Three unidentified men in front of W.R. Keating Liquors & Tobacco. The store sold liquors, wines, and tobacco. 1901-1902 (note the liquor license in window). Watertown, NY. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.
Theodore R. “Ted” Duclos (left) with his son Glendon “Glen” Duclos inside the Duclos Barbershop. The shop was located at 561 State Street, and it was operated at this location from 1925-1969, when Ted passed away. The building was torn down in 1970, and Duclos Barbershop relocated to 729 State Street, where Glen continued to […]
The Wm. Fortune Paint Store on Broadway. Wm. Fortune was a relative of Antoine Fortune, who owned and operated a successful furniture store and funeral home. Date unknown. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the personal archives of Andrew Fortune and the Fortune Funeral Home.
Antoine Fortune outside the original location of the Fortune Furniture store, which later became the Fortune Funeral Home. Date unknown. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the personal archives of Andrew Fortune and the Fortune Funeral Home
Green’s Market, a beloved village institution. It was open from the mid-1920s to the mid-1980s. Circa 1920. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo taken by Charlie Green. Originally printed in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.
Don Witherwax’s Floating Grocery delivered groceries by pontoon boat to campers on the lower Saranac lakes. Circa 1966. Saranac Lake, NY. Originally printed in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise on August 11, 1966. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.
Barr’s Delicatessen Store and F.M. Bull’s Drug Store at 18 Main Street. Circa 1895. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.
A view of storefronts in Saranac Lake. The Sagendorf Restaurant sign can be seen just above the old iron “Broadway Bridge,” and the restaurant appears to have shared space with a taxidermist. The Saranac River runs between Flint’s Pharmacy and the Sagendorf, and Dorsey Street is on its other side before the three-story (Adirondack Pharmacy) and two-story […]
The staff of the Eagle Clothing Co. store next to exterior displays. The store was located at 138 Glen Street. Circa 1900. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.
Men and children standing in front of the Coolidge and Bentley store on 118 Glen Street, which sold clothing and gentlemens’ furnishings. In the windows are signs for the “Grand Pumpkin Pie Carnival, Sept. 16th.” Piles of large pumpkins are in front of store windows. Next door is the M.B. Little Insurance Co. Fall 1882. Glens […]
