Frank Sadorus 
April 18, 1910
Illinois State Museum collection 
Gift of Raymond Bial 

As we look back at the Sadorus farm through this photograph, what do the details tell us about this place on a frozen spring day in the early twentieth century? 

What emotions did Frank Sadorus capture on film about this place and these people? 

The Sadorus family lived on a small farm outside the town of Sadorus, in east-central Illinois. In April 18, 1910, the spring landscape is literally 'frozen in time.' Frank captures this unseasonable moment of the full bloom of spring suddenly covered with snow.