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[Letter from Adelitia McGee and Matilda Dodd to the Moore family and Alice McGee, November 24, 1889]

Description: This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It was written by Adelitia "Dinkie" McGee and Matilda Dodd. In this letter, Dinkie and Matilda update the Moore family and Alice on the goings-on in Gallatin, Tennessee. The news includes: community news, a dialogue about the weather, a discussion on the health of family and friends, and details on Dinkie's butter and egg venture. She closes her letter by mentioning Bettie's dress as well as her own dress and details that she is sending a … more
Date: November 24, 1889
Creator: McGee, Adelitia & Dodd, Matilda
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
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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mule driven press]

Description: Photograph of a young man seated as he feeds sorghum cane into the mule driven press to extract sweet sorghum juice. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Stir-off]

Description: Photograph of men working the sorghum molasses stir-off while a mule continues to work a press to extract sweet sorghum juice. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tractor driven press at stir-off(1)]

Description: Photograph of a group of people preparing for a sorghum molasses stir-off. There is a tractor in the foreground that is powering a press used to extract juice from the sorghum cane. In the background there is steam coming off a vat of boiling sorghum juice. On the right of the photo, two individuals help remove the roughage from the stalks.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Group harvesting sorghum cane]

Description: Photograph of a group of men and women clearing a field of sorghum cane. A man on the left cleans his blade while four girls in the center collect stalks. A boy on the right hands a grip of stalks to another man who is bent over.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mule driven press]

Description: Photograph of two young boys feeding sorghum cane into a mule driven press to extract the sweet sorghum juice. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tractor driven press at stir-off]

Description: Photograph of a group of people preparing for a sorghum molasses stir-off. There is a tractor in the foreground that is powering a press used to extract juice from the sorghum cane. In the background there is steam coming off a vat of boiling sorghum juice. On the right of the photo, two individuals help remove the roughage from the stalks.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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