View of businesses on Main Street in Hermon, looking north towards intersection with Church Street. Farmers Sheds on left and various commercial enterprises including Pepper’s Clothing store. Note rutted, unpaved road with early automobile on left and horse/wagon at far end of street on the right. Circa 1910. Hermon, NY.
Pictured on the left is Hendrickson appliances and paint store, the First National Bank of Hermon. Pictured on the right is the Hotel Hermon, Green Furniture Company, department store, gas station and fire-proof garage, and in the far back the Baptist church. Circa 1950. Downtown Hermon, NY.
A team of horses towing a 1905 Jackson Automobile on Church St in Hermon. Circa 1905-1910. Hermon, NY.
Dr. Cole pumps gas into a car at his drugstore in De Kalb Junction. Most gasoline was sold by drugstores before 1910. Cole family collection. Circa 1908. De Kalb Junction in the Town of De Kalb, NY.
Newton Falls Post Office, Associated Stores, and a gas pump. Circa 1954. Newton Falls, NY. Dwight Church??
Automobiles are lined up in front of the Ellsworth Hotel, which was owned and operated by Sam Spain. On the left is a passenger train pulling into the station, and in the background smokestacks. Circa 1916. Benson Mines, NY. Check out our story on the history of Benson Mines.
Stanley Cornell’s Garage on Riverside Drive. Black and white tires being sold out front; white tires were only sold until 1920. Circa 1910-1915. Canton, NY.
Employees in the Spooner Campbell Company Garage, which later was the municipal building in Gouverneur. They pose in front of automobiles and with gas tanks. 1930. Gouverneur.
Five men stand at the entrance of Scruton’s Garage, three automobiles are parked outside. Circa 1920. Oswegatchie, NY.
Six people sitting on the porch of the W.M. Whittakers Store, which sold automobile tires and other dry goods. Circa 1920. Fine, NY.
