The man pictured above is Oscar Hodges, who lived in Virgil Chandler’s “Green Quarters” and worked turpentine for many years. He lived out of the commissary. Jesse Reavis Steedley, who shared the history and the vintage photograph and knew him for many years, writes that he was a fine, hard working man.
I’m trying to figure out what he is carrying. Doesn’t look like a tool
This particular house was used as a commissary a long time ago but is used only for storage now.