A team of horses pulls a firefighting steam pumper named for Silas Wright. Three volunteer firefighters in their uniforms pose with it on Main Street in Canton in front of T. Miller’s Furniture store. Circa 1896. Canton, NY.
Planing mill owned by a Mr. Hefferman, located on the Grasse River in Canton. Workers are posed between the mill and railroad tracks. One worker stands atop a load of lumber on a wagon with a horse hitched to it. 1900-1910. Canton, NY.
Ogdensburg Fire Department horse drawn ladder truck driven by two men sits stationed behind the Place Restaurant on Ford Street in Ogdensburg. Circa 1890-1900. Donated by Sean O’Neill.
Milkman delivering milk on Main Street using a horse-drawn bobsled. On the bobsled, there are boxes holding milk covered in blankets. Circa 1930s-40s. Lisbon, NY.
Frank Harper, mail carrier, delivering mail with a one horse cutter during winter. 1912. Lisbon, NY. Donated by Jean Harper.
Horses drawing wagons to the construction site of the underpass on West End Avenue. 1915. Carthage, NY.
A horse-drawn coach, which served as a taxi to deliver people from the train station to the businesses on State Street, is pictured here in the middle of an unpaved State Street. Circa 1880. Carthage, NY. From the Bob Blondin Collection in the Town of Champion Archives.
William Arnot driving his Arnot Hardware Delivery Wagon, doing home deliveries, circa 1910s. Carthage, NY. From the Bell & Arnot Collection in the Town of Champion Archives.
Workers pose in front of the Jones and Son Coal Company, located at the bottom of State Street Hill near the railroad tracks. Unidentified men are seated in a two-horse drawn wagon on the unpaved street. Circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY.
Workers pose standing and on a horse drawn wagon in front of the Meyer & Farrar door and sash factory, built on the banks of the Black River. It was built to replace the factory that burned in the fire of 1884. This photo was taken circa 1900-1910. Carthage, NY. Check out this North Country at […]
