North Country At Work

Judd Family loading hay with hay loader at Wallace Farm. One of the men on the wagon is Almeron Judd, the man on the ground is Frank Judd. Circa 1910s. At the Wallace Farm in Canton, NY.

Reaper Glenn Aldrich driving his grain binder, which he traveled from farm to farm with. Here he is pictured at the Langdon Farm. Horse is equipped with fly net. Circa 1920s. Langdon’s Corners in Canton, NY.

Farmstead, picturing steam engine pulled by team of horses and threshing crew sitting on wooden thresher. Circa 1890s. Canton, NY.

A neighborhood work circle is getting ready to fill silo at Theron Allen Farm. Six men are on or beside horse drawn wagons. There’s a young boy in the foreground. Circa September of the 1910s. Canton, NY.

Road construction in Canton, from Evergreen Corners to Pierrepont. Using both horses and a mechanical, cable-driven back hoe. Circa 1920s. Canton, NY.

Sugaring at the Wallace Farm’s sugar bush near Langdon Corners. Pictured is Herbert Judd behind the horses pulling a skidder with a wooden box—possibly used to hold sap. Circa April in the 1910s. Canton, NY. Photo taken by Matthew Wallace. Check out this North Country at Work story on a modern, downtown take on this […]

This large load of pulpwood, pulled by a team of horses, includes the teamster on top of the load, as well as two other workers and two professional men on ground beside the wagon. This was a posed photograph. Note the special decorative harness on the horses. Circa 1890s. Canton, NY.

Men with load of logs on bobsled. Circa 1900-1915. Canton, NY.

Three men stand atop a bobsled of logs, drawn by two horses. Circa 1900-1915. Canton, NY.

Mail carrier David O’Brien in his sleigh in downtown Canton. Note that he’s wearing a fur coat. 1910. Canton, NY. Click here for a North Country at Work story on early mail carriers in the Adirondacks.