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May 03 – Working a homemade maple sugaring rig
"RESIDENT OF ROXBURY, VERMONT, DRAWS OFF THE FINISHED SYRUP FROM A HOMEMADE EVAPORATOR. INSTEAD OF WORKING IN A SUGAR HOUSE HE SETS UP A MAKESHIFT RIG IN A NEW SPOT EACH YEAR TO USE FALLEN TIMBER AND LOOSE BRUSH TO FIRE THE SAWED-OFF OIL DRUM, 05/1974" (ARC ID 555526); Series: DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 - 1977; Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 1999; Record Group 412; National Archives.
Taken in May, 1974, this photograph is from the EPA’s DOCUMERICA Program to document subjects of environmental concern in America during the 1970s. The caption reads: "Resident of Roxbury, Vermont, draws off the finished syrup from a homemade evaporator. Instead of working in a sugar house he sets up a makeshift rig in a new spot each year to use fallen timber and loose brush to fire the sawed-off oil drum, 05/1974."
DOCUMERICA: Snapshots of Crisis and Cure in the 1970s…
