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  1. Bin Yah Brochure - Brochure

    Record Type: Archive

    Gulla Geechee Flyer (01)
  2. Box Ax - Ax

    Box Ax with original wood handle. The curve in the handle is to aide in use of the ax to cut a box in pine trees where the rosin accumulates. Blade is cast iron.

    Record Type: Object

    Box Ax
  3. Heritage Keepers
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  6. Herty Cup - Cup, Turpentine

    Found on west side of intracoastal waterway directly horizontal to Rayonier manufacturing plant on plat of land known as "Scott" property next ro Riverside subdivision south of Oyster Bay.

    Record Type: Object

    Herty Cup
  7. Iron tool for collecting turpentine resin - Scraper, Turpentine

    Iron tool used to scrape off tree bark for collecting resin to make turpentine. It was also used to scrape resin into the collection buckets. One piece of iron with an oblong loop at one end, which was sharpened (frequently) to cut off bark, and a thicker rectangular shaft 6.5 inches long ending with a right-angle point. The sharpened loop cut and scraped away the bark. The shaft with right-angle hook was attached to a long wooden handle that had...

    Record Type: Object

    Turpentine Scraper tool
  8. King's Road - Article

    Record Type: Archive

    King's Road
  9. Naval Store Yards, Fernandina, Fla. - Postcard, Picture

    Naval Store Yards, Fernandina, Fla. No. 734 Published by Frank W. Simmons Fernandina, Fla. Germany Handwritten message on front: Many thanks for pretty card once again. Kate Bogart Addressed to on back of card: Katherine Decker Mt. Halcrowe (?) Johnstown, N Y. [From:] Kate Bogart Fernandina, Fla.

    Record Type: Photo

    Naval Store Yards
  10. Pine stump demonstrating resin collection for turpentine - Stump

    Pine stump demonstrating resin collection for turpentine. The stump shows two ways of collecting gum from pine trees. The first collection method was popular in the late 1800s. A portion of the pine's outer layer would be removed and scored to form a V. This process was called "tapping," and the scoring left on the tree was called a "cat face."  Where the trunk of the tree begins to extend outward, the woodsman cut a large hole into the tree ...

    Record Type: Object

    turpentine pine stump
  11. Shipping Rosin, Cotton Turpentine - Photograph

    Shipping Rosin, Cotton Turpentine Helen Litrico's photo slides for the Amelia Now magazine.

    Record Type: Photo

    Shipping Rosin, Cotton Turpentine
  12. Turpentine Cup - Cup, Turpentine

    Retangular metal cup was used to collect pine resin, or turpentine tar, at the tree. A small lump of pine tar is stuck inside at the bottom.

    Record Type: Object

    Turpentine Cup
  13. Turpentine puller. - Scraper, Turpentine

    This Iron tool, sometimes called a Puller, was used to scrape wood in tree trunks to collect resin for turpentine production. The tool is one piece of iron with an oblong loop at one end, which was sharpened (frequently) to cut into tree trunks.The other end is a thicker rectangular shaft 5.5 inches long, which was attached to a wooden handle that had a ball of lead attached near the end. This gave the turpentine worker leverage in pressing the s...

    Record Type: Object

    Turpentine Puller
  14. Turpentine Scraper - Puller, Stump

    Tree puller used to strip bark from pine trees and make diagonal cuts which are known as "whiskers" in order to collect sap for making turpentine. Puller is bound by two iron rings to a wooden handle 7" long. Normally a lead ball would be attached to the end of the handle to act as a counterweight, but is missing in this instance.

    Record Type: Object

    Turpentine Scraper, broken handle
  15. Turpentine Scraper - Puller, Stump

    Tree puller used to strip bark from pine trees and make diagonal cuts which are known as "whiskers" in order to collect sap for making turpentine. Puller is bound by two iron rings to a wooden handle 7" long. A lead ball is attached to the end of the handle to act as a counterweight.

    Record Type: Object

    Turpentine Scraper

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