North Country At Work

Exterior of the Sheffield Milk Plant, which later became the McCadam Cheese Plant. Depot building is in the distance on the right. 1940s. Chateaugay, NY.

A farmer perches on the back of his pickup truck to empty milk cans at the McCadam Cheese Plant. 1950s. Chateaugay, NY.

Interior of Cheeseman’s Dry Goods Store with a man behind the counter. Photograph by William F. Kollecker. 1915. Lake Placid, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Two unknown gentlemen in suits inspect wheels of cheese inside the Hermon Dairy Company in Hermon. Circa 1930-1940. Hermon, NY.

Interior of early country cheese factory showing cheese vats and interior of milk receiving station. Circa 1890 to 1900. Hermon, NY.

The Hermon Dairy Company was located on Washington Street. Pictured are cheese vats and cheese hoops for forming wheels of cheese in foreground. Employees are standing in background. Circa 1930-1940. Hermon, NY

Casey Galligan, Creamery Manager, gives out samples of cheese in the farm store of Sugar House Creamery, a farm and cheese-making business that makes European-style cheese from twelve Brown Swiss cows. 2016. Upper Jay, NY. Photo is a still from a video produced by Josh Clements Productions for ANCA (the Adirondack North Country Association.

Margot Brooks washing cheeses inside the cheese cave of Sugar House Creamery, a farm and cheese-making business that makes European-style cheese from twelve Brown Swiss cows. 2016. Upper Jay, NY. Photo is a still from a video produced by Josh Clements Productions for ANCA (the Adirondack North Country Association)

Margot Brooks walks cows into the barn at the Sugar House Creamery farm, where she and the rest of the Sugar House Creamery team make European-style cheese from twelve Brown Swiss cows. 2016. Upper Jay, NY. Photo is a still from a video produced by Josh Clements Productions for ANCA (the Adirondack North Country Association).

Margot Brooks sweeping the barn floor at the Sugar House Creamery farm, where she and the rest of the Sugar House Creamery team make European-style cheese from twelve Brown Swiss cows. 2016. Upper Jay, NY. Photo is a still from a video produced by Josh Clements Productions for ANCA (the Adirondack North Country Association).