Old rotary newspaper press being dismantled at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise offices. 1973. Saranac Lake, NY. Donated by Susan Doolittle. (Unidentified workers.) Check out our story on lead printing at the Enterprise.
Alcoa worker being recorded for “Army Hour,” an NBC radio broadcast. Circa 1940-1950. Massena, NY.
Norris Soper at his Attwater-Kent radio. His Franklin automobile, from the 1910s and manufactured in Syracuse, is behind him. Circa 1920s. Hammond, NY. Related story, here.
Interior of old post office. Florence Livingston is pictured on the left. Hammond, NY. September 1922. Hammond, NY.
New York Central Depot office, which sold tickets for trains and had a telephone. Ticket window visible on left. Pictured are the Jones couple and their son Stephen. Circa 1900 – 1910. Hammond, NY.
Phone and telegraph operator Vera McDougall at the switch board. Circa 1940s. Hammond, NY. Related story, here.
Film star Ethel Clayton shooting silent film serial, The Perils of Pauline. Circa 1912. Donated by the Sheldon Family. Saranac Lake, NY.
Carlyle Blackwell, a silent film star, shooting silent film serial, The Perils of Pauline. Circa 1912. Donated by the Sheldon Family. Saranac Lake, NY.
Secretary Muriel Beseth, who worked at WNBZ for 45 years at the WNBZ studios located at the Berkeley Hotel. Circa 1970. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo donated by Chris Brescia, who was a radio engineer at the station. Related story here.
Longtime radio engineer Joe Williams at WNBZ in Saranac Lake. He’s pictured here in the recording/production studio, featuring a record-cutting device. He began working at WNBZ in the 1930s. Circa 1963. Photo donated by Chris Brescia (who was also a radio engineer at WNBZ). Saranac Lake, NY. Related story here.
