North Country At Work

Photo of Nevin Mayne and George Claland standing between the Heuvelton Post Office and the A & P Grocery Store. Boy coming out of the Post Office is Elliot Hastings. 1916. Heuvelton, NY

“Busta” Fergerson and Herb Sloan working in a Heuvelton grocery store. Note the Hershey chocolate bar (bottom right), Rice Krispies and Wheaties (between the men), and Coca-Cola sign on the right wall. Circa 1940s. Heuvelton, NY. Photo donated by Allen and Ann Sloan.

Unidentified shop clerk in a Heuvelton grocery store. According to the sign above the door, he was selling fresh buttermilk for five cents a glass. Also for sale: Wonderbread and Vicks Cough Drops (bottom right), Kellogg’s Cornflakes (bottom left) and tea from Japan (sign hanging from ceiling). Circa early 1930s. Heuvelton, NY.

Paul Woods assisting customers in the IGA grocery, which was located in the downstairs of Pickens Hall. From the Ogdensburg Journal’s Leisure Time Advance News insert February 22, 1973. Heuvelton, NY.

Grocery section of  Ducett’s Store in the 1930s, with Fred and Hattie Ducett and son Orman. Another son, Earl, was also associated with the store, which operated until the 1960s in the Pickens Hall building. Circa 1930s. Heuvelton, NY.

Unidentified men in Broeffles Grocery on Hodskin Street in Canton, NY. Circa 1890.

George Lynde in his dry goods store. Circa 1900. Natural Bridge, NY.

Steve McIntyre in Sullivan’s Store, Natural Bridge, NY. Circa 1930s.

D.J. Tiffany’s grocery at 78 North Mechanic Street. He sold milk, cream, and groceries, and made deliveries in the pictured three horse-drawn wagons. 1913. Carthage, NY. Photo courtesy of S.H. Greene, Chaumont, NY. From a booklet written by Dudley Danielson called “Carthage, NY – 1785-1980.”

Interior of Nolan’s Big Bargain Store, which sold dry goods. The store was opened in 1888 by John Nolan. Circa 1900. Carthage, NY. From a Carthage Souvenir Book in the archives of the Carthage Free Library’s Heritage Room.