Plowing with a Lynn snowplow in Benson
A Lynn snowplow plowing snow. Art and Nancy Storer are on the left. January 26, 1941. Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Type of Work: Technical Trades
Jim Cameron with a guide boat on Upper St. Regis Lake
Jim Cameron standing beside a guide boat at the edge of the water. Circa 1986-1987. Upper St. Regis, NY. Photo by Mathias T. Oppersdorff.
Interior of the Rushton canoe shop in Rushton
Two partially-planked Indian Girls (a type of canoe) inside the Rushton Boat Shop. Circa 1901-1916. Rushton in the town of Canton. Taken by Fynmore Studios.
Interior of John F. Buyce Boat Shop in Speculator
John F. Buyce and worker inside boat building shop. 1920. Speculator, NY.
Emerson and worker assemble boat in boat shop in Long Lake
Wallace Emerson and a boat shop worker finish assembly of boat. Inside Emerson’s Boat Shop. 1930. Long Lake, NY. Photographer Aughiltree, James W.
Wallace Emerson shapes a keel in boat shop in Long Lake
Wallace Emerson uses a hand plane to carefully shape the keel board for one of his boats. Inside Emerson’s Boat Shop. 1930. Long Lake, NY. Photographer Aughiltree, James W.
Wallace Emerson, Jr. at work in guide boat shop in Long Lake
Wallace Emerson, Jr., wearing a hat and glasses, standing at a work bench. He is holding a drill, drilling holes into the sides of a guide boat seat, most likely for caning. Circa 1930. Long Lake, NY. Photographer Aughiltree, James W.
Wallace Emerson nails cladding onto boat in Long Lake
Wallace Emerson nails cladding onto boat. Inside Emerson’s Boat Shop. 1930. Long Lake, NY. Photographer Aughiltree, James W.
Wallace Emerson drilling holes in boat in Long Lake
Wallace Emerson uses a jig to drill holes in the keel of a boat. Inside Emerson’s Boat Shop. 1930. Long Lake, NY. Photographer Aughiltree, James W.
Wallace Emerson working on boat rib in Long Lake
Wallace Emerson does detail work on a boat rib inside Emerson’s Boat Shop. 1930. Long Lake, NY. Photographer Aughiltree, James W.