Southport Onion Workers

Title

Southport Onion Workers

Subject

Business--farming--onions--Southport, Conn.

Description

Warner Hill - Sherwood property. The man in the bowler hat is Nellis Sherwood.

Fairfield farmers were well-known for their onions during the 1800s, with over 100,000 bushels of onions raised in Southport during the Civil War alone. The Southport Globe onion became internationally renowned for its shape and keeping qualities, and can still be ordered today.

Source

Photograph Files: Southport - Onion Workers

Date

1880s

Contributor

Photograph gift of Pequot Library. Original print owned by Treadwell, Easton.

Rights

Fairfield Museum and History Center, all rights reserved. Please contact us for information about reproductions.

Format

JPEG, 8x10 inches

Files

Ffld_OnionFarming_c1890.jpg

Citation

“Southport Onion Workers,” Fairfield Photos, accessed March 29, 2024, https://fairfieldmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/77.

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