United States, Georgia, Mitchell County, Baconton, 31.37962, -84.16102The Photo Shop (Albany, Ga.)1930Baconton, 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.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/Turpentine industry and trade--Georgia--BacontonTurpentine industry workers--Georgia--BacontonHorses--Georgia--BacontonAfrican Americans--Georgia--BacontonBusiness--Georgia--Baconton[Photograph of turpentine still, Baconton, Mitchell County, Georgia, ca. 1930]StillImage