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Syruping Off: 1940

September 1940. "In the early fall during 'syruping off' time, many of the children stay home from school to eat the freshly boiled-down sorghum cane syrup. The cook usually goes to the various farms in the neighborhood and for his work takes a share of the syrup. On the highway between Jackson and Campton, Kentucky." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

September 1940. "In the early fall during 'syruping off' time, many of the children stay home from school to eat the freshly boiled-down sorghum cane syrup. The cook usually goes to the various farms in the neighborhood and for his work takes a share of the syrup. On the highway between Jackson and Campton, Kentucky." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

 

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