North Country At Work

The operating room in the Carthage Area Hospital. Photo from the Carthage Area Hospital Expansion Program Pamphlet, circa 1970s. Carthage, NY.

Nurses at the reception desk in the Carthage Area Hospital. Photo from the Carthage Area Hospital Expansion Program Pamphlet, circa 1970s. Carthage, NY.

Darcy L. Gibbons, hairdresser, working on a customer at her business, Country Curl Beauty Salon on State Street. From an article written by Deborah O’Connor in the February 5, 1985 Carthage/Lowville Times.

Old Central House run by Merrit Fargo. 1902. Natural Bridge, NY.

The parts department of the Carthage Auto Supply Company, owned by Dominic Condino. Circa early 1930s. Carthage, NY. From a booklet written by Dudley Danielson called “Carthage, NY – 1785-1980.”

Inside the job shop of the Carthage Republican Tribune, founded in 1860 as The Carthage Republican. Circa 1930. Carthage, NY. From a booklet written by Dudley Danielson called “Carthage, NY – 1785-1980.”

Gladys Bovee going out to milk in 1917. She was one of nine Bovee children who lived and worked on the family’s Jefferson County farm. From an article written by Gladys’s sister, Evelyn Constance Bovee in the Watertown Daily Times, published on November 17, 1982. Related article on dairy farming here.

William H. Tribol (school principal) and Doris Pickett (chairman of the Four Rivers Historical Society Education Committee) working on a lighting display at the Carthage Elementary School, put on by the Four Rivers Historical Society. February 28, 1979. Carthage, NY.

Loggers and their family members at Barkley’s logging camp. Circa 1900. Colton, NY. Related article on early logging here.

Logging camp, circa 1900. Colton area.Photo shows details of camp set up including hay supply for horses and grindstone for sharpening tools. Related article on logging here.