Image ID:  Cary10
Image Date:  1919
Image Title:  [Trees damaged by turpentining and fire.]
Image Caption:  [Caption 1:] Destruction wrought by improper and wasteful turpentining and fire in South Georgia.

[Caption 2:] West of Cogdell, neglected to north lot. Lately bled 3 yrs, this is 2nd working. Half timber on land is down. Longleaf.

[Caption 3: Close view of longleaf pine trees in forest bearing large scars from turpentining. Many downed trees visible in background. South Georgia, 1919.]

[This image is from a collection of 37 black-and-white photographs, most of which were taken by pioneer forester Austin Cary (1865-1936) between 1918 and 1924, during his early years with the U.S. Forest Service. The photographs document forestry and turpentining practices in the pine forests of the southeastern United States.]
Photographer:  Cary, Austin, for the U.S. Forest Service
Use Restrictions:  Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information:  Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.