Making sugar, 1907
Photographer: Reuben R. Sallows (1855 - 1937)..Description: .Two boys observe two women and two men working over a large sugaring kettle; women dressed in dark clothing and wearing bonnets; man in centre wears hat, shirt, dark vest and pants; man standing on right holds long ladle, wears cap, striped shirt, pants and suspenders; one boy, resting foot on axe stands in front of wood pile on right; smaller boy wearing hat sits on top of wood pile; bare trees in background; title and date (1907/25) in pencil and Sallows stamp in blue ink on back..Object ID : 0367-rrs-ogohc-ph..Order a higher-quality version of this item by contacting the Huron County Museum (fee applies). ( https://www.flickr.com/people/huroncountymuseum/ )
At the turn of the 20th century, most cameras and photographers operated out of a studio, Ontario-based photographer Reuben R. Sallows took his camera out in his black Ford Model A truck, in a canoe and on the newly installed trains. From a collection of 240 photographs by Huron County photographer, R. R. Sallows housed at the Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol. These images were digitized in 2004 as part of the Reuben R. Sallows Digital Library, which contains over 1000 images from various institutions.