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Women sit at work tables in glove factory

Women with sewing machines at Serfis Glove Company in Wells

Women working at the Serfis Glove Company. Workers kept a bag of cut gloves by their side, ready to sew, and were paid by the pair. Most women also had commercial sewing machines in their homes and would do additional work at night or on weekends. March 6, 1956. Wells, NY. Photo courtesy of Bruce Wright.

Two workers at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories in Rouses Point

Two workers at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories in Rouses Point

Two workers inspecting pills at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. The tools they are holding may be designed to vacuum up pills that don’t pass inspection. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.   Geri Favreau went to work for Ayerst in 1967. She worked there for 37 years on the office side […]

Aerial view of Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories in Rouses Point

Aerial view of Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories in Rouses Point

An aerial view of the buildings at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, several years prior to its closing. The factory at that point had been bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed in 2006. 2003. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.