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Publication Information
| Date Created | April 4, 1948 |
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| Format | Image |
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| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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Production of Maple Syrup
circa 1927
Man in "sugar bush" (grove of maples) boiling down maple sap in production of maple syrup. Probably Wisconsin.
Maple Syrup Shack
1966
View of a maple syrup shack on the side of a hill. Smoke is billowing out of the doorway, which is blocked by a wheel barrel full of wood. Two men are in the background next to a trailer and a trac...
Elmer Harris Gathering Sap from Trees
1966
Elmer Harris is pouring sap into a large container on a Farmall tractor-pulled trailer. The forest has large, tapped Maple trees with buckets collecting the sap.
Collecting Maple Sap in Bags
A man is collecting maple sap in clear rubber sap bags connected to a tree. Snow is on the ground.
Checking the Syrup in a Modern Evaporator
View of Wilmer Schulz, near High Cliff State Park, checking the syrup in a modern evaporator while standing over a vat of boiling syrup. Large piles of fuelwood are in the background.
