Children compete in a 4-H sheep grooming competition at the Gouverneur Fair. Competitors (left to right): Allison Root, Karen Rizzo, Micah Neuroth. Around 1990. Gouverneur, NY.
Doug McDougall, Glen Allen, Charley Covell pose with buckboard and horse. A threshing machine is in background. Around 1910s. Hammond, NY.
Jennifer McGregor pouring milk into the dumping station, which fed into a bulk tank at the McGregor farm. August 1968. Hammond, NY.
A steam train hauling ore. In the background are workhorses and cows and a steam shovel. Photo by Henry M. Beach. 1910. Hamilton County. Photo courtesy of the Adirondack Experience: the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. For more on Henry M. Beach’s life and photography, check out our North Country at Work story on him.
Dan Josephson stocking fall fingerling brook trout in pond. Dan is a fishery biologist who has been working to counteract the effects of acid rain in the Adirondacks for almost 40 years. September 1993. Old Forge, NY. Courtesy of Dan Josephson. For more on Dan and his conservation work, check out this North Country at […]
Dan Josephson in a canoe holding and releasing an endangered round whitefish. Dan is a fishery biologist who has been working to counteract the effects of acid rain in the Adirondacks for almost 40 years. December 1988. Old Forge, NY. Courtesy of Dan Josephson. For more on Dan and his conservation work, check out this […]
The interior of the poultry processing plant owned by the McCarthy family of Canton. Circa 1950s. Canton, NY. Photo courtesy of Varick Chittenden. Check out our story on the evolution of the McCarthy poultry plant.
Bob Thompson (right) and his son Bill milking on the Thompson farm, where Bob kept a herd of registered Holsteins and sold surplus cattle internationally. 1960s. Lisbon, NY. Courtesy of Bob Thompson. For more on the Thompson cattle operation, click here.
Man next to the upper cow pasture at Thompson farm, which kept registered Holstein cattle. Lisbon, NY. Courtesy of Bob Thompson. For more on the Thompson cattle operation, click here.
Bob Thompson with a registered black model Holstein cow. He kept a herd on his farm and sold surplus cows internationally. 1945. Lisbon, NY. Courtesy of Bob Thompson. For Bob Thompson’s full story, click here.
