Two teams of horses hauling large maple sap gathering tanks on bobsleds. Operations of the Horseshoe Forestry Company. Photograph by George W. Baldwin. 1901. Piercefield, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Five men dressing logs (making them into beams). Probably for the structure on the left. To the right is a team of horses and the Maple Grove farmhouse. Maple Grove Farm was operated by the Clark family, two of their daughters stand with the team of horses. Circa 1910-1930. Near Cranberry Lake, NY. Donated by […]
Two horses pull a loaded bobsled on Chazy Lake. Driver is on top of the logs. Photograph by Ernest W. Blue. 1906. Chazy Lake in the Town of Dannemora, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Man standing on top of an enormous load of logs. Four men stand to the right. A single team of horses pulls the bobsled. Operations of the Mac-A-Mac Lumber Corporation. Written on photo: “NO. 8. BIG LOAD, MAC-A-MAC. CORP.N. ON THE LANDING. BRANDRETH. N.Y.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Brandreth Park, NY. Courtesy […]
Seven sleds loaded with large white pine logs being pulled by horses through the snow. Mountains in the background. Written on photo: “Hauling Pine in the Adirondacks.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Adirondack region of NYS. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
People and horses by log pile. In spring, “key log” would be taken out and all of the logs would roll into the water so to be “driven” downstream. Operations of the Mac-A-Mac Lumber Corporation. Handwritten on photo “AT THE BIG SKIDWAY. BRANDRETH, N.Y. MAC A MAC.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Brandreth […]
Men loading horse-drawn bobsled with ice blocks. 1930- 1940. Photograph by Ferris Jacob Meigs. In the Adirondacks region, NY. From the Ferris Meigs Logging Photograph Collection: Andrews Donation, courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
John Buyce’s blacksmith shop. Circa 1870s-1880s. Speculator, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Stagecoach in front of Brooks Hotel. Circa 1880s-1890s. Lake Pleasant, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
George Politsch with his horses Molly and Flora at Politsch Place, which used to be the town post office. Circa 1917. Upper Benson in Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
