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The Greenwood
Turpentine Camp, Stockton, Georgia, 1940s-50s
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1.
J.L. “Jake” Harrington, Sr. managed the Greenwood Turpentine Camp
outside Stockton, Georgia for Southern Resin & Chemical Co. of
Philadelphia. He is pictured here on July 14, 1954. The camp
consisted of 16,000 acres of timber land. Harrington managed the camp
from 1941-1960 and raised his family in this and other South Georgia
turpentine camps. Photo by his son-in-law, Joseph O. Rodgers, Jr.,
courtesy of George Harrington and Lowndes County Historical Society and
Museum. |
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2. Harrington home at
Greenwood Camp (Turpentine), Stockton GA, 1952. Photo by Joseph O.
Rodgers, Jr., courtesy of George Harrington and Lowndes County
Historical Society and Museum. |
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3. George “G.W.”
Harrington grew up in turpentine camps and worked in naval stores
from1943-1950 at the Greenwood Turpentine Camp near Stockton. He is
pictured here on February 24, 1957. Photo by Joseph O. Rodgers, Jr.,
courtesy of George Harrington and Lowndes County Historical Society and
Museum. |
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4.
Young George Harrington at Greenwood Camp, with bell used to rouse camp,
gas pump, commissary, and storage building in background, Stockton GA,
circa late 1940s, photo by Joseph O. Rodgers, Jr., courtesy of George
Harrington and Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum.
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5. A rare period photo
of the interior of a commissary at Greenwood Turpentine Camp, Stockton
GA, 1952. Jake bought supplies while his wife held “grocery time” for
the hands. From left, Leonard Hollingsworth, J. L. (Jake) and George
Harrington. Photo by Joseph O. Rodgers, Jr. courtesy of George
Harrington and Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum. |
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6. J.L. (Jake)
Harrington (woods rider), Leonard Hollingsworth (using puller),
Greenwood Camp (Turpentine) Stockton GA, circa late 1940s. Photo by
Joseph O. Rodgers, Jr., courtesy of George Harrington and Lowndes County
Historical Society and Museum. |
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7. Fats Baker ( Gum
Hauler) Wagon Driver, Greenwood Turpentine Camp, Stockton, GA, circa
late 1940s. Photo by Joseph O. Rodgers, Jr., courtesy of George
Harrington and Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum. |
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8.
Leonard Hollingsworth, Greenwood Turpentine Camp, Stockton, GA, circa
late 1940s. Photo by Joseph O. Rodgers, Jr., courtesy of George
Harrington and Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum. |
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