Tag: worker portrait

Coach George Brown with his first hockey team in Alexandria Bay

Coach George Brown with his first hockey team in Alexandria Bay

George W. Brown, far left, with the first high school hockey team he ever coached at Alexandria Bay High School. Brown was one of the founders of the Northern Hockey League for high schools and a beloved coach. The 1947-’48 season. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Brown. Barbara says the whole Brown family’s life […]

Coach George Brown in Alexandria Bay

Coach George Brown in Alexandria Bay

Coach George W. Brown holding a hockey tournament trophy. He coached basketball and football as well as hockey. March 1973. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Barbara Brown.

Painting a wildlife scene in Alexandria Bay

Painting a wildlife scene in Alexandria Bay

Robert “R. Gareth” Service painting a wildlife scene. Service became a painter after retiring as editor for the Watertown Daily Times; he sold his work through Ducks Unlimited and private customers. Circa 1980. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Melinda Comstock.

A Freshly Caught Sturgeon in Alexandria Bay

Ernie Mance Jr. holding a freshly Caught Sturgeon in Alexandria Bay

Ernie Mance, Jr. holding a large sturgeon he had just caught on the St. Lawrence River. Mance owned a marina called Mance Marine Basin, tore down buildings while the seaway was being built , and fished sturgeon for years, until they stopped issuing licenses for them in the mid-1970s. Circa 1970. Alexandria Bay, NY. Courtesy of Ernie […]

A work crew for Hawkeye Trail Cramp on Whiteface Mountain

A work crew for Hawkeye Trail Camp on Whiteface Mountain

A work crew for Hawkeye Trail Camp posing on the summit of Whiteface Mountain. They were blazing the old Blue Trail up the mountain (the trail no longer exists). Pictured from left to right: Barbara Rubin Neel, Ann Gearhart, William D. Laundry, and Duncan McDougal. June 1965 or ’66. Wilmington, NY. Courtesy of Ann Gearhart.

Two lumberjacks posing next to a pile of logs in Elizabethtown

Two lumberjacks posing next to a pile of logs in Elizabethtown

Philip N. Jackson IV, left, and Jack Pulsifer pose next to a pile of large, soft maple logs. Atop the logs is a 1978 John Deere 440C skidder. Note the remnants of snow still on the ground. The logs were cut near the Boquet River. Spring 2016. Elizabethtown, NY. Courtesy of Philip N. Jackson IV.

Two barbers at work in Tupper Lake

Two barbers at work in Tupper Lake

Two workers in a barbershop helping customers. The barbershop was located in the Pervonga & Trudeau building. The decorations suggest the photo was taken sometime around the fourth of July. Circa 1900. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.