Inventory of the Ostrander Photograph Collection, circa 1915

Descriptive Summary

Abstract: This collection includes 67 black-and-white prints on the logging and lumbering practices in Hamilton and Essex counties in Upstate New York around 1915. Many of the photos were taken during the winter and illustrate logging practices at that time of year. The photographs are attributed to "Ostrander," but their origin is unclear.

Title: Ostrander Photograph Collection, circa 1915

Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives

Call Number: 2897

Language of Material: Material in English

Extent: 0.5 linear feet (67 photographs)

Collection Overview

This collection includes 67 black-and-white prints on the logging and lumbering practices in Hamilton and Essex counties in Upstate New York around 1915. Many of the photos were taken during the winter and illustrate logging practices at that time of year.

The photographs are attributed to "Ostrander," but their origin is unclear. It is uncertain whether or not Ostrander is the name of an individual or if the photos are somehow related to the Ostrander Railway and Timber Company of Ostrander, Washington.

Collection Arrangement

Logging Photographs, circa 1915

Subject Headings

Essex County (N.Y.) -- Photographs
Hamilton County (N.Y.) -- Photographs
Logging -- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- Photographs

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Logging Photographs, circa 1915.

Captions handwritten on the back of the prints have been listed below.

Image 1
Skidding: Skidding of Spruce Tops
Image 2
Hauling: Loading from Double Headers
Image 3
Lumber Camp
Image 4
Hauling: Ploughing Out and Sprinkling Woods with Headed Sprinkler
Image 5
Hauling: Logs Landed on Branch Rine above Sims Dam near Clear Pond
Image 6
Hauling: Landing Logs on Fishing Brook Flow, TP 20, T&C Pur Hamilton County, New York
Image 7
Clear Pond
Image 8
Driving: Fishing Brook Flow, TP 20, T&C Pur Hamilton County, New York
Image 9
Hauling: Landing of Logs in the Ice in Elk Lake
Image 10
Hauling: Load of Logs
Image 11
Skidding: Driving Logs over Guiter Road to Skidway
Image 12
Skidding: Skidding Spruce Logs
Image 13
Hauling: Log Road to Fishing Brook
Image 14
Hauling: Road before Ploughing Out and Sprinkling
Image 15
Driving: Lower Flood Dam on Branch River near Clear Pond
Image 16
Skidding: Guttering Path to Haul Logs to Skidway
Image 17
Hauling: Ploughing Snow from Roads near Newcomb, New York
Image 18
Felling Timber by Sawing Tree Tops
Image 19
Hauling: Load of Logs in Motion
Image 20
Driving: Sluicing through Dam on [illegible] Rich Lake near Newcomb, New York
Image 21
Ploughing Roads near Newcomb
Image 22
Lumber Camp, Hamilton County
Image 23
Felling Trees by Sawing
Image 24
Hauling: Loading Two Sleigh Teams from Double Header
Image 25
Rolling Logs on Skidway
Image 26
Felling and Cutting
Image 27
Skidding: Hauling to Skidway
Image 28
Hauling: Cleaning the Double Headers
Image 29
Landing [illegible] at Fishing Brook
Image 30
Hauling: Bobbing Logs Down Mountainside with Warps
Image 31
Landing Logs on the Ice in Elk Lake
Image 32
Driving: Opening Channel on Fishing Brook
Image 33
Driving: Sluicing Logs through Rich Lake Dam near Newcomb, New York
Image 34
Driving: The Dam on the Hudson River below Newcomb Bridge
Image 35
Driving: The Drive on Fishing Brook
Image 36
Sawing Logs
Image 37
Skidding: Rolling Logs over [Illegible] Ground to Guiter Road
Image 38
Skidding: Hauling to Skidways
Image 39
Skidding: Hauling Logs to Skidways
Image 40
Skidding: Hauling Logs to Skidways
Image 41
Hauling: Unloading Bob Team on Double Headers and Loading Strength Team from Same
Image 42
Hauling: Bob Teams
Image 43
Hauling: Landing logs on Branch River below ----(?) of Elk Lake
Image 44
Driving: The Drive on Fishing Brook
Image 45
Driving: The Drive in Fishing Brook
Image 46
Driving: The Drive on Lake Harris near Newcomb, New York
Image 47
Driving: The Drive on Lake Harris near Newcomb, New York
Image 48
Driving: Fishing Brook Stream at the Beginning of Winter (negative included)
Image 49
Driving: Lestec Flood Dam in Boreas River
Image 50
Driving: Breaking Up of Ice and Drive on Hudson near Newcomb
Image 51
Elk Lake: Essex County, Mt. Marcy in Distance
Image 52
Lumber Camp: on Fishing Brook
Image 53
Driving: The Drive on the Hudson River near Newcomb Bridge
Image 54
Hauling: Hauling Logs Down from TP 20, T&C Pur Hamilton County, New York
Image 55
Skidding: Skidding of Spruce Logs
Image 56
Skidding: Hauling to Skidways
Image 57
Driving: The Drive in Fishing Brook (with negative)
Image 58
Skidding: Hauling Logs to skidway
Image 59
Skidding: Hauling Logs to skidway
Image 60
The Drive at Rich Lake near Newcomb
Image 62
Driving: The Drive in Fishing Brook
Image 63
Postcard: The Cook in the Boat near Boat Landing
Image 64
Small Photograph: View near Boat Landing on Elk Lake showing the Two-year-old Buck Shot by L. H. O. on October 27, 1915 about One Mile above McIntyre Camps near the Marcy Trail
Image 65
Postcard: View of Elk Lake Camp taken November 5, 1915
Image 66
Postcard: Elk Lake View Looking North from Boat Landing
Image 67
Small Photograph: Lake Harris House and Lake Taken October 25, 1915

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ostrander Photograph Collection, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.

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