Workers in a stand of tall longleaf pines collect resin ("gum") in barrels set at the base of scarred, boxed trunks, with a mule-drawn wagon and stacked barrels on a sandy woods road. The scene illustrates the naval stores industry of the American South, where pine gum was distilled into turpentine and rosin; the card credits the photograph to the U.S. Forest Service. The numbered caption and textured stock are typical of mid-twentieth-century view cards.
White border; visible linen (crosshatch) texture; publisher job number 90468 printed at lower right.
Unused divided-back card: no postmark, no address, no message. Blue imprint of Asheville Post Card Co.; light foxing/stain at top center.
Cite this card
Turpentine industry in the South — collecting gum from pine trees, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/turpentine-industry-in-the-south-collecting-gum-from-pine-tr-1915. Accessed October 24, 2026.
