P5423

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black%20and%20white%20photograph%20of%20Hiram%20Walker%20Farms%20Employees%20standing%20in%20front%20of%20a%20tobacco%20curing%20barn

Details

ID Number

P5423

Item Name

Image

Title

Tobacco Curing Barn, Hiram Walker Farm / Séchoir à tabac sur la ferme Hiram Walker

Title (Fre)

Séchoir à tabac sur la ferme Hiram Walker

Date

ca 1894

Description

Very faded black and white photograph of Hiram Walker Farms Employees standing in front of a tobacco curing barn; there are 26 men and one boy standing in rows in front of the barn; all are in work clothing and most are wearing hats; the barn is a tall building with a peaked roof, the top of which is cut off from the photograph; hanging tobacco is visible through gaps in the barn walls; there is a fence to the right of the barn behind which crops are visible; shorter crops are visible to the left of the barn.

Place made

Canada - Ontario - Sandwich

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Barns / Granges

Curing (Preservation) / Traiter (conservation)

Employees / Employés

Farms / Fermes

Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd.

Hiram Walker Farms / Fermes Hiram Walker

Men / Hommes

Plants / Plantes

Tobacco / Tabac

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