ABSTRACT: Photographs showing the process of maple sugaring, late 19th century.
SCOPE: These photographs illustrate the process of collecting sap to create maple sugar or syrup. The images depict activities around the interior and exterior of a log cabin as well as a large party of people tapping maple trees in the snow.
EXTENT: Three matted photographs.
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Preferred Citation note: The preferred citation for this collection is “From the Special Collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri – St. Louis."
