Seven Vintage Shots of Maple Sugaring - Modern Farmer

Seven Vintage Shots of Maple Sugaring

A look into the photographic history of maple sugaring.

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A Native American woman taps a maple tree to gather its sap. [ca. 1908]

 

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A young boy gathers sap from a sugar maple tree on the North Bridgewater, Vermont, farm of Frank H. Shurtleff in April 1940.

 

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Two photos show men gathering and processing maple syrup. [ca. 1900]

 

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Waitsfield, Vermont, Farmer Walter M. Gaylord fires his evaporator during the process of boiling down the sap for maple syrup in March 1940.

 

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A man makes maple syrup the “old fashioned way” in this photo from around 1906.

 

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This photograph from April 1940 shows the pipeline through which the sap ran to the sugar shack at Walter Gaylord’s farm in Waitsfield, Vermont.

 

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A retired farmer and a store clerk chat outside a general store that advertises maple sugar and syrup for sale in West Danville, Vermont, in July 1942.

Photos courtesy of the Library of Congress

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