North Country At Work

Sugaring camp of Edgar Mantle, neighbor of Warren Humes; they went back and forth as neighbors do. Harrisville, NY. Circa 1912.

Eugene Cole house on the French Settlement Road. Pictured from left to right is an old log house, more modern farmhouse, and two barns. Family homestead where Barbara Cole was born. Now Brown Creek Club (hunting). Town of Diana, NY. Circa 1920.

Warren Humes jerking–preserving by drying over a slow fire–venison (deer meat). Taken by Burton Humes. Burton Humes sent photo to New York Conservationist Magazine where it was printed probably sometime in the 1950s. Original photo dates from about 1910. Harrisville, NY. Related story here.

H.J. Erwin Company and Duluth Imperial Flour & Feed Company on State Street next to the train tracks, Carthage, NY. Circa 1870.

Members of the Elthorp family butchering pigs at their farm in Hammond, NY. Circa 1910-1920.

Robert Elthorp with wooden whittled chain, in his workshop on the Elthorp farm. Circa 1940s. Hammond, NY

Edgar Elthorp and his wife with his bee hives, circa 1890s-early 1900s. Hammond, NY

Farmers in town to view the new farm equipment at W.D. Evans Store, possibly a train carload sale. Pictured are a dump rake, walking plow, reaper, and individual wagon wheels. Circa 1890-1900. Hammond, NY.

Unidentified men cutting ice near Oak Island in Hammond. Ice saw and horses in background. Man in foreground holding a pike for moving ice. Note: Every cheese factory needed an icehouse to keep cheese cool in the summer. Most towns had several cheese factories to handle milk produced by area farmers. Circa 1910-1920. Hammond, NY.

Murray Henderson lubricating threshing machine with oil can. Pictured are Paul Mahay, standing, and Jim Mahay, sitting. Circa 1940s. Hammond, NY.