Midwife Regina Willette with a newborn baby she helped deliver in Canton
Midwife Regina Willette with a newborn baby she helped deliver in 2016. Canton, NY. Photo courtesy of Regina Willette. Check out our story on Regina here.
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The Morley School’s First ‘Lunch Lady’ in Morley
Dorothy Potter, who worked at Morley’s stone schoolhouse as a cook for 13 years. Circa 1955. Photo courtesy of her son, Don Potter. For more about Dorothy’s career cooking for the Morley School, check out the full North Country at Work story here.
Ann and Stewart Cuthbert with lamb in the family barn in Hammond
Stewart Cuthbert (left) and toddler Ann playing with a Hampshire lamb in the barn of their family farm. February 1957. Hammond, NY.
Jennifer McGregor pouring milk into the dumping station in Hammond
Jennifer McGregor pouring milk into the dumping station, which fed into a bulk tank at the McGregor farm. August 1968. Hammond, NY.
Nursing students outside the nurse’s residence in Ogdensburg
Nursing students outside the A. Barton Hepburn nurses’ residence on King Street. From left to right: Jane Maroney, Frances VanHorne, and Lorraine Martel. December 1944. Ogdensburg, NY. Photo courtesy of Frances VanHorne. Check out our story on what it was like to be a nursing student in the 1940s here.
Students and teachers outside of the school in Pyrites
Students and teachers outside of the school building in Pyrites. 1908. Pyrites, NY. Photo courtesy of the Canton Historian’s Office. Check out our story on the boom (and bust) of Pyrites here.
North Country Public Radio staff in Canton
Staff of North Country Public Radio in the Payson Hall office in 1990. Left to Right: News Director Pat McKeown, Development Director Susan Sweeney Patnode, Adirondack development assistant Peter Wilson, Production Manager Steve Gotcher, Announcer Peter Euler, Station Manager Ellen Rocco, Announcer Lamar Bliss, Announcer/producer Louis T. Cook, Reporter Martha Foley, Program Director Jackie Sauter, […]
Martha Foley in the radio’s tape storage room in Canton
Martha Foley, reporter for North Country Public Radio, in the station’s tape room. Canton, NY. Late 1980s to early 1990s. Photo courtesy of the North Country Public Radio archives. Check out our story on working during the early days of NCPR.
WSLU announcer in the control room in Canton
Lamar Bliss, announcer for WSLU (which later became NCPR) in the Payson Hall Control Room. 1985. Canton, NY. Photo courtesy of the North Country Public Radio Archives. Check out our story on working during the early days of NCPR.
Men and women in front of the Moose Head Hotel in the Town of Webb
Moose Head Hotel in winter. Men and women on the steps, automobiles can be seen on either side of the hotel. 1940s. Town of Webb, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goodsell Museum. Check out our story about Webb’s transformation from logging town to tourist destination.