The Parker Laundry washerwomen (and possibly the delivery boy) standing outside the store. Circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
Four children work on clearing grounds around the meeting house museum, part of the restoration work around the building. Circa 1994-1995. East De Kalb, NY. Photograph by Virginia Fisher.
Portrait of workers at the Ingrahams Sawmill, standing on a railroad track in front of stacked lumber. Note two youngsters on the left. Circa 1900-1910. Harrisville.
Workers at the Beach and Dodge tannery. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1880.
Workers at an unknown tannery in Harrisville. Many children pictured are laborers. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1890.
Workers at the Jerden Falls tannery, taken the day it closed in 1919. Town of Diana, NY.
Workers at Jerden/Jordan Falls. Behind them are the house-shaped stacks of hemlock bark, which were used to tan hides at this tannery operation. Taken in 1884 by Henry M. Beach. Town of Diana, NY. For more on Henry M. Beach’s life and photography, check out our North Country at Work story on him.
“The finishing room at our early mill in Norfolk, included a number of women employees as well as several children.” Circa 1900. Norfolk, NY. Originally printed in the St. Regis News Volume 2, Number 9 of September 1974, a newsletter put out by the St. Regis Paper Company.
Exterior portrait of young machinists at D.S.M. shop. Names within photo. 1886. Watertown, NY.
Unidentified iron workers. Note large winch used for lifting pallets of metal, and child holding hammer and chisel; sand casting box at bottom left. March 26, 1865. Photographer: George R. Clone. Brownville, NY
