James A. Latour drives a horse and buggy. Latour was a prominent businessman in Saranac Lake, operating a livery and then later a coal and feed business. Circa 1900. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of Tuffield Latour.
Hotel Ampersand’s stagecoach loaded with guests in downtown Saranac Lake. Standing near the rear wheel is Tuffield Latour, stagecoach driver and livery owner. Standing on the wheel is his son James A. Latour, who later became a prominent local businessman and New York State Assemblyman. Taken around 1903. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of Tuffield Latour. […]
The North Country School’s Barn Manager Erica Burns with Clover, one of the school’s horses. Lake Placid, NY. March 2021. Photo by Andy Flynn. Burns has been the barn manager at the North Country School for over three years. Check out her North Country at Work story here.
Men logging with horse teams. Akwesasne. Photo from the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum archives.
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
Man driving a horse drawn meat and grocery wagon. 803 Cooper Street in Watertown, NY. Circa 1890. Donated by Thomas LaClair.
Using a horse to drag ice blocks up a chute into the ice house at the Buster Crab camp in Onchiota (previously the Adirondack Florida School). Onchiota, NY. Circa 1940 to 1950. Photo donated by Jill McKenty.
Stagecoach loaded with guests on the road to Saranac Inn on Upper Saranac Lake. Circa 1890s. Saranac Lake, NY.
A man drives a horse-drawn Acme Bakery delivery wagon. Circa 1890s. Brownville, NY.
Men use a horse-drawn saw to cut ice on an unidentified lake in the Adirondacks. Note large icehouses in background with conveyors for lifting ice blocks. Circa 1900.
