North Country At Work

Betty Temmings and Martin Koop at work at the Trudeau Institute. 1940s. Photo donated by Theresa Brown. Saranac Lake, NY.

Secretary Muriel Beseth, who worked at WNBZ for 45 years at the WNBZ studios located at the Berkeley Hotel. Circa 1970. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo donated by Chris Brescia, who was a radio engineer at the station. Related story here.

Norma Talmadge and Mark McDermott (man with whiskers) in last scene of “New Moon.” Filmed at Saranac Lake. Winter 1919. Donated by Lila Friel. Saranac Lake, NY.

Two NYS Conservation officers visit one room schoolhouse. Circa 1950. Photo donated by Jack Drury from conservation officer Carl Prue’s album.  Plattsburgh, NY.

Beth Nutting moving from the old grade school to the newly merged Dexter Union Free School and Brownville-Glen Park Junior-Senior High School. Circa 1989. Dexter, NY. Related article here; the audio clip is from that story and features Beth Nutting talking about her time as a teacher.

Beth Nutting is pictured with students during her last year of teaching, June 2006. Dexter, NY. Related article here; the audio clip is from that story and features Beth Nutting talking about her time as a teacher.

Workers at Limerick Cheese Plant, left to right: Alice Stano, ruthKizzer, unknown, Mickey Gracey, Helen (unknown last name). Circa 1960. Limerick, NY. Audio clip is of John Stano, Alice Stano’s son, remembering his mother’s time working at the plant.

Mill workers stand in front of American flag in dedication at the Frontenac sulfite paper mill. Circa 1880s? Dexter, NY

Marion Burke in her classroom, circa late 1950s. Dexter, NY. Related story on teaching in Jefferson County here.

Alice Rockwood Stano posing in storage room in Limerick Cheese Plant. Late 1950s. Dexter, NY. The plant closed in the mid-1960s. Photo provided by Dexter village historian John Stano, whose mother is pictured here and whose uncle and aunt also worked at the plant. The audio clip is of John Stano, remembering his mother working […]