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Photo, Print, Drawing Dorsey's barbecue, Ty Ty, Georgia

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About this Item

Title

  • Dorsey's barbecue, Ty Ty, Georgia

Names

  • Adler, Thomas A. (Collector)
  • Stanley, David, 1942- (Collector)
  • Stanley, David, 1942-

Created / Published

  • Ty Ty, Georgia, August 11, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Barbecuing
  • -  Fieldwork
  • -  Gas stations
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Tift County -- Ty Ty

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography

Notes

  • -  Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers.
  • -  Frame numbers and descriptions: at at Dorsey's barbecue (signs on establishment vary; one states "Dorsey's Ser. Sta. & BBQ"), Ty Ty, GA: 003 (on log: 2), another sign at Dorsey's, "Notice, this business will be sold or closed Dec 1978, lock stock and barrel, if it's the Lords will that we are able to run that long, Dorsey Service Center"; 004-005 (on log: 3-4), screened building, apparently rented to picnic groups, sign reads "B.B.Q. pig-in-chic (arrow) 'only,' enjoy Dorsey's pit B.B.Q. here"; 006-008 (on log: 5-7), barbeque sauce, including cut lemons, in an enameled metal basin and brush (stick and rag); 009 (on log: 8), cement block outdoor grill (not in use); 010-012 (on log: 9-11), barbecue pit (cement block with metal cover) under shelter; 013-015 (on log: 12-14), signs on rafter of shelter indicating 7-foot, 6-inch height, sign "If you go to glory you will obey Gods rules, if you eat, drink, smoke, chew, ride, etc, you will obey this one rule below," and "Not anything credited on Sundays to anyone, 6 days are yours, 7th mine"; 016-017 (on log: 15-16), using rag-and-stick brush (mop) to baste pork shoulders; 018 (on log: 17), board and batten house next door to Dorsey's; 019-020 (on log: 18-19), signs, "Dorsey's Gro' an B.B.Q. Cafe" and "We are so sorry that we cannot hold you a conversation after your order due to the lack of help," with South Central Georgia Folklife Project poster on display; 021-026 (on log: 20-25), interior of restaurant, some frames include Mrs. Gladys Dorsey and her daughter; 027-029 (on log: 26-28) fieldworker Thomas Adler with the Dorseys; 030 (on log: 29), restaurant interior; 031 (on log: 30), fieldwork cameras and recording equipment on the table at Dorsey's; 032-033 (on log: 31-32), Gladys Dorsey; 034 (on log: 33), Gladys Dorsey's daughter; 035-037 (on log: 34-36), fieldworker Thomas Adler watching Mrs. Dorsey take pork shoulder out of pit.

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: 11-17556

Source Collection

  • South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

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Credit line: South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Adler, Thomas A, David Stanley, and David Stanley. Dorsey's barbecue, Ty Ty, Georgia. Georgia Ty Ty United States Tift County, 1977. Ty Ty, Georgia. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_17556_11/.

APA citation style:

Adler, T. A., Stanley, D. & Stanley, D. (1977) Dorsey's barbecue, Ty Ty, Georgia. Georgia Ty Ty United States Tift County, 1977. Ty Ty, Georgia. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_17556_11/.

MLA citation style:

Adler, Thomas A, David Stanley, and David Stanley. Dorsey's barbecue, Ty Ty, Georgia. Ty Ty, Georgia. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_17556_11/>.