Bringing in wood, Chesterfield, Massachusetts

Bringing in wood, Chesterfield, Massachusetts

Farm life--New England
Rural children--New England
Fuelwood gatherers--Massachusetts--Chesterfield

View of two children, a young boy and a toddler girl, carrying firewood, the entrance to a large barn looming in the background. This photograph is an illustration in "The Farmer's Boy," written and illustrated by Clifton Johnson and published in 1894. Caption on back reads, "The little lady's first lesson in how to get in wood for the farmhouse fire."

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940

Jones Library Special Collections

circa 1894

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Image is part of the Clifton Johnson Collection

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