Loggers with draft horses near Paul Smith’s Hotel in Paul Smiths
Loggers with draft horses in the woods near Paul Smith’s Hotel. Circa 1910. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives
Type of Work: Logging
Man with large log on bobsled at Paul Smith’s Hotel in Paul Smiths
Man standing next to a large log on a horse-drawn bob sled in front of Smith Cottage (formerly known as the Hotel Annex) at Paul Smith’s Hotel. Circa 1920. Paul Smiths, NY. Courtesy of the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives.
Men load logs onto railroad flatcar in McKeever
Men loading logs onto railroad flatcar. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. 1910. McKeever in the Town of Webb, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Log sled being pulled by tractor at CCC camp in Speculator
A Holt Caterpillar tractor hauls a load of logs near High Rock Road. 1933-1934. Speculator, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Hauling logs with a Lombard Log Hauler to Partlow in Long Lake
Man from the Webb family pulls sled of logs with a Lombard Steam Log Hauler next to Mill Pond on the way to Partlow, an area in Long Lake. Written on the tractor, “ T. C. Williams Tractor number 4”. Lombard log haulers were the first successful continuous track vehicles. Photograph by James Watson Webb. […]
Crew of J. Schriner’s lumber camp with their families in Morehouse
Loggers of J. Schriner’s lumber camp with their families in front of bark-sided building with bark roof. Man on left holds dog; man near center with two-man saw; man at right with reins of horse. A deer hide is nailed to the side of the building on left. Near Morehouse Lake. Photograph by Grotus Reising. […]
Thousands of logs on the pond in Thendara
Logs float on pond in Thendara, on the Fulton Chain of lakes. Two men stand in foreground. Written on photo: “View of the Pond, Thousands of Logs, Fulton Chain, N.Y.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Thendara, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Bobsled load of pulpwood on Chazy Lake in Dannemora
Two horses pull a loaded bobsled on Chazy Lake. Driver is on top of the logs. Photograph by Ernest W. Blue. 1906. Chazy Lake in the Town of Dannemora, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Brooklyn Cooperage hoist loads logs onto flatbed rail cars in St. Regis Falls
Steam operated cable log hoist in action loading logs onto flatbed rail car. One man stands atop the log stack, one operates the hoist, and another three are on the ground. The hoist could load one car in 40 minutes. Operations of the Brooklyn Cooperage Company. Written on photo “The Log Loader Loads a Car […]
Logs on pond adjacent to the mill in Thendara
Pond full of logs, mill on right. Some finished lumber is piled on the right. In Thendara, located in the Fulton Chain of lakes, in the western Adirondack region. Written on photo: “The Big Mill and Pond – Fulton Chain, N.Y.” Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Thendara, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.