Description: Reverse reads: "In the Spring They Come to Buy Our Sugar (Geauga County near Chardon, Ohio) District 4, Cleveland, Ohio Photographer E.P. Moody March, 1941" This is a photo of three men and a boy taking sap from a tree near Chardon, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F08_016_001
Subjects: Tree trunks; Cars
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: The downtown district of Chardon. Chardon is mostly known as a vacation spot for Ohio residents, known as a good place for recreation and also being close to Lake Erie. In addition to this, the other mainstay of Chardon's economy is the dairy industry, and is home to several cheese makers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06710
Subjects: Geauga County (Ohio); Dairy cattle; Dairy products industry
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: The downtown district of Chardon. Chardon is mostly known as a vacation spot for Ohio residents, known as a good place for recreation and also being close to Lake Erie. In addition to this, the other mainstay of Chardon's economy is the dairy industry, and is home to several cheese makers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06711
Subjects: Geauga County (Ohio); Dairy cattle; Dairy products industry
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads: "The Steaming Sugar Bush (Geauga County Near Chardon, Ohio) Sign on sugar house reads: Chardon Lakes Sugar Camp Photographer: E.P. Moody. March 1941." Maple syrup season begins in January, ending around April in Ohio, and while trees are tapped all over the state, Geauga County has some of the state's best, and hosts the state's Maple Syrup Festival every spring. Traditionally, maple syrup was harvested by tapping a maple tree through the bark and into the wood, then letting the sap run into a bucket, which required daily collecting. Less labor-intensive methods, such as the use of continuous plastic pipelines, have since superseded this in all but cottage-scale production. It takes approximately 10 gal. of sap to be boiled down to1 quart of syrup, and a mature sugar maple produces about 10 gal. of sap during the 4- to 6-week sugaring season under gravity, but can produce 20 or more gallons under vacuum. Trees are not tapped until they have a diameter of 10 in. at chest-height and the tree is at least 40 years old. If the tree is more than 18 in., it can be tapped twice on opposite sides View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F17_008_1
Subjects: Maple syrup industry--Ohio--Geauga County; Sugar factories--Ohio--Geauga County
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated March 1941, this photograph shows a man collecting maple sap on a farm in Geagua County, Ohio, near Chardon. Maple sugar is made from the sap of sugar or black maple trees. Harvesting is done in later winter when the sap stored in the roots begins to rise in early spring. The sap is boiled to the desired consistency. The United States is a leading producer of maple syrup, second only to Canada. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F05_002_1
Subjects: Agriculture; Harvesting; Maple syrup; Rural life
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Typed on reverse: "Two Taps in the Big Maples (Near Chardon, Ohio). District 4, Cleveland, Ohio. Photographer: E. P. Moody. March 1941." The bucket on the tree appears to reads "W. Peeling - Dura Zinc Alloy" Maple syrup season begin in January, ending around April in Ohio and while trees are tapped all over the state, Geauga County has some of the state's best, and hosts the state's Maple Syrup Festival every spring. There was a time in Geauga County's history when nearly 80% of the landowners had their own sugarbush. A sugar bush is a group of maples trees, together with a sugar house. Traditionally, maple syrup was harvested by tapping a maple tree through the bark and into the wood, then letting the sap run into a bucket, which required daily collecting; less labour-intensive methods such as the use of continuous plastic pipelines have since superseded this, in all but cottage-scale production. It takes approximately 10 gallons of sap to be boiled down to 1 quart of syrup. A mature sugar maple produces about 40 litres of sap during the 4 to 6 week sugaring season under gravity, but can produce 20 or more gallons under vacuum. Trees are not tapped until they have a diameter of 10 inches at chest-height and the tree is at least 40 years old. If the tree is more than 18 inches it can be tapped twice on opposite sides. Once the sap is collected, it is taken to the sugar house and put into an evaporator to boil the sap to syrup. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to get about 1 gallon of syrup. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F17_001_1
Subjects: Maple Syrup Industry; Maple syrup--Pictorial works
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "A Saw, Sap, and Logs Equal Sugar at the Bush (Near Chardon, Ohio). District 4, Cleveland, Ohio. Photograph E. P. Moody. March 1941." The bucket on the tree appears to reads "W. Peeling - Dura Zinc Alloy" Maple syrup season begin in January, ending around April in Ohio and while trees are tapped all over the state, Geauga County has some of the state's best, and hosts the state's Maple Syrup Festival every spring. There was a time in Geauga County's history when nearly 80% of the landowners had their own sugarbush. A sugar bush is a group of maples trees, together with a sugar house. Traditionally, maple syrup was harvested by tapping a maple tree through the bark and into the wood, then letting the sap run into a bucket, which required daily collecting; less labour-intensive methods such as the use of continuous plastic pipelines have since superseded this, in all but cottage-scale production. It takes approximately 10 gallons of sap to be boiled down to 1 quart of syrup. A mature sugar maple produces about 40 litres of sap during the 4 to 6 week sugaring season under gravity, but can produce 20 or more gallons under vacuum. Trees are not tapped until they have a diameter of 10 inches at chest-height and the tree is at least 40 years old. If the tree is more than 18 inches it can be tapped twice on opposite sides. Once the sap is collected, it is taken to the sugar house and put into an evaporator to boil the sap to syrup. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to get about 1 gallon of syrup. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F17_002_1
Subjects: Maple Syrup Industry; Maple syrup--Pictorial works
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Typed on reverse: "Maple Trees in Spring. Near Chardon, Ohio. District 4, Cleveland, Ohio. Photographer E. P. Moody. March 1941." Maple syrup season begin in January, ending around April in Ohio and while trees are tapped all over the state, Geauga County has some of the state's best, and hosts the state's Maple Syrup Festival every spring. There was a time in Geauga County's history when nearly 80% of the landowners had their own sugarbush. A sugar bush is a group of maples trees, together with a sugar house. Traditionally, maple syrup was harvested by tapping a maple tree through the bark and into the wood, then letting the sap run into a bucket, which required daily collecting; less labour-intensive methods such as the use of continuous plastic pipelines have since superseded this, in all but cottage-scale production. It takes approximately 10 gallons of sap to be boiled down to 1 quart of syrup. A mature sugar maple produces about 40 litres of sap during the 4 to 6 week sugaring season under gravity, but can produce 20 or more gallons under vacuum. Trees are not tapped until they have a diameter of 10 inches at chest-height and the tree is at least 40 years old. If the tree is more than 18 inches it can be tapped twice on opposite sides. Once the sap is collected, it is taken to the sugar house and put into an evaporator to boil the sap to syrup. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to get about 1 gallon of syrup. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F17_003_1
Subjects: Maple Syrup Industry; Maple syrup--Pictorial works
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: Owner and Workers Discussion (Sugar Bush near Chardon, Ohio) Photographer: E.P. Moody. March 1941. Maple syrup season begin in January, ending around April in Ohio and while trees are tapped all over the state, Geauga County has some of the state's best, and hosts the state's Maple Syrup Festival every spring. Traditionally, maple syrup was harvested by tapping a maple tree through the bark and into the wood, then letting the sap run into a bucket, which required daily collecting. Less labor-intensive methods, such as the use of continuous plastic pipelines, have since superseded this in all but cottage-scale production. It takes approximately 10 gal. of sap to be boiled down to1 quart of syrup, and a mature sugar maple produces about 10 gal. of sap during the 4- to 6-week sugaring season under gravity, but can produce 20 or more gallons under vacuum. Trees are not tapped until they have a diameter of 10 in. at chest-height and the tree is at least 40 years old. If the tree is more than 18 in., it can be tapped twice on opposite sides View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F17_006_1
Subjects: Maple Syrup Industry; Maple syrup--Pictorial works
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: Live Steam from the Sugar Vats (Sugar Bush near Chardon, Ohio) Photographer: E.P. Moody. March 1941. Maple syrup season begins in January, ending around April in Ohio, and while trees are tapped all over the state, Geauga County has some of the state's best, and hosts the state's Maple Syrup Festival every spring. Traditionally, maple syrup is harvested by tapping a maple tree through the bark and into the wood, then letting the sap run into a bucket, which requires daily collecting. Less labor-intensive methods, such as the use of continuous plastic pipelines, have since superseded this in all but cottage-scale production. It takes approximately 10 gal. of sap to be boiled down to1 quart of syrup, and a mature sugar maple produces about 10 gal. of sap during the 4- to 6-week sugaring season under gravity, but can produce 20 or more gallons under vacuum. Trees are not tapped until they have a diameter of 10 in. at chest-height and the tree is at least 40 years old. If the tree is more than 18 in., it can be tapped twice on opposite sides View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F17_007_1
Subjects: Maple Syrup Industry; Maple syrup--Pictorial works
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Typed on reverse: "Sugar Beside the Road (Chardon, Geauga County, in the background). District 4, Cleveland, Ohio. Photographer E.P. Moody. March 1941." Maple syrup season begins in January, ending around April in Ohio and while trees are tapped all over the state, Geauga County has some of the state's best, and hosts the state's Maple Syrup Festival every spring. There was a time in Geauga County's history when nearly 80% of the landowners had their own sugarbush. A sugarbush is a group of maples trees, together with a sugar house. Traditionally, maple syrup was harvested by tapping a maple tree through the bark and into the wood, then letting the sap run into a bucket, which required daily collecting; less labor-intensive methods such as the use of continuous plastic pipelines have since superseded this, in all but cottage-scale production. It takes approximately 10 gallons of sap to be boiled down to 1 quart of syrup. A mature sugar maple produces about 40 liters of sap during the 4 to 6 week sugaring season under gravity, but can produce 20 or more gallons under vacuum. Trees are not tapped until they have a diameter of 10 inches at chest-height and the tree is at least 40 years old. If the tree is more than 18 inches it can be tapped twice on opposite sides. Once the sap is collected, it is taken to the sugar house and put into an evaporator to boil the sap to syrup. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F17_004_1
Subjects: Maple syrup; Food production; Natural resources--Ohio
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the clock tower of the Geauga County Courthouse. The building sits on the Chardon public green and is part of the town's historic district along with two blocks of storefronts. The Italianate style building, completed in 1870, has a 112 foot tower topped by a weathervane. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F03_165
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; cupolas; clock towers; arches; cornices; Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Places: Chardon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio); Chardon Square