[Two Men and a Boy Making Hoe Cakes]
Description:
Photograph of two men and a boy making hoe cakes at the Texas Folklife Festival. The cakes are so named because they are baked on the end of a garden hoe. The flat metal part provides a cooking surface while the long stick serves as a handle that allows the maker to remain at a distance from the coals. Each of the three is holding a hoe that has cakes baking on the end of it, on top of a pile of coals. They stand around the coal pit facing one another. In the background, some tables and festiva…
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Date:
[1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
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UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections