Image ID:  Cary8
Image Date:  1919
Image Title:  [Naval stores--gathering.]
Image Caption:  [Caption 1:] Lot 253, Div. 7, Clinch Co., Ga. Old field slash and longleaf 6-11 in d.b.h. and 60 ft tall, age 30 years, on sandy soil. Turpentining began 1918-19. 9 streaks cut at June 12. Once dipped.

[Caption 2:] Trees worked to 2' from ground. Cutters are cut in.

[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.