North Country At Work

Main Street of Thendara, NY. On the left is Van Aiken’s Tavern, on the right is the New York Central Railroad station, which also served the town of Old Forge. Circa 1930. Thendara, NY.

Men and a wagon in front of the blacksmith shop on Main Street. Circa 1906. Richville, NY.

People pose in front of the William Walker General Merchandise store on the left; horses hitched up to a wagon are in front of the post office on the right. 1907. Richville, NY. Photo by Henry M. Beach.

Soldiers march down Green Street in De Kalb Junction after de-training at the station. August 1940. De Kalb Junction, NY.

Barbers cutting hair in Ceylon Reed barber shop at ½ Main Street (Route 11). Circa 1931-1932. De Kalb Junction, NY.

Dr. Cole, a homeopathic practitioner, and an unidentified man, pose in front of Coles Drug Store on Green Street. His family lived on the second floor of the building. Note boards used as crosswalks on the muddy street. Circa 1890-1900. De Kalb Junction, NY.

The Union Hotel, originally built in 1863 by Clark Goulding, was sold to Patrick Green within a year. The building was destroyed by fire in 1887. Stage coaches transported people arriving by railroad to multiple destinations in the town. De Kalb Junction was home to 41 railroad employees in 1870 half of whom boarded at […]

M. Wainwright’s Farmers Sheds, where farmers would keep their horses for the duration of a town visit; the equivalent of a modern day parking garage but for horses. Circa 1910-1920s. De Kalb Junction, NY.

Main Street in De Kalb Junction. The first building on right Gilmour’s jewelry store, then the Farmer Sheds, Rice’s General Store, and then Lobdell’s hotel.  These buildings were built after the July 1897 fire destroyed all the buildings on this side of the street. Circa 1900-1910. De Kalb Junction, NY. Photograph by Robert Woodward.

Three employees inside the Moses Store (a grocery/dry goods store), which was located near the Pleasant View Hotel. Circa 1930s. Harrisville, NY.