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Sugaring off party, eating "La Tire", Eastern Townships(?), QC

Alexander HendersonAbout / vers 1870

McCord Stewart Museum

McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, Canada

Henderson's image illustrates several features of a sugaring-off party, including the collection of maple sap in buckets attached to the trees and the savouring of maple taffy cooled on snow.

Details

  • Title: Sugaring off party, eating "La Tire", Eastern Townships(?), QC
  • Creator Lifespan: 1831/1913
  • Date: About / vers 1870
  • Type: Photographie, Photograph
  • Titre: Partie de sucre, "La Tire", Cantons de l'Est(?), QC
  • Photographer: Alexander Henderson
  • Description: Henderson a pris soin de mettre en scène plusieurs facettes d'une sortie à la cabane à sucre : de la cueillette de l'eau d'érable, au moyen de seaux accrochés aux troncs d'arbres, à la dégustation de la tire refroidie sur la neige.
  • Credit line: Gift of Miss E. Dorothy Benson, Don de Miss E. Dorothy Benson
  • Rights: http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/orders/conditions/
  • External Link: http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-0000.1452.171
  • Medium: Silver salts on paper mounted on card, Sels d'argent sur papier monté sur carton

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