North Country At Work

Unidentified men in Broeffles Grocery on Hodskin Street in Canton, NY. Circa 1890.

Unidentified men in front of Lynn Rogers Meat Market in downtown Canton. Circa 1880. Canton, NY.

The Plaindealer Block on Canton’s Main Street (so called for the Saint Lawrence Plaindealer offices located there), picturing the J.H. McIntosh and American Express Company and unidentified men. Circa 1900. Canton, NY.

Second Union Block (which burned down in 1880) featuring a clothing store, printing office, and furniture store. Circa 1875. Canton, NY.

Unidentified people on the porch of George W. Jack’s Bakery and Confectionary, Canton NY. Circa late 1880s.

Silas Wright’s celebrated chrome beam fire engine. The white horses were called Billy and Tom, and they were the property of Ansil Watson, the driver for the Village street department. Dick Fobare holds the reins and Charles Cook, chief engineer, sits beside him. George Maine, who soaked the boiler, is standing. Circa 1905. Canton, NY.

Canton First National Bank located at the corner of Hodskin and Main, circa 1900, Canton, NY. One can see evidence of the transition between kerosene lamps and electric lighting, and between ledger keeping and typewriters.

G.B. Mangin Fruit Stand on Main Street, featuring bananas. Canton, NY. Circa 1900. (Unknown if man in photo is Mr. Mangin.)

The St. Lawrence Plaindealer office and J.M. McIntosh store on Main Street, after a snowstorm.  Canton, NY. Circa 1900.

William Allen, owner of Allen’s Fine Jewelry and Gifts, installing the sign for his new location on State Street, Carthage, NY. From the Carthage Republican Tribune on July 21, 1993.