Jane Desotelle owns Underwood Herbs, where she sells herbs at local farmers’ markets. She actually helped get those farmers markets started, and now she’s the Executive Director of the Adirondack Farmers Market Cooperative. She lives in the same property where she grew up in Plattsburgh, where her mother first taught her to pick herbs and […]
In the foreground, Jane Underwood Haines is hanging up the wash, while in the background, Corwin Haines is painting a fence in a backyard in Plattsburgh. Circa 1950. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
Photo from a page of Ellenburg Central School’s 1956 yearbook, “The Golden Eagle”, where Veronica Franklin taught high school English. Ellenburg, NY. Photo courtesy of Clinton County Historical Association Archives and Veronica Franklin.
Female employees and Ambrose Marquis (the owner) in front of the J.J. Newberry department store in Tupper Lake. They are possibly dressed in clothing of an earlier era for the old-fashioned sidewalk sale advertised in the window. August 1936. Tupper Lake, NY.
Kathleen Bigelow at her typewriter. Kathleen was the Tupper Lake Free Press photographer, and took thousands of images of life in the area for decades. She was often called “Brenda Starr” after the fictional reporter. Circa 1950s. Tupper Lake, NY.
Andrea Malik standing in a snowbank to illustrate the conditions the Black Fly Control Program works in. April 1993. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Andrea Malik.
Andrea Malik filling a water bucket from a stream to dilute BTI (Baciilus Thuringiensis Israelies), a treatment used to control black flies. Circa 1990. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Andrea Malik.
Andrea Malik mixing up a treatment of BTI, a control program that kills black flies. The bacteria is Baciilus Thuringiensis Israelies (BTI). Circa 1990. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Andrea Malik.
Nature’s Storehouse and Garden Share employees inside Nature’s Storehouse. Circa 2000. Canton, NY. Photo courtesy of the Colton Library.
Ann O’Brien Martin behind the bar at Catamount Lodge. Circa 1960. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of the Colton Library.
