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[Grinding Cane]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 Sorghum cane is fed into a mule drawn press where the juice is extracted and collected. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Either on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Gap on the farm of Baptist preacher the Rev. Hugh Vancel. More information about these images can be found in scrapbooks in the Clark Family Collect… more
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Arriving at the Stir-off]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 Friends and neighbors come from miles around to participate in the Molasses Making Stir-off. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Either on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Gap on the farm of Baptist preacher the Rev. Hugh Vancel. More information about these images can be found in scrapbooks in the Clark Family Co… more
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Grinding Cane]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 Sorghum cane is fed into a mule drawn press where the juice is extracted and collected. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Either on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Gap on the farm of Baptist preacher the Rev. Hugh Vancel. More information about these images can be found in scrapbooks in the Clark Family Collect… more
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men preparing for the upcoming stir-off]

Description: Photograph of a group of men performing their individual tasks to prepare for an upcoming sorghum stir-off. The men in the foreground stretch cloth over the opening of a barrel to strain the sweet sorghum juice extracted from the press to their right. In the center of the photograph a man on a tractor is pulling a wagon full of sorghum cane. Two other men are visible walking along a path in the background of the photo.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Harvesting sorghum cane]

Description: Photograph of a young boy seated on mule while a man and four girls gather harvested cane and place it on a sled. There are tree covered mountains and hills visible in the background of the photograph.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mule driven press]

Description: Photograph of two men using a mule driven press to extract sweet juices from sorghum cane. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Gathering sorghum cane]

Description: Photograph of two men working in a field gathering stalks of sorghum and loading it into a wagon. There is a barn and a large hill visible in the background of the photograph.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mule powered press]

Description: Photograph of two boys using a mule powered press to extract the sweet juice from the sorghum cane. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Scraping out sorghum]

Description: Photograph of a young boy seated atop a pile of sorghum stalks. He holds piece of one of the stalks as he scrapes out some of the insides using a knife. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Extracting juice]

Description: Photograph of two young boys using a mule powered press to extract the sweet juices from the sorghum cane. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Pile of sorghum]

Description: Photograph of two young boys seated atop a pile of sorghum stalks outside of a corn crib. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Holding the grain]

Description: Photograph of a young woman holding the grain off the top of the sorghum stalks. There are tall sorghum stalks with the grain still attached behind the young woman. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Holding the grain]

Description: Photograph of a young woman holding grain from the sorghum stalks. There are multiple sorghum stalks behind her with the grain still attached. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Press and mountains]

Description: Photograph of a mule powered press with a mountainous landscape in the background. The press is being used to extract sweet sorghum juice from sorghum cane to make molasses. Two men operate the press while a small girl and two women stand off to the side of the photo. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Seated at the sorghum press]

Description: Photograph of a man seated in a chair as he feeds sorghum cane into a horse driven press. There are two men visible in the background of the photo unloading more cane from a mule drawn cart.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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