […]
(Unknown) Worker in Limerick Cheese Plant. Mid-1950s. Dexter, NY. This photo donated by Dexter village historian John Stano whose family members worked in the plant, which closed in the mid-1960s. The audio clip is of John Stano, remembering his mother working at the plant.
Worker Alice Rockwood Stano is pictured in the shelf/storage room in Limerick Cheese Factory. Photo donated by John Stano, Dexter village historian. Alice, his mother, as well as John’s aunt and uncle worked in the plant which closed down in the mid-1960s. This photo dates from the late 1950s. Dexter, NY. Listen to the audio […]
