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.
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Inside the Bill Gates Diner in Bolton landing
The Bill Gates Diner, located on Main Street in Bolton Landing. It was run by the Gates family between 1948 and 1981. Photo taken in the 1950s/1960s. Bolton Landing, NY. Photo courtesy of Bill Gates. Bill Gates (Junior) worked at the diner starting at the age of 14, and put himself through college working at the diner […]
Bartender Colleen Smith in the Adirondack Hotel tap room in Long Lake
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.
Running Farmhouse Pantry in Saranac
Farmhouse Pantry opened in Saranac on Labor Day of 2015. It’s part farm-to-table, organic café; part coffee shop; and part fresh-off-the-farm grocery store. The folks behind it are Josh and Sarah Vaillancourt, a couple in their thirties who moved to Saranac to start a small farm, and ended up with the farm and a restaurant. […]
Francis Desotelle behind the bar of the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh
Bartender Francis Desotelle tending bar a the Elks Lodge, BPOE #621. 1950s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
Bartenders at the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh
Four workers behind the bar of the Elks Lodge, BPOE #621. In the middle is Francis Desotelle, and on the right is Francis Kennedy, who later became the head of the Elks Club. 1950s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
Waiting tables at a restaurant in Plattsburgh
A waiter at a restaurant in Plattsburgh, either the Elks Lodge or the Witherell Hotel. Late 1940s. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
Cleaning the bathroom at the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh
A worker in the bathroom of the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh, cleaning what looks like a urinal. 1948. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.
Serving a customer at the Elks Lodge bar in Plattsburgh
Two bartenders at the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh, BPOE #621. The man in the foreground is taking an order from a customer. February 1, 1948. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle. When he was in high school, Gary Desotelle worked in the restaurant of the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh. Listen to his […]
A bartender cleaning up at the Elks Lodge in Plattsburgh
A worker behind the bar of the Plattsburgh Elks Lodge, BPOE #621. February 1, 1948. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.