Type of Work: Transportation

Men stand outside the Beaver River Train station in winter

Men outside the Beaver River Train Station in Beaver River

Men stand outside the Beaver River Train Station in winter. Beaver River, NY. Courtesy of Dennis Buckley. Click here for our story on the Beaver River Club, a remote sportsmen’s club on the Beaver River that was flooded with the creation of the Stillwater Reservoir.

Workers at a railroad track in Glens Falls

Workers at a railroad track in Glens Falls

Group of workers at railroad track. Smoke can be seen down the track. Undated, but sometime between 1959 and 1989. Carl Atiyeh Photograph Collection, Prints Box 5 #0104, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls, NY. Carl Atiyeh (1911-1997) grew up in Glens Falls, NY. He was the son of Nicholas and Zehia Atiyeh.  He […]

Glens Falls Downtown Express in Glens Falls

Glens Falls Downtown Express in Glens Falls

The “Glens Falls Downtown Express” of the Glens Falls – Bolton Auto Stage Line Transportation. The back of the automobile is filled with luggage. Glens Falls, NY. Undated, circa late 1800s, early 1900s. Courtesy of the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection #1430, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library.

Carl Tracy hauling hay by truck in West Stockholm

Carl Tracy hauling hay by truck in West Stockholm

Carl Tracy hauling hay by truck.  Picture taken in West Stockholm across the street from Carl Tracy’s home. Warren Tracy, Carl’s son, riding shotgun. The truck is a Model 180 Brockway. Circa 1930s. West Stockholm, NY. Carl Tracy was a farmer, but ran a trucking business as well to make ends meet. The truck pictured […]

Carl Tracy trucking a team of horses in West Stockholm

Carl Tracy trucking a team of horses in West Stockholm

Carl Tracy trucking a team of horses with his son Warren Tracy. West Stockholm, NY. Circa 1930s. Carl Tracy was a farmer, but ran a trucking business as well to make ends meet. The truck pictured here was Carl’s third truck, an International. Photo donated by Darren Tracy, Carl’s grandson

Carl Tracy moving building on Main Street in West Stockholm

Carl Tracy moving building on Main Street in West Stockholm

Carl Tracy walking in front of his truck, which is pulling a building down Main Street in West Stockholm in the early 1930’s. The building was moved from a milk factory to a new location and converted to a residence. Warren Tracy, Carl’s son, is standing on the passenger side of the truck. Carl Tracy was […]

Paul Cook on air traffic control at the Dexter International Airport

Aerial shot of the Dexter International Airport, circa 1970s. Photo donated by Paul Cook. Paul Cook always worked in and around Watertown, but not always doing the same thing. He spent twenty years as a cost clerk at Hall Ski-Lift, and seventeen years as an Office Promotion Clerk at Fort Drum. But he also read […]