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.
Logger atop a mountain of cut logs at the Emporium Lumber Company Mill in Cranberry Lake. He seems to be operating a winch to move the logs. Circa 1920s. Cranberry Lake, NY.
Eureka steam launch and a crew of loggers posing on a dock holding logging tools (peaveys, double bitted axes and pikes) at dock equipped with a hand operated crane for loading logs and lumber onto boats. Circa 1890-1900, Herkimer County. Photo printed by Stratton Photo, Utica, NY
Train crew standing next to a Grasse River Railroad locomotive, outfitted with a barn hart loader on the flatcar, used to move logs onto flatcars. Note the man standing on a log being lifted by the loader. Circa 1930s. Cranberry Lake, NY.
A crew of men at Beaver River in the woods. Clearing brush and using a water pump. Circa 1900-1910. Beaver River, NY
P & M Lumber Camp workers and children pose for a photo on a pile of logs. A young man of Native American descent, one of the loggers, sits in the front row, second from the left. 1900. The camp was located seven miles east of Old Forge, near Third Lake Creek in the Town […]
The P & M Lumber Camp: log structures, an axe planted into a stump, and two men on the left using a saw. The camp was located seven miles east of Old Forge, near Third Lake Creek. Fred Potter was the contractor. 1917-1919. Town of Webb, NY.
Six rows of lumberjacks posing in front of their logging camp during a drive on the Moose River. Circa 1890-1900. Moose River in the Town of Webb.
Strife logging employees accepting a commendation for supplying wood to the war effort. Circa 1950. Brandreth, NY, in the Town of Webb.
Men piling logs using horses and an early cable hoist in Brandreth in the Town of Webb. Circa 1910.
