Tag: automobile

Child in car in front of grocery store

Ste Marie’s Grocery Store in downtown Indian Lake

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.

Loading box into delivery van

Loading the Green Goddess delivery van in Lake Placid

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 […]

Logging with a Model T in the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area in Long Lake

Logging with a Model T in the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area in Long Lake

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 […]

Glens Falls Downtown Express in Glens Falls

Glens Falls Downtown Express in Glens Falls

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.

Carl Tracy hauling hay by truck in West Stockholm

Carl Tracy hauling hay by truck in West Stockholm

Carl Tracy hauling hay by truck.  Picture taken in West Stockholm across the street from Carl Tracy’s home. Warren Tracy, Carl’s son, riding shotgun. The truck is a Model 180 Brockway. Circa 1930s. West Stockholm, NY. Carl Tracy was a farmer, but ran a trucking business as well to make ends meet. The truck pictured […]

Carl Tracy trucking a team of horses in West Stockholm

Carl Tracy trucking a team of horses in West Stockholm

Carl Tracy trucking a team of horses with his son Warren Tracy. West Stockholm, NY. Circa 1930s. Carl Tracy was a farmer, but ran a trucking business as well to make ends meet. The truck pictured here was Carl’s third truck, an International. Photo donated by Darren Tracy, Carl’s grandson

Carl Tracy moving building on Main Street in West Stockholm

Carl Tracy moving building on Main Street in West Stockholm

Carl Tracy walking in front of his truck, which is pulling a building down Main Street in West Stockholm in the early 1930’s. The building was moved from a milk factory to a new location and converted to a residence. Warren Tracy, Carl’s son, is standing on the passenger side of the truck. Carl Tracy was […]