- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Turpentine Still
- Creator:
- Delano, Jack
- Publisher:
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, LC-USF34-043792-D
- Date of Original:
- 1941-04-01
- Subject:
- Distillation apparatus--Georgia--Pembroke
Turpentine industry workers--Georgia--Pembroke
Turpentine industry and trade--Georgia--Pembroke
Men--Georgia--Pembroke
African American men--Georgia--Pembroke
Chimneys--Georgia--Pembroke
Pine--Georgia--Pembroke
Small buildings--Georgia--Pembroke
Buildings--Georgia--Pembroke
Pembroke (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bryan County, Pembroke, 32.13634, -81.62348
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Workers harvest and distill turpentine at a still near Pembroke, which was founded as a railroad town and turpentine-shipping center in 1890. Incorporated in 1905, Pembroke became the seat of Bryan County in 1937.
Photograph of workers harvesting and distilling turpentine at a still near Pembroke, Georgia, which was founded as a railroad town and turpentine-shipping center in 1890. A man stirs a boiling pot, and smoke rises from a chimney. Three men work nearby. A small wooden shack stands on the left. Pine trees stand behind them. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/pembroke/m-3126/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/pembroke
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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