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Maple Sugaring
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A man and woman driving their horse-drawn cart into the woods to collect buckets that are hanging from maple trees. The buckets catch sap that is used to make maple sugar and syrup.
September 13, 1949
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
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Man Tapping Sugar Maple Tree
A man drilling a hole in a sugar maple tree, for extracting the sap, using a hand drill. A bucket is hanging on the opposite side of the tree under a tap. The sap will eventually be made into maple...
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 Trees with Bags of Maple Sap
1971
Sap bags are hanging on Maple trees in a snow-covered woods. In the background through the trees is a building with smoke billowing from the chimney.
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.
Gathering Maple Syrup
circa 1945
Two men and a child in Granton (vicinity), Clark County, Wisconsin. They are gathering maple syrup with a horse-drawn sled.
Hauling Maple Sap
Three men hauling maple sap to an outdoor, wood-burning stove using two horses. One man is standing and holding the reins to the horses while the other two men are pouring sap into a large, rectang...
