North Country At Work

Wagon (with feed bags) in downtown Dexter, circa 1906. Dexter, NY.

Downtown Dexter circa mid-1920s. Phelan Block on left. Dexter, NY.

Teamster with single horse hitch in front of Geo. W. Hobb’s Jewelry Store in downtown Dexter. Large sign advertises The Hub 5 and 10 cent store. Circa 1900-1910. Dexter, NY.

Interior of Hobb’s Jewelry Store (this location was later Dexter Free Press building). Circa 1890s. Dexter, NY.

Interior of Hobb’s Jewelry Store with clerk behind display case (this location was later Dexter Free Press building). Circa 1890s. Dexter, NY.

J.A. McWayne block: dry goods and general merchandise on left; short covered bridge; F. W. Winn building general store, at right rear; J.T. Wood Store, boots, shoes, groceries and drugs, hides and skins, and pork packers, right front; Mill Canal, foreground. Information on stores from History of Dexter, NY, compiled by Marion H. Evans, village […]

Car and delivery trailer in front of Dexter Hardware Store. Circa 1930s. Dexter, NY.

First National Bank of Dexter (now Key Bank), at the west corner of Brown and Water Streets. The bank was organized in 1906 with an initial capital stock of $30,000. This building opened in 1913. March 1925. Dexter, NY.

Downtown Philadelphia. 1959. Philadelphia, NY. From Bodman Memorial Library Calenders, which used photos from the Philadelphia Historical Society’s archives.  

Honeywell Service Station located on the corner of Pearl Street. Circa 1950s. Philadelphia, NY. From Bodman Memorial Library Calenders, which used photos from the Philadelphia Historical Society’s archives.