Forest ranger PJ Cunningham (middle) being thanked for 50 years of service to the state. Cunningham is shaking hands with Conservation Commissioner Lithgow Osborne. Forest ranger Art Draper on right. Cunningham was credited with playing an important role in the development of conservation efforts in New York State. North Creek, NY. 1939. Photo courtesy of […]
Workers on the steps of the J&J Rogers Company pulp mill wet room. 1916. Au Sable Forks, NY. Courtesy of Elsa Voelcker. Click here to read or listen to our three-part story on the rise and fall of the J&J Rogers Company, one of the biggest industrial users of the Adirondack landscape.
Caretaker Gerald Heath sits at Singer Castle on Dark Island, where he worked for a decade. As the caretaker, he lived on the island year-round. Circa 1950s or early 1960s. Chippewa Bay, NY. Photo courtesy of Doug Heath.
Employees of Agbotic, an organic vegetable growing company. Sackets Harbor, NY. Photo courtesy of Kevin Richardson. Check out our story on how Agbotic stayed open during the COVID-19 pandemic to donate food to non-profit relief organizations.
Luthier Glenn Hill holds a guitar he made inside his home studio. Hogansburg, NY. Photo taken by Amy Feiereisel.
Photo of the Saidel family inside their general store at the corner of Lakeside Drive and Horicon Avenue in Bolton Landing. Proprietor Sam Saidel is on the far left. Bolton Landing, NY. Circa 1920. Photo submitted by David Saidel.
COVID-19 mask selfie of underground electrician Joseph Hunter at the 2,500 level shop in the Empire State Mines. Balmat, NY. 2020. Photo submitted by Joseph Hunter.
Self-portrait of James Hackett at work at J. R. Miller & Co. in Watertown. He was a tailor there for many years. The photo is a scan of one of his 5″x7″ glass plate negatives. Circa 1900-1910. Photo donated by James Bullard, Hackett’s grandson.
Joy McCabe, and her husband, Tom McCabe, in front of their general store, Keene General Store. 1975. Keene, NY. It was next door to the Woodruff Motel. You can see the sign to the right. Photo courtesy of Sue Abbott Jones.
Employees outside the Fillin’ Station, The Woodruff Motel’s restaurant. August 1985. Keene, NY. Photo courtesy of Sue Abbott Jones.
