Log drive on Beede Brook in Keene Valley
Pulp log drive on Beede Brook. April 1916. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.
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Men with a load of logs in Keene Valley
A load of spruce pulp in front of the building that later became the Valley Grocery Store. Pictured are: Ralph Beede, Minister Bell, Norman Torrance, Frank Scanlon, Nate Taylor, Phil Sanders, Mont Crawford, Cliff Lamb, and Jim Hayes. Circa 1910. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.
Pulling a load of logs with a mechanical sled in Elizabethtown
Pulling a load of logs with a mechanical sled in Elizabethtown. Circa Elizabethtown, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.
Hauling a load of spruce logs in Elizabethtown
Frank Colby’s team with a load of logs. Original caption on the photo reads: “I take pleasure in presenting a facsimile of the largest load by count ever hauled through this village, the one taken down from the Mt. Hurricane section Jan. 23rd last, consisting of 268 logs. Logs are at the unloading ground near […]
Loggers with draft horses near Paul Smith’s Hotel in Paul Smiths
Loggers with draft horses in the woods near Paul Smith’s Hotel. Circa 1910. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives
Men load logs onto railroad flatcar in McKeever
Men loading logs onto railroad flatcar. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. 1910. McKeever in the Town of Webb, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Log sled being pulled by tractor at CCC camp in Speculator
A Holt Caterpillar tractor hauls a load of logs near High Rock Road. 1933-1934. Speculator, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Hauling logs with a Lombard Log Hauler to Partlow in Long Lake
Man from the Webb family pulls sled of logs with a Lombard Steam Log Hauler next to Mill Pond on the way to Partlow, an area in Long Lake. Written on the tractor, “ T. C. Williams Tractor number 4”. Lombard log haulers were the first successful continuous track vehicles. Photograph by James Watson Webb. […]
Crew of J. Schriner’s lumber camp with their families in Morehouse
Loggers of J. Schriner’s lumber camp with their families in front of bark-sided building with bark roof. Man on left holds dog; man near center with two-man saw; man at right with reins of horse. A deer hide is nailed to the side of the building on left. Near Morehouse Lake. Photograph by Grotus Reising. […]
Thousands of logs on the pond in Thendara
Logs float on pond in Thendara, on the Fulton Chain of lakes. Two men stand in foreground. Written on photo: “View of the Pond, Thousands of Logs, Fulton Chain, N.Y.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Thendara, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.