- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of wood-fired turpentine still, Indianola, Lowndes County, Georgia, ca. 1900-1939?]
- Creator:
- Lang, Dorothea
- Date of Original:
- 1900/1939
- Subject:
- Architecture--Georgia--Indianola
Business--Georgia--Indianola
Turpentine industry and trade--Georgia--Lowndes County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Lowndes County, 30.83386, -83.26771
United States, Georgia, Lowndes County, Indianola, 30.86437, -83.18932 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Indianola, early 1900s. This wood-fired turpentine still was built by Cowper Irby Shelton in 1900 and torn down in 1948. Gum brought from the woods was distilled into turpentine and rosin. Note the barrels which were used to store the naval stores.
This photograph was taken by Dorothea Lang. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_low128
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:low128
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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