North Country At Work

A team of horses towing a 1905 Jackson Automobile on Church St in Hermon. Circa 1905-1910. Hermon, NY.

The Hermon House, which sat directly across from the junction of Main and Church Streets. Caption written on photo: The St. Lawrence Pyrite Company, under general manager Felix Vogel, celebrated the completion of the railroad by throwing a party here for Hermon citizens on Christmas Eve, 1906. Ten men stand next to what is probably […]

A group of workers pose with a stream engine and threshing machine. They have pitch forks ready for field work and steam is emanating from the boiler. Probably a neighborhood work circle. These specialized machines were usually transported from farm to farm where neighboring farmers helped each other out to secure harvest. Three women are […]

Adirondack and St. Lawrence R.R. Station, image from a postcard which was sold at the Conant Drug Company store in Hermon. The station depot building is still standing today, though no longer used for passenger or freight stops. Circa 1910-1920. Hermon, NY.

Man delivering oil for Standard Oil Company of New York in horse drawn wagon. Note three horse hitch. Circa 1890-1900. Hermon, NY.

James Chaney and Amos Howlett with a wagon full of furnishings for a new hotel on Cranberry Lake on the Tooley Pond Road. April 14 and 15, 1886. Town of De Grasse, NY.

Stanley Hurlbut reaping oats on his farm. Circa 1940. Osbornville in the Town of De Kalb, NY.

Herbert and Donald Thompson pose on top of the Thompson farm’s last load of hay. 1936. Osbornville in the Town of De Kalb, NY.

Aaron Hosmer and Clarence MacIntyre pose with the largest haystack ever built in the meadow on Huckleberry Mountain in the Town of Gouverneur. Loose hay was brought to the barn hay mow and lifted with a large claw that ran along track in the roof of the barn. Photograph by Herbert Thompson. Circa 1930. Huckleberry […]

Men and horses at work building a trestle bridge for wooden railroad tracks, which were built to bring temporary trains to haul logs out of the woods. Circa 1900. Cranberry Lake, NY.