Howard Pelletier of North Creek, an independent logging contractor, showing family member Lois Pelletier and unknown friend how he cuts down trees in his woodlot. Photo 3/4 in series. Circa 1960. North Creek, NY. Photo donated by Susan P Rawson
Howard Pelletier (center) of North Creek, an independent logging contractor, showing family member Lois Pelletier (left) and unknown friend how he cuts down trees in his woodlot. Photo 1/4 in series. Circa 1960. North Creek, NY. Photo donated by Susan P. Rawson
Alan Washbond and Ivan Brown at the winter Olympics. They won the gold medal in bobsledding. 1936. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.
Alan Washbond and Ivan Brown posing with the Olympic bobsled they built. The pair won the gold medal at the winter Olympics that year. 1936. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Photo courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.
The first tow truck of the Keene Valley Garage, owned by Carl Bigelow. It was made from a 1943 4×4 Dodge Army truck. Late 1950s. Keene Valley, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.
A crew of men hauling logs on a bobsled with a team of horses. Circa 1890. Keene Valley, NY. Donated by M. Lapine. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.
Men cutting ice and hauling it away using a horse and sled on lower AuSable Lake. Circa 1910-1930. Near Keene, NY. Courtesy of the Keene Valley Library Archives.
Lyle Yerman (right) and Frank Ritz in the woods on Bald Mountain, where they trapped the bobcats pictured to sell. Circa 1930- 1940. Near Old Forge, NY. Courtesy of the Goodsell Museum.
Two employees of Frink Snowplows stand next to the largest V-plow produced by the company. The plow was headed to a town in northern Maine. The design of the V-plow was invented by Karl Frink, and the company was a major employer in Clayton from 1920-2000. Clayton, NY. Circa 1980. From the Thousand Islands Museum.
An unidentified man operates an early Frink snowplow. Clayton, NY. Circa 1925. From the Thousand Islands Museum.
