North Country At Work

View of reconstruction work on the retaining wall on Park Street between Elm and School Streets. Circa 1918. Glens Falls, NY. Photo by H.W. Pangburn. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Raking hay with hand rakes and a dump rake on a farm in Johnsburg. Circa 1890. Johnsburg, NY. Photo courtesy of Joan Reynolds.

Earl Allen, a third-generation rakemaker, outside his blacksmith shop and forge. Inside, a saw blade is powered by the engine of a 1930 Model T Ford, just as it was when Earl bought the shop from his uncle in 1959. Circa 1980.  Johnsburg, NY. Photo by Daniel Way.

Jim Stone splitting wood. Circa 1930. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

Alan Beede splitting logs. Circa 1970. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

Pouring concrete in sub-freezing temperatures at the Carry Falls hydro-electric plant  in 1952, part of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s Raquette River development. 1952. Colton, N.Y. Photo: Colton Historical Society, photo credit to Niagara Mohawk News.

Man chops down spruce tree for pulpwood. Circa 1930. Adirondacks, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

An unidentified man cuts ice with a long-handled saw on Blue Mountain Lake. Photograph by Fynmore Studios. 1940. Blue Mountain Lake, NY. Donated by Fynmore Studios, courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Unidentified doctor and nurse in doctor’s office at American Legion Camp, which provided medical care for veterans. Note the typewriter on the desk. 1940. Tupper Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Wood poses holding a handtool in a field on his farm. Circa 1910-1930. George Marshall Family Photograph Collection, courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.