Type of Work: Technical Trades

Farrier Bill Balling trimming the hooves of a draft horse in Waddington

Farrier Bill Balling trimming the hooves of a draft horse in Waddington

Pictured is farrier Bill Balling on the job, trimming the hooves of a draft horse in Waddington. Bill Balling, whose home is in Hermon, worked as a farrier all over Saint Lawrence County , trimming and shoeing the hooves of horses, from riding horses to draft horses to hobby horses. Photo taken circa the mid-1990s. […]

Employees in the office of the Commercial Advertiser in Canton

Employees in the office of the Commercial Advertiser in Canton

Interior of the Commercial Advertiser Office, featuring a Whitlock Printing Press on bottom right. Pictured left to right are Leslie Myers (Linotype Operator), Richard B. Eldredge (graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1915), Russell Taylor (graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1917), Walter Scribner (on top), Eldred Wood, Andrew Cheritree, and John Nolan (the foreman). […]

Blacksmith shop at Pope Mills in Macomb

Blacksmith shop at Pope Mills in Macomb

Exterior of a blacksmith shop in Pope Mills. Men and children in front of the building with horses and a wagon. Circa 1880s. Pope Mills in the town of Macomb, NY

Employees of Brasher Iron Works in Brasher

Employees of Brasher Iron Works in Brasher

Brasher Iron Works employees outside the building. A horse and buggy with two women poses on the left. Men sit on roller on rights. Circa 1880s. Brasher. Donated by Ada Morse of Winthrop.

Saint Lawrence Utilities Company power line crew in Potsdam

Saint Lawrence Utilities Company power line crew in Potsdam

A crew of Saint Lawrence Utilities Company workers stand in front of their truck, which holds tools, wires, and ladders. They worked on the power lines. Pictured left to right: Lindley, Lalone, Dishaw, George Kelly, Foreman, and Edwin L.Welgar (later superintendent of transportation in the St. Lawrence area). 1913. Potsdam. Photo by Arthur J. Floyd.

Canton blacksmiths in their working garb

Six blacksmiths photographed in their working garb in Canton

Blacksmiths of Canton, photographed in a studio dressed in their working clothes. The blacksmiths’ names are (top row from left to right): I. Cornell, L.V. Sherman, and Bailey, (bottom row left to right): E.V.I, Howard, Xury Lewis. Possibly an albumen print. Circa 1880s. Canton, NY.