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 […]
Acta LaPlatney, Auldis LaPlatney, and Vince Moshier standing with some of Auldis LaPlatney’s horses. Auldis LaPlatney was a horsedealer in Harrisville, NY. 1938 or 1939.
Auldis LaPlatney standing with two horses in front of his barn. Auldis was a horsedealer and “Jobber” -someone who does odd jobs – in Harrisville. 1937. Harrisville, NY.
Using ice tongs to unload ice from a bobsled at the Deers Head Inn. 1923. Elizabethtown, NY. Donated by Paul Trym in 1973.
Farmers transporting a load of oats to be threshed, using a two-horse wagon. Circa 1900-1910. Elizabethtown. NY.
Essex County wool pool (or sale) at the Floral Hall of the Essex County fairgrounds in Westport, NY. 1918-1919 on picture.
The Cutting brothers shearing sheep in Lewis, NY. Date unknown, sometime between 1890 and 1920.
Man sitting on a horse-drawn side-delivery rake. The rake was used to roll cut and dried hay into windrows for loading onto a wagon for transport to barn for winter storage. Circa 1920-1930. Boquet, NY.
Three horses pulling a grain binder, used to cut and bind grains (oats in this case) into bundles, which were then “stooked or shocked” (placed together in small piles) to dry in the field before being threshed to separate grain from chaff. Circa 1930s or 1940s. Essex County in NYS.
Lane Company (unknown) employees with ice fish ready to be shipped to New York City. Fish were caught in Lake Champlain. 1920. Port Henry in the Town of Moriah, NY.
