The factory produced 25,000 cans in the morning and filled them in the afternoon. Pictured is the room where milk was condensed – steam cabinet on right, and canning equipment on left. Circa 1910-1920. Hermon, NY.
Interior shot of the Northern Condensed Milk Factory Company plant in Hermon. They made 25,000 cans in the morning and filled them in the afternoon. Pictured is the room where tin cans were manufactured with two employees posing with equipment. Circa 1910-1920. Hermon, NY.
Adirondack & St. Lawrence Railroad train with employees, written on photograph is: 1st Hermon railroad. (Possibly a “cowcatcher” on front of engine–designed to clear tracks of cows or other obstructions.) Winter of 1906. De Kalb Junction, NY.
Farmers in town to view the new farm equipment at W.D. Evans Store, possibly a train carload sale. Pictured are a dump rake, walking plow, reaper, and individual wagon wheels. Circa 1890-1900. Hammond, NY.
Fred Mayer and Dan McDougall at their blacksmith, wheelwright, and carriage shop. Front of wagons running gear under construction. Located on northwest side of Main Street. Circa 1900-1910. Hammond, NY.
Norris Soper at his Attwater-Kent radio. His Franklin automobile, from the 1910s and manufactured in Syracuse, is behind him. Circa 1920s. Hammond, NY. Related story, here.
Murray Henderson lubricating threshing machine with oil can. Pictured are Paul Mahay, standing, and Jim Mahay, sitting. Circa 1940s. Hammond, NY.
Grain thresher running in barn, powered by a three-horse power treadmill. Workers pictured next to the treadmill. Note the canopy on the treadmill to keep sun off horses. Circa 1890. Hammond, NY.
Pressing hay with Fred Rebscher’s hay press, on Calaboga Road in Hammond.Finished bale hangs on stillyard in foreground. The hay press was an early technique for compressing loose hay into bales. Circa 1910. Hammond, NY.
Sawing firewood with a steam engine at Robert Smith farm in Pleasant Valley. Bert Smith pictured on right. Site later covered by Route 12. Circa 1900-1910. Hammond, NY.
