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[Pile of sorghum(1)]

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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Whittling sop sticks(1)]

Description: Photograph of a young couple as the young man uses a knife to whittle small pieces of sorghum cane into sop sticks. The sop sticks were used to dip and taste the sorghum molasses being made.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Outhouse with Sears catalog(1)]

Description: Photograph of the inside of an outhouse with a Sears, Roebucks, and Co. catalog. This negative is a copy of the original that was recreated on December 27, 1975. The envelope containing this, and another negative is marked with the initials K.B.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a metalsmithing workshop, 1]

Description: Photograph of a blacksmith's workshop. Closest to the camera is a wooden stump with a metal pole stuck through the top. Off to the side is a small barrel and some mechanical parts. Behind the first stump, is a larger stump with an anvil, some small hammers, a stone block, and a wooden block. Next to that is another, larger hammer. In the back along the back side wall of the workshop is a smithing forge filled with coals and other tools. On either side are more tools and other miscellaneous tool… more
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Roadside stir-off(1)]

Description: Photograph of three women tending to large metal vats of boiling sorghum juice under a makeshift wooden shelter. There is a small child standing along a wooden railing in the foreground of the picture.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men sawing a log(1)]

Description: Photograph of two men cutting a log. The men use a large crosscut saw while another uses an axe to hold the log in place. In the foreground a dog lays on the ground and a boy sits on the log.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a dinner party, 1]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people dining at a large set of tables in a U shape. The tables are covered in dishes filled with food and drink. At the central table is a woman standing up with her hands held together in front of her.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a hillside landscape, 1]

Description: Photograph of a hillside landscape. At the bottom of the photo is the top of a cliff face, on top of which grass is growing. Further into the land are many young trees and beyond are larger older trees and the hill gets higher. On the very left is a tall wooden pole.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a woman smoking, 1]

Description: Photograph of a woman lying on a bed, smoking a cigarette. On the bed with her is a bag, a piece of paper, a packet of cigarettes, and an ashtray. Above the bed on the wall are two framed images. On the other side is an open door leading to a bathroom.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a lit forge, 1]

Description: Photograph of a lit forge. Next to the fire are two pickaxe heads. One one side of the fire is a pile of of pliers. On the other side of the fire are more tools and pieces of metals. The surface of the forge is covered with coals and ashes.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Walking home by lantern light(1)]

Description: Photograph of Cecil Ray with his arm around a Bonnie Burns as they walk along a gravel path. Burns carries a gas lamp while the Cecil Ray carries a small pail of sorghum molasses while they both laugh and smile. Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 Walking Home by Lantern Light. This is a typical scene at the end of a stir-off event. It is a scene Joe tried to capture many times. It is a good shot and has been published, but it is not the "kill-shot" the one "picture that tells a… more
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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