North Country At Work

Dexter Sulfite Pulp & Paper Co. truck moving finished paper. Circa 1940s. Dexter, NY.

Dump truck with hard rubber tires in Dexter, NY.

Tarvia truck spreading tar. Circa 1920. Dexter NY.

Part of the Philadelphia Fire Department fleet. Circa 1940s. Philadelphia, NY. From Bodman Memorial Library Calenders, which used photos from the Philadelphia Historical Society’s archives.

Flaherty Coal & Oil Service employees Don Ward and Ralph Eager with their Chevrolet truck in front of the garage. Dressed in work clothes. Circa 1940s. Philadelphia. NY.  

A. Flaherty Coal & Oil Service employee Charlie Ward in front of his company truck. Charlie lived to age 98. 1947. Philadelphia, NY.

Tom Hebert, volunteer firefighter, at the controls of the village fire department’s pumper truck. Circa 1990s. Heuvelton, NY.

Ogdensburg downtown urban renewal, tearing down the 100 block of Ford St. Circa 1967-68. Ogdensburg, NY.

Dominic Condino’s first truck being used to haul stone from a local quarry. Dominic Condino owned Carthage Auto Supply Company. Circa 1920s. Carthage, NY. From a booklet written by Dudley Danielson called “Carthage, NY – 1785-1980.”

Payloader in downtown Carthage on North Washington Street. February 7, 1977. Carthage, NY.