Back to the sugar house for some more boiling. Holding the reins is Dorothy Chapin, Ridgefield, Conn. Mary Ann Snelling, Lincoln, and Mary Lee Glover, (partly hidden) of Great Neck, N.Y. start pouring sap from tub to a large vat next to sugar house, where it flows through pipe into the evaporator in the sugar house. Interiors of sugar houses at this season are one mass of sweet, steaming vapor.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Back to the sugar house for some more boiling. Holding the reins is Dorothy Chapin, Ridgefield, Conn. Mary Ann Snelling, Lincoln, and Mary Lee Glover, (partly hidden) of Great Neck, N.Y. start pouring sap from tub to a large vat next to sugar house, where it flows through pipe into the evaporator in the sugar house. Interiors of sugar houses at this season are one mass of sweet, steaming vapor.

[ca. March 1955]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Maple Sugar

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