Tag: store

McFadden & Anderson Grist Mill employees in Heuvelton

Grist mill workers pictured from left to right: John Craword, Jr., Charles P. Anderson, Harlan Smithers, William Smith. The store was owned by George C. McFadden, who bought it in 1887 to establish a grist mill and feed store. The building was erected in 1853 at the northwest end of the bridge on State Street […]

Coffee merchant in Glens Falls

Merchant selling coffee with nine different types of beans in Glens Falls. Coffee grinder under poster. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story on how local artisans have turned the old Glens Falls shirt factory into a space for art and business.

The Snyder House and Breckenridge & Snyder corner store in Heuvelton

The Snyder House (middle) and Breckenridge & Snyder corner store which sold McCormick Harvesting machinery. They were located across the Oswegatchie River from Pickens Hall. The Snyder House was operated by John Snyder, son of Samuel and Sally Snyder. Circa 1880s. Heuvelton, NY.

Second Union block in Canton

Second Union Block (which burned down in 1880) featuring a clothing store, printing office, and furniture store. Circa 1875. Canton, NY.

Church Street Shoe Service proprietor Joseph Leana in Carthage

Joseph Leana in his  Church Street Shoe Service store, which he opened in 1953 in Carthage, NY. Leana apprenticed with a shoemaker when he was sixteen and went on to start his own businesses, one in Watertown and the second in Carthage. From the July 2, 1986 Carthage Republican Tribune.