North Country At Work

Ione Pelletier, the schoolteacher at Garnet Lake Road School, stands in front of the one room schoolhouse with her students. Circa 1930.  Johnsburg, NY. Photo donated by Susan P. Rawson

A view of the Keene Valley School building, with the class of 1906 in front with their teacher. 1905 or 1906. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

Zaidee (Betty) Trumbull was the Keene Valley librarian from 1967-1977. Circa 1970s. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps/Women’s Army Corps trainees in a class on radio physics at the US Army Signal Corps School. 1943-1945. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives.

Class in radio mathematics at the US Army Signal Corps School. 1942-1943. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives.

Class on radio mathematics at the US Army Signal Corps School. 1942-1943. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives.

John Yerman, the janitor at Town of Webb High School. Here he is shooting the first basket after he finished refinishing the floor. Circa late 1940s. Webb, NY. Photo by Bruce Harris. Courtesy of the Goodsell Museum.

Inside a classroom at new Carthage Elementary School, which opened September 1975 on South Washington Street. Carthage, NY. September 16, 1975. Courtesy of the Town of Wilna Historian’s Office Collection.

Employees standing in front of the Indian Lake Public Library. Circa 1980s. Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

The first frame schoolhouse in Indian Lake. Circa 1878-1893. Indian Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.