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Firefighters battling blaze at the W.J. Boynton and Son turpentine distillery in Tallahassee, Florida.

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TD00191H

Photographer

Yoder, Russ(Russell), 1921-2005

Date

1957

Date Note

Photographed on July 30, 1957.

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Collection

Tallahassee Democrat collection
M87- 27, Box 1

Geographic Term

Leon County (Fla.)
1700 Mill Street (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Subject Term

Corporate Subject

W. J. Boynton and Son (Tallahassee, Fla.)--Fire, 1957.
Tallahassee Fire Department.

Additional Creator

Tallahassee Democrat (Firm)

Additional Creator

Tallahassee Democrat (Firm)

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Firefighters battling blaze at the W.J. Boynton and Son turpentine distillery in Tallahassee, Florida.

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Firefighters battling blaze at the W.J. Boynton and Son turpentine distillery in Tallahassee, Florida.

Subject

Refineries--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Fire fighting--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Naval stores

Firefighters--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Fire prevention--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Firefighting--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Solvents industry--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Fires and fire prevention

Turpentine industry and trade--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Fires and fire prevention

Distilling industries--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Fires and fire prevention

Fires--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Fire

Smoke

Distilleries--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Fires and fire prevention

Creator

Yoder, Russ(Russell), 1921-2005

Date

1957

Contributor

Tallahassee Democrat (Firm)

Identifier

TD00191H

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Date Note

Photographed on July 30, 1957.

Geographic Term

Leon County (Fla.)

1700 Mill Street (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.

Series Title

Tallahassee Democrat collection

Tallahassee Democrat collection M87- 27, Box 1

Shelf Number

Location: 30740B.

Subject - Corporate

W. J. Boynton and Son (Tallahassee, Fla.)--Fire, 1957.

Tallahassee Fire Department.

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Yoder, Russ(Russell), 1921-2005. Firefighters battling blaze at the W.J. Boynton and Son turpentine distillery in Tallahassee, Florida. 1957. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/260513>, accessed 26 June 2025.

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Yoder, Russ(Russell), 1921-2005. Firefighters battling blaze at the W.J. Boynton and Son turpentine distillery in Tallahassee, Florida. 1957. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/260513>

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(State Archives of Florida/Yoder)

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Firefighters battling blaze at the W.J. Boynton and Son turpentine distillery in Tallahassee, Florida.

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