North Country At Work

Inside the Rogers Company Store. Six men stand behind the counter. Photograph by McVicker Photography. 1870. Au Sable Forks, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Men and women inside a butcher shop. Quarters of beef and pork hang on a wall. A meat saw also hangs there. Two men stand behind the counter, and a man in a fur coat and hat may be a customer. Photograph by Edward T. Start. Circa 1900. May be Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of […]

Store or market interior. Man and woman stand behind a counter, little girl is in front holding a large apple and a man with a pad and pen stands in front. On the floor are several boxes and bushel baskets of apples, onions, potatoes and other produce.  A sign at the door window reads: “Strictly […]

Workers, two wearing aprons, inside a fish market. Signs advertise live lobster, white halibut, frog legs, scallops, lake trout, and oysters. Photograph by Edward T. Start. Circa 1900.  Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

The exterior of R.J. Stuart’s Grocery Store. Circa 1920s.  Speculator NY.

Stan (Sonny) Schoonmaker at the soda counter of Schoonmaker’s Drugs. Circa 1960s. Speculator, NY. Photo by Kevin Schoonmaker. Courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Schoonmaker’s Drug Store. Circa 1940s or 1950s. Speculator, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Harry Hall Groceries on Main Street. Sign in the window reads, “Qualified dealer Arpeako heat products.” Circa 1935. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The interior of Charlie Johns, a grocery store and general store. Circa 1963. Four Corners of Speculator, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Downtown Inlet, on Main Street. Pharmacy (left), Mary’s Gift Shop, and Harry Hall’s Groceries. Note the dairy barn on the far right. Circa 1940. Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.