Photo of horse-drawn load of logs during winter, driver sitting on top of the load. On the left is the log head, which was used to roll logs onto bobsled. Four other loggers in the photo, and other loads of logs in the background. Caption written on photos says: 55. IN THE LUMBER WOODS. READY […]
Multiple horse-drawn wagons loaded with virgin white pine logs. Note large diameter of logs. Winter. Circa 1890-1900. Harrisville, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story about Ross Young, a logger from Harrisville.
The Oswegatchie River filled to its banks with four foot pulp logs (used for making paper) from a log drive, winding through the center of Harrisville. Circa 1890-1900. Harrisville, NY.
The Oswegatchie River filled with logs from a log drive, winding through the center of Harrisville. The Riverside Hotel, its livery, and the main bridge are also in the picture, as well as three men, two boys, and a dog on a large boulder in the river. Circa 1890-1900. Harrisville, NY.
A lumber camp crew group photo, in Harrisville, NY. Note that there are many native people among the workers (possibly from Awkwesasne), as well as women and a young girl on the far right; most likely they helped run the camp as cooks and washerwomen. The workers are pictured with “double bitted” axes, which had […]
Two bark structures with inhabitants posing outside. Building on left was temporary housing, structure on right possibly for storage. These structures were built of large sheets of bark and were used to house loggers in the late spring/early summer, when loggers would be stripping trees of their bark. Circa 1880-1890. Town of Diana, NY. This […]
Early bark building used as temporary shelter, with inhabitants out front. These structures were built of large sheets of bark and were used to house loggers in the late spring/early summer, when loggers would be stripping trees of their bark. Woman in doorway was likely this lumber camp’s cook. Circa 1880-1890. Town of Diana, NY. […]
“Indian Lumberjacks” written on photo, picturing two young men (possibly Iroquois or Algonquin ancestry, likely from Awkwesasne) posing with axes near a felled tree. Circa 1900-1910. Harrisville, NY.
Teamster and team of horses drawing lumber from the Hardwood Mill near Camp Hungry in the woods. Circa 1890-1910. Town of Diana, NY.
Two men driving a load of logs; the driver is Leslie Lawrence and the rider is David Stringham. Logs were destined for Hasellion Lumber Company in Wilmington, NY. Caption says: Driver, Leslie Lawrence; Rider, David Stringham. Picture taken at top of Nigger Hill in Elizabethtown. Logs from Peter Liberty job. Donated by Leslie Lawrence. February […]
