This is a Real Photo Postcard produced by Henry M. Beach, titled: A Model Lumber Camp in the Adirondacks. It pictures a group of workers posing with teams, snow plows and road sprinklers at a logging camp. Possibly a Rich Lumber Company camp as they owned the forests around Wanakena, NY. Circa 1910. Photographer was […]
Vic McPhee’s bob sled loaded with 5781 board feet of logs in the Adirondacks. This is a Real Photo Postcard produced by Henry M. Beach, titled: ADIRONDACK PINE: A BIG LOAD. 5781 Ft. Circa 1900-1910. Adirondacks. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. For more on Henry M. Beach’s life and photography, check out our North Country at […]
A Real Photo Postcard produced by Henry M. Beach, titled: LOADING BIG-PINE ADIRONDACKS; IN THE PINE WOODS OF THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS. Circa 1900-1910. Photographer is Henry M. Beach. For more on Henry M. Beach’s life and photography, check out our North Country at Work story on him.
The Snow Train (which ran between Utica and Thendara) arriving at the Thendara Station. It was full of skiers headed for the slopes and winter activities in Old Forge. Circa late 1930s. Thendara, NY. Click here for the full story of Old Forge’s Snow Train.
Exterior of Adirondack Air Service hangar during winter. Pictured are three planes and four men working. Left to right are planes Navion, Waco, and J3 Cub, which is on runners (for either snow or water landings). Circa 1940s. Big Moose in the Town of Webb.
Men piling logs using horses and an early cable hoist in Brandreth in the Town of Webb. Circa 1910.
Pictured is a man driving a Caterpillar Di6 Bulldozer, a man hunched over a transit, and an approaching GMC truck loaded with logs. Circa 1950s. In the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb.
Two men pose on and next to a Caterpillar D6 Tractor, being used to move snow. Part of Clarence J. Strife’s logging operation. Circa 1950s. In the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb. Click here for a North Country at Work story on Webb’s transformation from logging […]
Man rolling a log onto a stack of logs using a peavey. Behind him are horses that skid the logs out of the forest. Circa 1950s. In the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb.
Man skidding logs with a horse, for Clarence J. Strife’s logging operation. Circa 1950s. In the Carter Railroad Station area, previously the hamlet of Clearwater, in the Town of Webb.
