Eight loggers breaking log jam in Town of Webb
Eight loggers during the spring drive, trying to break a log jam with peaveys. Circa 1920. Town of Webb, NY.
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Logger with peavey in the Town of Webb
Logger poses using a peavey to move logs during spring log drive in the Adirondacks. Circa 1920. Town of Webb, NY. Click here for a North Country at Work story on Webb’s transformation from logging town to winter wonderland.
Breaking a log jam during spring drive in the Town of Webb
Loggers trying to break a log jam with peaveys, during the spring drive. Circa 1920. Town of Webb, NY.
Loading logs with winches in Harrisville
Auldis LaPlatney, Ken Cring, and Buck Gerow loading logs (using a Bay City cable winch powered by a McCormick Deering motor) onto a truck bed. Winter of 1939. Harrisville, NY. Check out our story on Ross Young, a logger from Harrisville.
Aerial view of Wicks Coal, Feed and Lumber in Harrisville
Aerial photo of the Verne A. Wicks Coal, Feed, and Lumber operation lumber yard, picturing stacked logs, stripped logs, and milled wood and boards. Circa 1940s and 50s. Harrisville, NY.
Log load onto Ford truck in Harrisville
Two men (one is Verne Wicks, who owned a lumber operation) loading logs onto a Ford truck bed. Circa early 1950s. Harrisville, NY. Check out our story about Ross Young, a logger from Harrisville.
Teamster and loggers with load of wood in the Town of Diana
Loggers standing and sitting atop a load of logs on a bobsled, drawn by a team of horses. Winter. Circa 1910-1920. Town of Diana, NY.
Loggers descending a sanded hill in Town of Diana
Loggers carefully driving a horse-drawn load of logs down a hill during winter. The path has been covered in sawdust, sand, and dirt to slow the descent. Caption reads: The Sanded Hill No.4. Circa 1900-1910. Town of Diana, NY.
McKeever Logging Camp dining room before a meal in Harrisville
The dining room of the McKeever Logging Camp, empty except for the cooks, Henry and Clara Stevens (on the left), who were from Pitcairn. The younger man on the right is Hershell Iruin, and he was the “choreboy.” Caption written on photo reads: WINTER OF 1911 to 1912 – MCKEEVER LOGGING CAMP – WAITING FOR […]
McKeever Logging Camp dining room in Harrisville
The dining room of the McKeever Logging Camp, filled with loggers during a meal. Caption on photo reads: WINTER OF 1911 to 1912 – MCKEEVER LOGGING CAMP – HARD WORKING LUMBERJACKS AND HEARTY EATERS HENRY AND CLARA STEVENS, COOKS FROM PITCAIRN – HERSHELL IRUIN, CHORE BOY. Winter of 1911 to 1912. Harrisville, NY.