Hired man and young neighbor of Frank H. Shurtleff "rough housing" in the snow while gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all the young people and children in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840

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Hired man and young neighbor of Frank H. Shurtleff "rough housing" in the snow while gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all the young people and children in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Wolcott, Marion Post

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940-04
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 030890-M1
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Date and title from Library of Congress.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 44095
TMS Object Number: 030890-M1
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 56f185d0-d790-0139-0038-0242ac110004
Rights Statement
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Hired man and young neighbor of Frank H. Shurtleff "rough housing" in the snow while gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all the young people and children in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5899aee0-d792-0139-c2da-0242ac110003

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Hired man and young neighbor of Frank H. Shurtleff "rough housing" in the snow while gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all the young people and children in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5899aee0-d792-0139-c2da-0242ac110003

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). Hired man and young neighbor of Frank H. Shurtleff "rough housing" in the snow while gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all the young people and children in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5899aee0-d792-0139-c2da-0242ac110003

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Hired man and young neighbor of Frank H. Shurtleff "rough housing" in the snow while gathering sap from sugar trees for making maple syrup. Sugaring is a social event and is enjoyed by all the young people and children in the neighborhood. The Shurtleff farm has about 400 acres and was originally purchased by grandfather in 1840