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[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Shell gas station]

Description: Photograph of a Shell gas station that is bustling with customers waiting inside their automobiles. Two billboards can be seen next to the gas station. One billboard reads "Quick as a wink the yellow pages tell where to buy" and the other reads "It's here pre-war plus Shell gasoline." Some individuals can be seen pumping their gasoline at the gas station.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two men and a woman on a tractor]

Description: Photograph of two men and a woman on a tractor. The man on the left, possibly Joe Clark, touches the woman's chin. The woman looks off to the side and has a slight smile on her face. The other man leans on the steering wheels and smiles at the other man. A camera can be seen resting on the tractor.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A woman climbing a fence]

Description: Photograph of a woman climbing over a wooden fence. She looks at the camera and smiles as she raises one leg over the top of the fence. The woman is wearing jean shorts, oxford shoes, a striped shirt, and a hat.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A woman walking down building steps]

Description: Photograph of a woman walking down the steps of a large building. She is wearing a knee-length skirt, a light-colored shirt, a button-up jacket, and heels. She holds two books in one of her hands and smiles at the camera.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
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
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

[Boys and girls at a dance]

Description: Photograph of boys and girls, ages ranging from middle school to high school, at a dance together. The girls stand in a line on the left side of the picture and the boys stand on the right, both clapping for a boy and girl pair dancing down the middle. The pair are caught mid-stride and holding each other's hands, the girl is looking directly at the camera.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bringing the Heat]

Description: From harvesting the sorghum, to extracting cane juices, to boiling it down into molasses, this process can take weeks of round the clock cooperation between families, neighbors and friends to accomplish. As you can see in this photo the vats and fire places used are serious and meant to be used 'round the clock and shared by the harvest community. Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014: Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the ear… more
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Douglas Clark with "Junebug" Wade Hampton Clark, Jr.]

Description: Photograph of Douglas Clark with his father, Wade Hampton Clark, Jr. (Junebug) playing out-of-doors. Junebug is lying on his back in the grass and Douglas is crouched near his head, touching his face with one hand and reaching for his dad's hat with the other. A bush is visible behind them.
Date: 1946~
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Children Gathered Outside of a One-room School]

Description: Photograph of school children gathered in front of a Tennessee one-room school. There are children of different ages shown in the photograph. Many of the boys are wearing overalls, while the girls are wearing dresses. Mountains covered in trees can be seen in the background.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Couple enjoying sop sticks]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 People watching the molasses syrup as it boils down use short pieces of sorghum cane stalk to make “sop sticks,” which are used to dip into the molasses syrup for a taste. This was the height of the fall social season. Harvesting the sorghum, extracting the juice, boiling it down into molasses could take days and weeks going round the clock to finish. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the e… more
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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