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.
Men pose with four teams of horses pulling four bobsleds of logs in winter. March of 1932. On Emporium Forestry Company land in Brandy Brook in the Edgar Tract, Cranberry Lake, NY.
Man leads a team of horses pulling a bobsled of cut logs. Winter. March of 1932. On Emporium Forestry Company land in Brandy Brook in the Edgar Tract, Cranberry Lake, NY.
A line of dump wagons in the gravel pit on the Casaw Farm. J. Lahey ran the pit. 1912. Saint Lawrence County.
Thomas Basford’s store, a two story general store. Two horse-drawn bob sleds wait outside. Four people and a dog stand on the porch. Circa 1910. DeGrasse, NY.
Orson Crane and Elvira Chamberlain Crane, pictured at their family farm at Chamberlain Corners on Madrid Road. Their son Walter is standing on a wagon hitched to a team of horses. Circa 1900-1910. Norfolk, NY.
Laying a layer of crushed stone while building a road. Team of horses with dump wagon in the background, dumping crushed stone. Circa 1915. Saint Lawrence County.
Stanley Cornell’s Garage on Riverside Drive. Black and white tires being sold out front; white tires were only sold until 1920. Circa 1910-1915. Canton, NY.
Pictured is the McDermott Company’s milk can receiving station, and a row of farmers and their milk wagons dropping off their milk in five gallon milk cans. They unloaded full cans on the right, and picked up empty cans to bring home on the other side. Circa 1910. Canton, NY. Check out our steries on […]
