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[Unloading a wagon of sorghum cane(1)]

Description: Photograph of two men unloading sorghum cane from a horse drawn wagon wagon. One man stands in the back and hands armfuls to a man standing on the ground. There is a mule driven press visible in the foreground of the photo.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[People waiting outside church(1)]

Description: Photograph of men, women, and children gathered outside of a church. Most are seated on benches or the ground while there are others visible standing in the background. There are automobiles visible in the driveway.
Date: 1941
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Roadside stir-off]

Description: Photograph of two roadside stations used for sorghum stir-offs. The one on the left houses the press used to extract the sorghum juice. The one on the right houses large metal vats used to boil the sorghum juice down to a molasses. There are men, women, and children visible in the photograph manning the stations.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Wringing out]

Description: Photograph of a woman and a man hunched over five gallon lard buckets as they wring out cloth used to strain the sweet sorghum juice. The large metal vat used to boil the juice down to molasses is visible in the foreground of the photo. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Lunches on school bench(1)]

Description: Photograph of benches along a wall in a school room. The benches have lunch pails and bags resting on top of them. There is an imprint of an insect on the negative from when the photo was taken.
Date: 1940
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The chase]

Description: Photograph of a young man chasing a young woman as part of a kissing game at a sorghum molasses stir-off. The couple races around other couples standing nearby. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Unloading a wagon of sorghum cane]

Description: Photograph of two men unloading sorghum cane from a horse drawn wagon wagon. One man stands in the back and hands armfuls to a man standing on the ground. There is a mule driven press visible in the foreground and cattle in a pasture visible in the background.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Kissing games]

Description: Photograph of a man kissing a woman as a group of young men and women stand and watch. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Skimming impurities]

Description: Photograph of an older man leaning over as he uses a ladle with holes punched in it to sift out impurities of the sweet sorghum juice as it's boiled down. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Making sop sticks]

Description: Photograph of a young man and young woman seated on a pile of sorghum cane. The man uses a knife to carve the end of the cane into a spoon shape to use to taste the sorghum molasses. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men straining the sweet sorghum juice(1)]

Description: Photograph of a man pouring a bucket of sorghum juice into a cloth stretched over the opening of a barrel. Another person stands across from him and stirs the liquid with a wooden spoon. A woman is visible walking by as well as a young boy seated on the ground the background of the photo.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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