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.
Inside the main machine shop of the Bagley & Sewall Company. Watertown, NY. Circa 1930s or 1940s. Photo submitted by Franz Helin, from the company brochure.
Draftsman Frans Alfred Helin (right) inspects machine at the Bagley & Sewall Company. Watertown, NY. Circa 1930s. Photo submitted by Franz Helin.
The exterior of the alcohol plant run by the Brooklyn Cooperage Co. 1915. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
A view of the buildings at the Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories plant in the 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.
Pallets of Riopan, an antacid drug for relieving heartburn and indigestion that was made at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.
A worker operating some kind of switchboard at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. The factory was later bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed in 2006. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.
A worker surveys a machine washing bottles at Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. The factory was later bought by Pfizer, and the Rouses Point plant closed in 2006. 1970s. Rouses Point, NY. Photo courtesy of the Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society.
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 […]
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.
