What was formerly known as Parker Laundry was purchased in August 1915 by George Scribner and became the Carthage Laundry. It handled commercial, hotel and family laundry. The main building was located on North School Street near Francis Street. Pictured is the horse-drawn laundry carriage, which picked up and dropped off laundry around town. Photo […]
State Street is lit up by electric lights strung in front of businesses as part of a celebration of industry. Carthage was one of the first towns to get electricity in Jefferson County, even before Watertown. Note early automobiles parked along sidewalks. 1912. Carthage, NY. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold […]
State Street, the downtown business area, before it was paved. Note muddy ruts left by horse and auto traffic; also, wooden sidewalks. On the left, storefront for Light Power. Electricity had replaced gas lights by this time. 1912. Carthage, NY. Carthage Free Library’s Heritage Room Collection. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and […]
The McCollum Block of Lower State Street which was divided into little service shops (building on left) operated mostly by first generation Americans, including Lebanese and Italian immigrants. Ladies in the foreground are shopping. Note the shopping cart being pushed by the lady second from left. Circa 1890-1900. Carthage, NY. Henry M. Beach, photographer. For […]
Looking up State Street (the business center of Carthage) toward the National Exchange Bank (currently known as the Buckley Building). There are a few automobiles, but mostly horse drawn vehicles still travel the dirt streets. The globed lighting shown here were gaslights, probably lit at dusk by Fred Klingner, the village lamplighter. Electric lights were […]
The Balmat and Brayton Hardware and Plumbing Store (on left) and Balmat and Brayton Groceries (on right). The building later became the Accarino Brothers grocery store and meat market. Circa 1920-1930. West Carthage, NY. Caption info compiled by Lynn Thornton, Laura Prievo, and Harold Sanderson for the Images of America book Around Carthage and West Carthage.
The Hubbard Block contained Mendelsohn’s Gentleman’s clothing store as well as Porter and Porter Law offices (on the second floor) and G. W. Schmid had a jewelry, clock and silverware shop (below). In this photo, Issac Mendelsohn is at the far right; William Arnot is next to him. Note the wooden mannequin in between them, […]
Exterior shot of Given’s Store, a grocery, in Cranberry Lake. Circa 1935.
The Rondax Building which housed the Old Forge Electric business office, known informally as the Flat Iron Building. Old Forge had an electric plant earlier than most Adirondack communities, around the turn of the 20th century. 1931. Old Forge, NY.
Old Forge Main Street above Gilbert Street. Circa 1900-1910. Old Forge, NY.
