Loading hay, date unknown
Summary
Photographer: Reuben R. Sallows (1855 - 1937)..Description: .Team of dark horses standing, facing right, in field with wagon being loaded with hay; two little girls stand at left of wagon watching, both wear white long-sleeved dresses, fair hair; man atop wagon wears straw hat, long-sleeved shirt, pants with suspenders holds pitchfork in front; two men in centre stand beside wagon, reaching up with pitchforks to load hay, backs to camera; cut hay in foreground on left; fence and treeline in background; Sallows stamp in blue on back..Object ID : 0793-rrs-ogohc-ph...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.
