America’s first trained nurse, Linda Richards (1841-1930), was born Melinda Ann Judson Richards, the daughter of an itinerant preacher. The family moved from Potsdam to Wisconsin and eventually to Vermont when Linda was very young. In 1873, she received her diploma from the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Roxbury, Massachusetts, becoming the […]
A man and woman pose with a crate of cabbages on an unknown vegetable farm. Circa 1900-1910. Hermon, NY.
Connie Green working as a bank teller in the Hermon Community Bank. Circa 2006. Hermon, NY.
Bank tellers at work in the Hermon Community Bank. Circa 2006. Hermon, NY.
Pictured left to right are bank employees: Sue Tresidder, Fama Carpenter, Connie Green. Circa 1999. Hermon, NY.
James Hotaling posing with his horse drawn stagecoach in front of train tracks. Written on the coach is: Hotels and Residences. This stagecoach transported people between the train depot and hotels in Hermon and Russell; Trout Lake was a popular destination. Note “old-fashioned” long dresses and short capes of the two older women standing next […]
The exterior of Goodale’s Gas Station, on the corner of Hermon-Russell and Edwards Roads. In 2018, Woody’s, a gas station and convenience store, sits on the same spot. Pictured from left to right: unknown, Charles Allen, Mrs. Frank Goodale, Leon, Mabel, Lucinda, and Frank Goodale. Circa 1926 or 1927. Hermon, NY.
A group of workers pose with a stream engine and threshing machine. They have pitch forks ready for field work and steam is emanating from the boiler. Probably a neighborhood work circle. These specialized machines were usually transported from farm to farm where neighboring farmers helped each other out to secure harvest. Three women are […]
Homestead at 944 County Route 20, West Hermon, NY. Unknown couple standing in front of the homestead with barn in background. Circa 1870-1880. Hermon, NY. Donated by Bill Balling.
Casey Galligan, Creamery Manager, gives out samples of cheese in the farm store of Sugar House Creamery, a farm and cheese-making business that makes European-style cheese from twelve Brown Swiss cows. 2016. Upper Jay, NY. Photo is a still from a video produced by Josh Clements Productions for ANCA (the Adirondack North Country Association.
