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Adirondack log drivers on lunch break in Jay

Caption under photo reads: Adirondack Log Drivers. The halt at noon – coffee and baked beans.

Jay, NY, circa 1890-1900.

Originally in History of the lumber industry in the state of New York, by William H. Fox Forest, Fish & Game Commission report, 1900.

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