Itinerant Workers on Cart During Hop Growing Season

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Title

Itinerant Workers on Cart During Hop Growing Season

Alternative Title

Travailleurs saisonniers sur une charrette pendant la saison de croissance du houblon

Date

ca. 1894

Spatial Coverage

Sandwich East Township, Ontario, Canada

Type

Image

Description

Faded black and white photograph of itinerant workers during hop growing season at Hiram Walker Farms in Sandwich East Township; there are a large number of men, women and children in the photograph; in the foreground are two carts full of people in dark coats and hats; each cart is being pulled by two horses; in front of the first cart, in the bottom right corner of the photograph, is a little boy in a white jacket; in the background there are several more carts filled with people, several farm buildings and a number of people standing on a stack of filled bags; there are also some people standing in a tree in the background, centre, of the photograph

Format

JPEG

Rights

Public domain

Identifier

Museum Windsor, P5428

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