Employees outside the Fillin’ Station in Keene
Employees outside the Fillin’ Station, The Woodruff Motel’s restaurant. August 1985. Keene, NY. Photo courtesy of Sue Abbott Jones.
Employees outside the Fillin’ Station, The Woodruff Motel’s restaurant. August 1985. Keene, NY. Photo courtesy of Sue Abbott Jones.
Chef Gary Fairchild flambéing dessert at the Hiland Golf Club (currently the Hiland Park Country Club). Fairchild has worked in and around Glens Falls as a chef for over fifteen years. 2003. Glens Falls, NY. Donated by Gary Fairchild. Chef Gary Fairchild has lived and worked in the Glens Falls area for nearly two decades. […]
Man driving a horse drawn meat and grocery wagon. 803 Cooper Street in Watertown, NY. Circa 1890. Donated by Thomas LaClair.
Colleen Smith behind the bar in the Adirondack Hotel tap room. Long Lake. Spring of 2019. Photo taken by Andy Flynn. Listen and read Colleen’s full story here.
An employee of the Deer’s Head Inn, Zach Jackson, rolling homemade pasta through a machine in the kitchen. 2018. Elizabethtown, NY. Courtesy of Wyatt Jackson. Wyatt Jackson is a cook & manager at the Deer’s Head Inn. Listen to his story at one of our listening stations!
Cooks from the Thousand Islands House. The hotel opened in July 1873, and was torn down after Prohibition and the Depression in 1937. The hotel hired chefs from outside the North Country and brought them into town. Circa 1900. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of the Alexandria Township Historical Society.
The Long and Williams store, featuring an outdoor fruit and vegetable stand. Circa 1900. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of the Alexandria Township Historical Society.
Elsie P. Brown working inside the Red & White grocery store, located on Walton Street. Brown worked at the store for decades, until it closed. Circa 1940. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Brown.
Giles Wallace, the owner of the Red & White Store, poses outside the grocery. March 1947. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Brown.
A bartender, Leslee, pouring a drink at the Deer’s Head Inn. 2019. Elizabethtown, NY. Courtesy of Wyatt Jackson.