North Country At Work

A man driving the Rochester Clothing Company delivery wagon meets a boy with a cart pulled by a donkey. Circa 1890. Near Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Two men unloading a load of loose oats onto a stack, while a third rakes scatterings. A large stack of hay next to them. Circa 1880. Location unknown. Photo by Seneca Ray Stoddard. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

A horse-drawn sled mounted trolley on Glen Street in winter. Car of the Glens Falls, Sandy Hill and Fort Edward RR. Circa 1885. Glens Falls, NY. Photo by Seneca Ray Stoddard. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Two workers from the D.E. Van Wirt Construction Company with a horse-drawn dump wagon and steam roller. They are doing work for the Hudson Valley Railway Company. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

Workers for the D.E. VanWirt Construction Company working on a road project, using several dump wagons and teams of horses. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of Chapman Museum.

Workers use a horse-drawn wagon to haul away waste at the Rogers Garnet mine. Circa 1920. North River, NY. Photo courtesy of the Johnsburg Historical Society Archives

Hulls Lumber Camp. Pictured are a wagon and the log building where the lumber jacks stayed. 1900. Keene Valley, NY. Donated by D. Price. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.

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 loading horse-drawn bobsled with ice blocks. 1930- 1940. Photograph by Ferris Jacob Meigs. In the Adirondacks region, NY. From the Ferris Meigs Logging Photograph Collection: Andrews Donation, courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.