Caramel department of the Red October factory (1922-1925)

Factory workers prepare the caramel mixture.

A vacuum apparatus evaporates water from sugar syrup.

A worker pours the syrup into saucepans.

Ingredients are added to the thick mixture and kneaded on a table.

A straw-pulling machine draws the mixture into thin layers and mixes again.

Preparing the caramel filling.

Workers stir the filling in vats.

The filling is poured into the caramel dough.

The machine pulls the dough into a thin rope.

Workers inspect the finished candies.

A worker cuts the caramel rope.

Rolling rollers for candy canes.

Caramel wafers are formed into small candies.

The finished wafers are broken into candy canes.