North Country At Work

Inside a shoe last factory in Natural Bridge, NY. “Shoe lasts” are the wooden foot forms used to shape shoes. Circa early 1900s.

Wood working factory shop. Circa 1910-1920. Carthage, NY.

Rollin I. Skinner, chief draftsmen of the Carthage Machine Company, standing at the edge of a cylindrical chip screen which was manufactured by the company in the mid-1920s. The side of their building on West End Avenue had to be torn out to get it out for shipment. Circa 1920s. Carthage, NY. From a booklet […]

Printing office of G.M. Brownell in the Strickland building. Circa 1900. Carthage, NY. From a Carthage Souvenir Book in the archives of the Carthage Free Library’s Heritage Room.

Workers next to a 50 H.P. vertical engine, built by Fitchburg Steam Engine Company. Circa 1900. Carthage. From a Carthage Souvenir Book in the archives of the Carthage Free Library’s Heritage Room.

Workers of McNeil Boiler Works in front of the Cook Water Tube Boiler. Circa 1900. Carthage, NY. From a Carthage Souvenir Book in the archives of the Carthage Free Library’s Heritage Room. Check out this North Country at Work story to learn more about the history of Carthage’s working class.

Snowplowing sidewalks in downtown Carthage during the blizzard of 1977, which lasted from January 28 through February 21. Photo taken January 31, 1977. Carthage, NY.

Firemen and other volunteers with snowmobiles in front of the Carthage Fire Hall during the blizzard of 1977, which lasted from January 28 through February 21. Carthage, NY.

Assembling wooden boxes at the Mallard and Rice Box Factory, Copenhagen, NY. Circa 1900 to 1910.

Cardboard coming off the dryer roll at the Mallard and Rice Box Factory, Copenhagen, NY. Circa 1900-1910.