Loggers carefully driving a horse-drawn load of logs down a hill during winter. The path has been covered in sawdust, sand, and dirt to slow the descent. Caption reads: The Sanded Hill No.4. Circa 1900-1910. Town of Diana, NY.
Carrie Ring Mannigan feeding turkeys, ducks and chickens at the Number One Logging Camp. She was the logging camp cook. Circa 1900-1910. Harrisville, NY.
The dining room of the McKeever Logging Camp, empty except for the cooks, Henry and Clara Stevens (on the left), who were from Pitcairn. The younger man on the right is Hershell Iruin, and he was the “choreboy.” Caption written on photo reads: WINTER OF 1911 to 1912 – MCKEEVER LOGGING CAMP – WAITING FOR […]
Photo of horse-drawn load of logs during winter, driver sitting on top of the load. On the left is the log head, which was used to roll logs onto bobsled. Four other loggers in the photo, and other loads of logs in the background. Caption written on photos says: 55. IN THE LUMBER WOODS. READY […]
Multiple horse-drawn wagons loaded with virgin white pine logs. Note large diameter of logs. Winter. Circa 1890-1900. Harrisville, NY. Check out this North Country at Work story about Ross Young, a logger from Harrisville.
The Oswegatchie River filled to its banks with four foot pulp logs (used for making paper) from a log drive, winding through the center of Harrisville. Circa 1890-1900. Harrisville, NY.
The Oswegatchie River filled with logs from a log drive, winding through the center of Harrisville. The Riverside Hotel, its livery, and the main bridge are also in the picture, as well as three men, two boys, and a dog on a large boulder in the river. Circa 1890-1900. Harrisville, NY.
A lumber camp crew group photo, in Harrisville, NY. Note that there are many native people among the workers (possibly from Awkwesasne), as well as women and a young girl on the far right; most likely they helped run the camp as cooks and washerwomen. The workers are pictured with “double bitted” axes, which had […]
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 […]
Early bark building used as temporary shelter, with inhabitants out front. 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. Woman in doorway was likely this lumber camp’s cook. Circa 1880-1890. Town of Diana, NY. […]
