Metal scraps piled in a vacant lot. Scrap metal was collected and recycled or sold for the war effort during WWII. Note man in foreground, about one third the height of this pile. Circa 1940s. Carthage, NY. Photo scanned from the Republican Tribune, a Carthage newspaper.
The BeeLiner, made by Budd Car Company out of Massachusetts. A self-propelled railroad car powered by a World War II tank engine. This car ran between De Kalb Junction and Ogdensburg, NY. 1948. De Kalb Junction, NY. Photo by Chauncy McQueer.
Milk plant (name unknown) next to the railroad tracks and river. Owned by Nestles prior to WWI; during the war the plant made condensed milk for the war effort. The plant employed 150 people and Ernest Rogers was the superintendent. The plant later sold to the Dairyman’s League (circa 1930), and then sold again in […]
Red Cross nurses posed in unknown location during WWI. 1910-1920. Jefferson County, NY.
Raising the flag at Pine Camp. 1941. Fort Drum/Jefferson County area in NYS. Note: Pine Plains/Pine Camp started in 1908, became Camp Drum in 1951, and Fort Drum in 1974. At all stages it was used for winter training of military personnel, and became home to the 10th Mountain Division.
Restaurant–or possibly the commissary–at Pine Camp. Circa 1945. Fort Drum/Jefferson County in NYS. Note: Pine Plains/Pine Camp started in 1908, became Camp Drum in 1951, and Fort Drum in 1974. At all stages it was used for winter training of military personnel, and became home to the 10th Mountain Division.
Pine Camp troops in formation with tanks and motorcycles. 1940. Fort Drum/Jefferson County, NY area. Note: Pine Plains/Pine Camp started in 1908, became Camp Drum in 1951, and Fort Drum in 1974. At all stages it was used for winter training of military personnel, and became home to the 10th Mountain Division.
Soldiers engaged in military maneuvers on “The Hog’s Back” at Pine Camp, A.C. of S, G-2, 4th Armored Division, 1940s. Fort Drum area. Note: Pine Plains/Pine Camp started in 1908, became Camp Drum in 1951, and Fort Drum in 1974. At all stages it was used for winter training of military personnel, and became home […]
Building Camp Drum, bulldozer with land leveler pictured here. Circa 1941-1942. Fort Drum area. Note: Pine Plains/Pine Camp started in 1908, became Camp Drum in 1951, and Fort Drum in 1974. At all stages it was used for winter training of military personnel, and became home to the 10th Mountain Division.
15th Field Artillery troops at Pine Camp during tent inspection, during World War I. Summer of 1918. Fort Drum area. Note: Pine Plains/Pine Camp started in 1908, became Camp Drum in 1951, and Fort Drum in 1974. At all stages it was used for winter training of military personnel, and became home to the 10th […]
