Horses have been hard at work in the North Country as long as people have been here, towing everything from lawn mowers to delivery wagons. Collected here are some of our favorites from across the region, mostly from around the beginning of the 20th century.
Here’s a look behind the scenes of the Niagara Mohawk Power Company — what it was like creating those big dams and plants, and a look at some of the huge, weird, and sometimes beautiful machinery that kept them running.
This set of photos is a rarity for a couple of reasons; photos of women’s work and of women of color are few and far between, and when they do crop up, they’re often posed and rarely in a real working space. A look at the service industry and the people behind the magic of Adirondack […]
This collection of photos was taken by photographer James W. Aughiltree, circa 1930, and documents the inside of the Emerson Boat Shop, which built guide boats, in Long Lake, NY.
This photo collection comes from the archives of the Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, and offers a peek inside the Barton Mines operation from roughly 1900-1920. North River, NY.
In population centers like Dexter and Watertown, street trolleys were common as a fast and easy mode of transportation. No more trolleys run North Country streets today, but we still have photos!
Collected here are photographs of the businesses that operated in Hammond from the 1910s to the 1930s, from general stores to barbershops.
For decades, people have been enjoying the many bodies of water in towns like Long Lake, Saranac Lake, Cranberry Lake, and more. Guides took guests boating, steamboats took people on scenic trips, and boat builders crafted intricate canoes. Here are some of those photos.
The Emporium Forestry Company was one of the largest hardwood loggers in the Adirondacks, with mills and logging sites across the region. Their operations in Cranberry Lake churned out thousands of feet of cut and milled lumber. Collected here are some photos from each stage of that process.
Collected here are photos of iron mining in the hamlet of Lyon Mountain in the Town of Dannemora. The mines, which opened in the 1800s, were originally open-pit but eventually transitioned into underground mining. Although they were originally owned by the Chateaugay Ore & Iron Company, the mines were bought by Republic Steel in the late 1930s. To see […]
