Keith Van Sise, founder of Gristmill Distillers, adds dry corn to a metal container to make corn mash, which is the first step in making corn beer, also known as whiskey. 2016. Keene, NY. Photo is a still from a video produced by Josh Clements Productions for ANCA (the Adirondack North Country Association)
Storefront of the Aldrich Brothers Store, with Aldrich Eggleston, proprietor, pictured on left. It was a general merchandise store, selling flour, brooms, cleaners (example: Gold Dust washing powder), and fresh produce. Circa 1890. Canton, NY.
Everett Caldwell and George S. Conkey (the soda jerk behind the bar) in Conkey and Cully Drugs and Soda Fountain. Circa 1910-1920. Canton, NY. We may no longer have soda bars, but one Canton business is busy pressing fresh apple cider – check out the North Country at Work story here.
Men gathered downtown with horses and wagons for Turkey Day, a day just before Thanksgiving during which farmers sold their turkeys to buyers from cities like New York, Boston, and Montreal. Circa 1910. Lisbon, NY. Click here to read a North Country at Work story on a Lisbon girl who hid notes inside of the turkeys her family […]
Two men stand inside the Ross Brick Store, a clothing, shoe, and dry goods store in Lawrenceville, a hamlet of Lawrence. Circa 1920. Lawrenceville, NY. Photo donated to the SLCHA by Elizabeth Winn, Town of Lawrence Historian.
Six people sitting on the porch of the W.M. Whittakers Store, which sold automobile tires and other dry goods. Circa 1920. Fine, NY.
William Little John, proprietor, stands behind the counter of his store. Canned food is stacked on the shelves behind him, there’s a large tin of Malted Milk Crackers on the counter, and several boxes of cigars (sold singly) in a glass case. Circa 1920. South Colton, NY.
Pictured are J.H.McIntosh Boots and Shoes on the left, and Mangin’s Confectionary and Fruit Stand on the right. Mangin stands between his wife and nephew to the right of the fruit stand. Kip’s photography studio in basement. Circa 1900. Canton, NY.
(From left to right) Art Mayne, Lawrence Putney, and Frank Harper inside a feed store. Sacks of grain are loaded on hand cart to move. The chutes for filling bags and scales for weighing them are shown. Store was later owned by the Aldrich family. Circa 1920. Lisbon, NY.
Milkman delivering milk on Main Street using a horse-drawn bobsled. On the bobsled, there are boxes holding milk covered in blankets. Circa 1930s-40s. Lisbon, NY.
