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.
Horse pulls an engine on the Raquette Lake Railway. The train ran out of water two miles outside of Raquette Lake. The engine was separated from cars to lighten load for trip to water tank, but couldn’t ‘make it the whole way so it had to be pulled back by horse. Aug 20, 1908. Raquette […]
Team of horses pulls a sled carrying a burlap wrapped Christmas tree given by the Adirondack League Club to be set up in Times Square in New York City. It was to be taken from Thendara to New York City by train. People behind the sleigh from left to right: Lewis L. Grant, James Scanlon, […]
Maple sugar house. Two men stand beside a wooden gathering tank on a specially built low wagon being pulled by a team of horses. The wagon is on a mound at the end of the sugarhouse so the sap can be unloaded downhill into the building’s storage tank. Photograph by James Fynmore. 1965. Boonville, NY. […]
Man pouring sap into a pail. Another man stands behind him on a sap gathering trailer pulled by a team of horses that holds a large wooden sap gathering tank. Photograph by James Fynmore. 1965. Boonville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Men are emptying sap from the gathering tank on a bobsled into vats; sap is then piped into the sugarhouse and directly into the evaporators. Operations of the Horseshoe Forestry Company. Photograph by George W. Baldwin. 1901. Piercefield, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Man standing on a horse-drawn sled carrying two rectangular sap gathering tanks. Second man standing further ahead. Operations of the Horseshoe Forestry Company. Photograph by George W. Baldwin. 1901. Piercefield, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Several men transferring maple sap from buckets into gathering tank on horse-drawn bobsled. Operations of the Horseshoe Forestry Company. Photograph by George W. Baldwin. 1901. Piercefield, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Two teams of horses hauling large maple sap gathering tanks on bobsleds. Operations of the Horseshoe Forestry Company. Photograph by George W. Baldwin. 1901. Piercefield, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Five men dressing logs (making them into beams). Probably for the structure on the left. To the right is a team of horses and the Maple Grove farmhouse. Maple Grove Farm was operated by the Clark family, two of their daughters stand with the team of horses. Circa 1910-1930. Near Cranberry Lake, NY. Donated by […]
