The Sheffield Museum of Rural Life
Photographs by Stephen Sylvester Main
Stephen Sylvester Main chronicled the world around him as an amateur photographer between 1898 and the 1920s. These amazing photographs were among the first to capture rural culture when camera technology moved out of the studios and into the hands of amateurs.

The Sheffield Museum of Rural History is excited to present you with this important historical resource.

Photo Galleries

Churches

Farms and Barns

Funerals

Houses

Industrial

Lake

People

Romulus and Branchton

School Groups

Self Portraits

Sheffield Village

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Life In The Country:
A View From One Hundred Years Ago
Written by Martyn G. Pullin
Photographs by Stephen Sylvester Main
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