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Title Homer Harris and sorghum demonstration at Mabry Mill
Date October 1969
Description Image of a man holding a skimming tool over a cooking tray that is cooking sorghum in the Mabry Mill area near milepost 176.1, section 1T of the Blue Ridge Parkway. A group of onlookers are watching the demonstration. Other people can be seen in the background of the image, such as a man looking at an easel box. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. Photographed by Robert G. Bruce in October 1969.
Location Location Name: Mabry Mill (Va.)
Parkway Milepost: 176.1
Latitude: 36.75
Longitude: -80.404722
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Cooking
Exhibitions
Floyd County (Va.)
Interpretive development
Mabry Mill (Va.)
Photographs
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway