North Country At Work

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.

New York State Trooper’s car assigned to Long Lake, driving on the Tupper Lake Road in winter. Circa 1940s. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Town of Long Lake Archives.

The Hammond Advertiser, a weekly newspaper that operated 1886-1949, on Main Street in Hammond. A 1918 Franklin Touring Car is parked in front of the office. Circa 1920. Hammond, NY.

Joyce Bozak on her family’s business, Bozak & Sons, a garage and used car dealership for which she has been the bookkeeper since its opening in 1982. The division of labor was: her husband sold the used cars, her son did the repairs, and she kept the numbers straight. Interviewed on May 31, 2018. Long […]

Exterior of Dunlop’s Store and Post Office. Note the hammock on the second story porch. 1905-1920. Stony Creek, NY. Photo courtesy of Adirondack Experience: the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. Check out this story on mail delivery in the Adirondacks.