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Snapshot: Making Turpentine in Georgia, 1937

13 photos

Turpentine worker's home. Georgia

Wife of turpentine worker near DuPont, Georgia

Turpentine "chipper" and slashed tree near Homerville, Georgia

Hauling turpentine gum from the woods to the still near Homerville, Georgia

Turpentine worker's camp. Georgia

Overseer in the turpentine woods. Georgia

Overseer in the turpentine woods. Georgia

Turpentine still. Georgia

Manager of turpentine still. Georgia

Turpentine still. Georgia

Turpentine still in the Piney Woods near Valdosta, Georgia

Turpentine "stiller" near Valdosta, Georgia

Three turpentine "dippers." Georgia