Helen Wildman rolls up a sleeve while driving her tractor. For decades, Wildman was the proprietor of the Lake Paradox Club, a lakeside cottage rental business passed down through her family. 1980s. Hamlet of Paradox in the Town of Schroon, NY. Donated by Kelly Waleski.
John Francis Dobbs (L) and son Samuel Dobbs drive a car through the countryside, likely the southern Adirondacks. John Dobbs started a business called Dobbs Cottages on Paradox Lake around 1900. The business started with one hunting lodge for rent, and expanded to twelve summer cottages. It was later renamed the Lake Paradox Club, and is […]
Rudolph Mongrandi drives a jeep while smoking a cigar at Pine Camp (now Fort Drum). Man in the background is unkown. 1942. Jefferson County in New York State. Donated by Gayle Mongrandi.
Soldiers pose in front of a truck at Pine Camp (now Fort Drum). The man in the white shirt is Rudolph Mongrandi. 1942. Jefferson County in New York State. Donated by Gayle Mongrandi. Note: Pine Plains/Pine Camp started in 1908, became Camp Drum in 1951, and Fort Drum in 1974. At all stages it was […]
A young Gary Purdue sits inside the family car in front of Ste Marie’s grocery store in the Village of Indian Lake. Late 1940s. Indian Lake, NY. Photograph by Frederick N. Purdue, Jr. Courtesy of Frederick Purdue.
Woman loads box into the delivery van of Green Goddess Natural Foods. The van had been used for catering services, but after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was used for a daily grocery delivery service to help people shelter at home. Lake Placid, NY. March 2020. Photo courtesy of Tammy Loewy. To learn […]
Appliance repairman Chris Beldock in front of his work truck. Madrid, NY. June 2021. Photo courtesy of Chris Beldock. Check out Beldock’s North Country at Work story here.
Two men in the process of logging (using a Model T as a power source) in the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area. Note from donor Patricia Quinn: “From my Great Grandfather Earnest Halsey Johnson Family Albums”. Circa 1910-1920. On the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area, in the town of Long Lake, Hamilton County. Donated by […]
The “Glens Falls Downtown Express” of the Glens Falls – Bolton Auto Stage Line Transportation. The back of the automobile is filled with luggage. Glens Falls, NY. Undated, circa late 1800s, early 1900s. Courtesy of the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection #1430, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library.
Harold Champney hauling timber for Carl Tracy’s trucking company: C.W. Tracy, Local and Long Distance Trucking, Potsdam, NY. Huge diameter timber in the background, right side. Circa 1930s. Colton, NY. Photo donated by Darren Tracy, Carl’s grandson.
