Cultivating, harrowing, seeding back view, 1908
Summary
Photographer: Reuben R. Sallows (1855 - 1937) ( http://www.sallowsgallery.ca/gallerypages/sallowsbio.html ) ..Description: .Four farmers with teams of horses and implements working in field of peas; backs to camera; dog; all men wearing hats (written on back: Spring seeding; Lot 9, Concession 2, E.D. Colborne Township, farm of William Hill, 1908. From right to left: Hugh Hill; William Hill, Sr.; Charles Keating; William W. Hill, Jr.)..Object ID : 0335-rrs-ogohc-ph..View additional photographs by Sallows that are held in other collections at the Reuben R. Sallows Digital Library. ( http://www.sallowsgallery.ca/ ) ..Order a higher-quality version of this item by contacting the Huron County Museum (fee applies). ( https://www.flickr.com/people/huroncountymuseum/ )
At the turn of the 20th century, most cameras and photographers operated out of a studio, Ontario-based photographer Reuben R. Sallows took his camera out in his black Ford Model A truck, in a canoe and on the newly installed trains. From a collection of 240 photographs by Huron County photographer, R. R. Sallows housed at the Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol. These images were digitized in 2004 as part of the Reuben R. Sallows Digital Library, which contains over 1000 images from various institutions.