- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of turpentine still, Baconton, Mitchell County, Georgia, ca. 1930]
- Creator:
- The Photo Shop (Albany, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1930
- Subject:
- Turpentine industry and trade--Georgia--Baconton
Turpentine industry workers--Georgia--Baconton
Horses--Georgia--Baconton
African Americans--Georgia--Baconton
Business--Georgia--Baconton - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Mitchell County, Baconton, 31.37962, -84.16102
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Baconton, ca. 1930. Turpentine still and plant operation of J.R. and J.B. Miller, Inc. The Miller brothers are seen in the background at the far right. Men on horseback are woods riders.
2003/07/14: "Woods riders" were responsible for bleeding trees on great slash-pine plantations and collecting resin for the manufacture of turpentine in crude stills. Turpentine workers typically lived deep in piney woods and a system of peonage often kept them tied to their poorly paying jobs. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_mit011
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:mit011
- 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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