Tapping Pine Trees for Turpentine, circa 1926

THF624671 / Tapping Pine Trees for Turpentine, circa 1926
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Artifact Overview

Harvesting pine sap (resin) required physical labor and used techniques that weakened the pine trees. The individual in this stereograph "hacked" away bark to channel the sap into a container. Others collected the resin, strained it, stored it in barrels, and transported those to market for processing. The distilled sap yielded turpentine and rosin, essential ingredients in several industrial products.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Stereograph

Date Made

circa 1926

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

92.0.173.53

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: undefined in
Width: undefined in

Inscriptions

on left side: Keystone View Company / Manufacturers Publishers / Copyrighted / Made in U.S.A. on top, center: 321 / G on right side: Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y. / Chicago, Ill., London, England on bottom, right: 13747 Tapping Pine Trees for Turpentine