North Country At Work

Car and delivery trailer in front of Dexter Hardware Store. Circa 1930s. Dexter, NY.

Taylor Brothers Hardware with workers and other men. Circa 1914. Philadelphia, NY. International delivery truck in foreground. From Bodman Memorial Library Calenders, which used photos from the Philadelphia Historical Society’s archives.

Horse-drawn bobsled with unidentified driver in front of Tinware and Stove Depot storefront. Early 1900s. Philadelphia, NY.

Interior of a Philadelphia Bakery in the 1920s. Baker with bent arm (on right) is Lawrence Reynolds. Circa 1920s. Philadelphia, NY.

Unidentified men in front of Taylor Brothers Hardware. Circa 1920s. Philadelphia, NY.

Keller’s Gas Station was located on the corner of Main and Sand Streets. It was owned by Kenneth Keller, who later owned Keller’s Meat and Grocery Store. Circa 1930s. Note soldier in uniform on right. Philadelphia, NY.

Main Street Drugs & Groceries. Circa 1890. Philadelphia, NY. Note: This is a tintype photograph.

Keller’s Meats & Groceries with unknown clerks/owners on front stoop. Note the signs around them: Gas, 15 cents a gallon—cash! CERTO special, 2 for 53 cents (Certo is still used today to make jellies and jams and costs about $2.50 a box). 1915. Philadelphia, NY.

Interior photo of Berry’s Restaurant in Philadelphia. May 15, 1937. Philadelphia, NY.

Bank and other businesses on the Scofield block. Circa 1900. Philadelphia, NY.