North Country At Work

Exterior of the Deers Head Inn. Circa 1930s. Elizabethtown, NY.

Caption on photo reads: Witherbee hamlet viewed from top of “A” shaft headframe. Near the mines owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Note tailings pile beyond hamlet. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.

Caption on photo reads: No.7 plant concentrating mill. The mining facilities at this location were owned and operated by Witherbees, Sherman, & Company until 1939; then, leased to and operated by Republic Steel until 1971. Circa 1940s. Mineville in the Town of Moriah, NY.

Lake Champlain ferry. Photo of the “Champlain,” owned by Lake Champlain Ferries  based in Burlington, Vermont. Circa 1950s. Lake Champlain, between Vermont and New York. Sailboat  “Marec” out of Montreal in foreground. Photo printed by Davoe, Breck, & MacFarland of Utica, NY.

Trolley motormen/ employees in front of a parked trolley at the end of the line. Circa 1920s. Paul Smiths, NY.

Captain Lovelace of the Elmer Jones, a ferry boat owned by the Brockville and Morristown Transportation Company, which operated a busy ferry lined between the US and Canada on the Saint Lawrence River. Circa early 1950s. Morristown, NY.

Exterior of the Newton’s Lodge Restaurant (later the Lodge Restaurant). Circa 1920s. Morristown, NY. Photo donated by Tom Baker of Machesney Park, Illinois.

Cars lined up to board the Brockville and Morristown Transportation Company ferry in 1945. The ferry would have been the one named the “Morrisbrock” which was put in service during World War II when the regular ferry was requisitioned by the US army. Brockville in background. Photograph by Louis Murray. 1945. Morristown, NY. Photo donated […]

Early taxis for hire in front of the Crescent Garage Company. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1910.

Interior of auto garage and three mechanics next to a Pontiac coupe. Stacks of Sunoco oil behind them, a lift for cars on right. Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1930.