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P5428

ID Number: P5428
Item Name: Image
Title: Itinerant Workers on Cart During Hop Growing Season / Travailleurs saisonniers sur une charrette pendant la saison de croissance du houblon
Title (Fre): Travailleurs saisonniers sur une charrette pendant la saison de croissance du houblon
Date: ca 1894
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
History: 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 - Sandwich East Township
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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