Workers transport Benson’s Leghorn Chickens in wooden crates aboard a wagon. Fred C. Benson was the proprietor of Central Meat and Grocery Market at 33 Market Street. Potsdam’s depot is to the right of the wagon. Circa 1920. Potsdam, NY.
Ed LaVine of Potsdam drove this rig that carried “the largest load of pulp wood ever drawn out of the woods by a single team of horses.” The 12-cord load of 4-foot logs was 10 feet wide, 10 feet high, and 18 feet long. The load was hauled 10 miles to the Racquette River, where […]
Before the invention of modern refrigeration, ice was stored in warehouses along the Raquette River for use through the year. This crew from Cornell & Son watched for the weather conditions to be just right, toward the end of January, when the ice would snap and crack with a loud boom. Then, working night and […]
Pictured is farrier Bill Balling on the job, shoeing the hoof 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. Waddington, NY. […]
Pictured is farrier Bill Balling on the job, shoeing a draft horse in Waddington with a shoe that he cast. 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 […]
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. […]
Spencer Morgan and child Kellogg Morgan pose with a team of horses seeding ground with a hoe drill. Circa 1910. Hermon, NY.
Farmer with horse-drawn wagon of boxed produce for transport to market. Circa 1900-1910s. Hermon, NY.
Farmers line up with their trucks and horse drawn wagons to drop off milk at the Hermon Dairy Company on Washington Street. Circa 1930-1940. Hermon, NY.
Harry Wilson on his mail route, driving a team of horses. Circa 1920s. Essex County. Photo courtesy of Dan Berggren. The full story on mail carriers of the Adirondacks, from wagons to boats, and inclement weather, can be read here.
