- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of men extracting juice from raw sugar cane, Colquitt County, Georgia, ca. 194-]
- Date of Original:
- 1940/1949
- Subject:
- Agriculture--Georgia--Colquitt County
Business--Georgia--Colquitt County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Colquitt County, 31.18839, -83.76885
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Colquitt County, ca. 1940s. Men shown extracting juice from raw cane using an old-fashioned cane mill. After obtaining the juice, it is boiled on the premises to extract the sugar. This process is called cane grinding and used to be a famous social affair where people turned out at night for a big party under lantern light. Cane grinding was a yearly event on the farms of South Georgia.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_clq103
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:clq103
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
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- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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