North Country At Work

View of the Loon Lake House from the front.  Automobile parked in front of building. Photograph by the Eastern Illustrating Company. Circa 1920. Loon Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Exterior view of Frechette’s Service Station – Texaco. It was located at the corner of US Avenue and South Peru Street in Plattsburgh. It operated from 1930 until 1950. Circa 1930-1940. Plattsburgh, NY. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Northern Oldsmobile Company, an automobile dealership, at 24 City Hall Place in Plattsburgh. Two automobiles out front, worker stands on the right. Circa 1920s. Plattsburgh, NY. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Maytag Washing Machine Shipping at railway yard near Dock Street at Plattsburgh Harbor. Freight House is behind them. 1910s. Plattsburgh, NY. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Workers at the Union Auto Garage. Two men stand by an automobile while one holds gas pump. Circa 1920-1930. Margaret Street in Plattsburgh, NY. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Hunters pose with game laid across an automobile in front of Duley’s Garage on Miller Street in Plattsburgh. Duley’s Garage operated from 1928 until 1961. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Men posing with their horsedrawn wagons and automobiles outside Texaco Station. Circa 1918. Somewhere in Clinton County. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

The Union Garage on Margaret Street in downtown Plattsburgh. Employees are posing in front of the garage next to an automobile. The service station was downtown from 1928 until 1950. 1920s. Plattsburgh, NY. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Moving crashed Sysco truck using a John Deere tractor on Tupper Lake Road. 2000s. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

The “Long Lake Outlaws,” the name of the Long Lake Fire Department’s field day team. Circa 1930-1950. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.