Spreading manure, 1906
Summary
Photographer: Reuben R. Sallows (1855 - 1937)..Description: .Farmer driving a team of horses pulling a manure spreader; rear view; wearing hat, shirt with rolled sleeves and pants with suspenders; field in foreground; single building in distance in upper right quadrant; date (1906/14) in pencil and Sallows stamp in blue ink on back..Object ID : 0531-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.
