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P7469

ID Number: P7469
Item Name: Image
Title: Charles Swann House on Walker Farm / Maison Charles Swann sur le ferme Walker
Title (Fre): Maison Charles Swann sur le ferme Walker
Description: Black and white photograph of the Charles Swann house on the Walker farm; the house is a two-storey brick structure with arched, shuttered windows; there is one chimney on each end of the roof; the Swann family is standing in front of the house; it consists of seven women, one man and eight children; a white picket fence runs in front of the house.
History: Charles Swann was Hiram Walker's farm manager ca 1877-1883. Hops were an important part of the brewing process and were grown in abundance in Essex County before 1900. Hiram Walker employed about 600 people for four weeks at the end of each summer and yielded about 1000 pounds of hops per acre on his extensive farm near Walkerville.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Windsor
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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