North Country At Work

The Honorable Dale P. Robar in the courtroom, located in the community center. 2017. South Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of the Colton Library.

Miles McCarthy, the last Catamount fire watchman. He worked there from 1958-1970. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Mary Jane Watson.

Braman Manufacturing Company employees. Circa 1930s-40s. Carthage, NY. Photo courtesy of Pamela and Jeff Cole. Read and listen to their memories of the family business here.

Rows of Taggert Mill employees. Note two African-American workers in the group. Circa 1880-1890. Felts Mills, NY. Donated by Harrison K. Brownell; originally published in the Watertown Daily Times. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.

New York Air Brake Company employees. November 16, 1910. Watertown, NY. Photo by George R. Clarke. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.

G.R. Kinney Company Shoes employees. Among those pictured are Marion Dick Ross, Cashier and Winnifred M. Sheen, Clerk/Assistant Manager. Circa 1930s. Watertown, NY. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.

Trudeau Sanatorium staff and summer interns. Seated, from left to right: Dr. Gordon Meade, Dr. Roger Mitchell, and a female doctor who was from New York City doing a short post-graduate course. The other man is unknown.The back row were five third-year medical students on a six-week externship program. From left: Lansing C. Hoskins, Bernice […]

The nursing staff of the Saranac Lake General Hospital. The General Hospital was built in 1913, when a week’s stay cost $10 per week. Use of the operating room was $5 per procedure. There was room for twelve patients at a time. Unlike much of the rest of the healthcare industry in Saranac Lake, General […]

A group of firefighters outside the Berkeley Hotel. Despite their best efforts, they were unable to save the hotel, which met the same fiery end as most of the major hotels in Saranac Lake. Date unknown. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.