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La Dolce Vita: 1938
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 4:23am.
September 1938. Racine, West Virginia. "Farmer's son who helps make sorghum molasses from sugarcane." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
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Sorghum Molasses
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 10:41am.
Made by pressing the canes of the sorghum plant and then boiling the syrup.
[Below, two more photos by MPW showing the process. - Dave]
So quintessentially American
Submitted by Brooks on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 7:39am.
The affable face, the horse, the hat -- this looks like a 1930s movie still.
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