Men draw a load of hay next to a haystack at the Ormiston Farm. A wooden platform has been added to the side of the stack so the hay can be pitched higher on the stack. The horses are wearing fly nets. Early 1900s. Hammond, NY.
The homestead of Scottish settler Peter Allen. An early wooden towered windmill is on the left. Wind power was used to pump water. Circa 1880-1890 Hammond, NY.
Allen and Malcolm McGregor hauling a load of loose hay with a team of horses on the McGregor farm. 1948. Hammond, NY. Photo donated by Jennifer McGregor.
Roberta and Malcolm McGregor gathering sap in milk cans on the McGregor farm. Pictured are: a Studebaker automobile and a horse drawn wagon filled with station cans used to collect sap from individual buckets. Steam is rising in the background from the sugaring arch. March 1947. Hammond, NY. Photo donated by Jennifer McGregor.
A steam train hauling ore. In the background are workhorses and cows and a steam shovel. Photo by Henry M. Beach. 1910. Hamilton County. Photo courtesy of the Adirondack Experience: the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. For more on Henry M. Beach’s life and photography, check out our North Country at Work story on him.
Horse and buggy outside Horace N. Clark’s funeral home. Circa 1900-1910. Potsdam, NY.
Blacksmith outside his shop with his horse and wagon. Â Blacksmith is holding a hammer
Students clearing what would later become Snell Field. Tractor was loaned by a nearby farmer and driven by Stub Baker, class of 1927. 1923. Potsdam, NY.
General field work at the Clarkson Estate, where Snell Athletic Field is today. Fall 1924. Potsdam, NY.
Sam Goldberg and Bill Cornell with the Cornell & Son ice delivery wagon on Willow St. Cornell holds a block of ice with ice tongs. Circa 1920. Potsdam, NY.
