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[Southern Pine Lumber Company Mill Pond Workers]

Photograph of three Southern Pine Lumber Company mill pond workers loading a log onto the "endless chain" to be dragged into the sawmill.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Burning Wood Waste Pile]

Photograph of a burning wood waste outside of the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Workers with Lumber Carts]

Photograph of Southern Pine Lumber Company workers with loaded lumber carts. Company housing can be seen in the background.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Stacked Lath near the Dry Kilns]

Photograph of dried stacked lath sitting in front of the Southern Pine Lumber Company dry kilns.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Donkey pulling a Lumber Cart]

Photograph of a donkey pulling a lumber cart with a Southern Pine Lumber Company worker.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

Photograph of the Star Hotel in Diboll, Texas. The hotel was built by 1903 and generally accommodated office personnel and traveling salesmen. It is where Southern Pine Lumber Company founder T. L. L. Temple stayed when visiting Diboll from Texarkana, Arkansas prior to the company library being built adjacent to the commissary circa 1908. The Star Hotel was remembered for its large dining room which fed up to thirty people at one time. The closure date is unknown but by 1939 the building ha… more

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Emmit Massingill, Scaler, Southern Pine Lumber Company]

Photograph of Emmit Massingill, Southern Pine Lumber Company scaler. Cut timber is shown in the background.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Slip Tongue Log Skidder and Team]

Photograph of a high-wheeled, slip-tongue log skidder with its teams and driver. The driver would straddle the cart over felled logs, where dangling tongs would be positioned to raise the end of a log off the ground when the mules pulled the tongue forward, allowing the log to "skid" along under the cart's rolling wheels.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Log Skidding Teams]

Photograph of Southern Pine Lumber Company log skidding teams and slip tongue log skidders, and cut timber in the foreground.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Mules]

Photograph of two large Southern Pine Lumber Company mules used in logging, along with a company employee, who are likely a part of a skidder team. The skidder is not shown.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Cut Timber on the Right of Way]

Photograph of cut timber along the right of way awaiting transportation to the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Texas South-Eastern Railroad Track Laying Crew]

Photograph of a Texas South-Eastern Railroad track crew laying the cross ties for a new right of way through the woods to access Southern Pine Lumber Company timber.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Logging Ox Cart]

Photograph of a Southern Pine Lumber Company logging ox cart pulling two logs. Stacked timber is shown on the left as well as a man operating the cart.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Cut Timber on the Right of Way - 2]

Photograph of cut timber along a right of way, cut by the Southern Pine Lumber Company.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Oxen Crew]

Photograph of a Southern Pine Lumber Company oxen crew and oxen in the woods.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Oxen Crew - 2]

Photograph of a Southern Pine Lumber Company oxen crew with oxen in the woods.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Wood Sawyers near Lindsey Springs]

Photograph of two Southern Pine Lumber Company woods sawyers posing with a shortleaf pine near the Lindsey Springs logging camp, Angelina County. Lindsey Springs, located about seven miles northeast of Diboll, was a Southern Pine Lumber Company logging camp from about 1898 to 1906. According to the federal census of 1900, the community then had a population of 110.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Timber Stacked in the Woods]

Photograph of freshly cut timber stacked in the woods.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[McGiffert Log Loader and Crew]

Photograph of a Mcgiffert log loader and crew of the Southern Pine Lumber Company loading logs onto rail cars.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Lindsey Springs Camp Workers]

Photograph of two Southern Pine Lumber Company woods sawyers in the Lindsey Springs area, Angelina County. Lindsey Springs, located about seven miles northeast of Diboll, was a Southern Pine Lumber Company logging camp from about 1898 to 1906. According to the federal census of 1900, the community then had a population of 110.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Raised McGiffert Log Loader]

Photograph of a raised McGiffert log loader and Southern Pine Lumber Company crewmen in the woods. Note how the loader wheels could elevate to allow logging rail cars to pass beneath.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[John A. Massingill - Woods Boss]

Photograph of Southern Pine Lumber Company woods boss John A. Massingill on horseback.

Date: 1903

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Sawmill No. 1]

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill number 1, burner, mill pond, and fuel house. This view is from atop the water tower. Also known as "mill 1," it cut yellow pine. Construction for this mill began on March 1, 1903, and the mill became operational on June 12 of the same year. The mill was powered by a 500 horse powered Filer & Stowell 24x40 inch Corliss steam engine. American Lumberman reports that in 1907 the mill had a daily capacity of 240,000 board feet of lumber and… more

Date: 1907

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Planing Mill from Water Tower]

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company planing mill from atop the water tower. Also shown are men with lumber carts and stacks of lumber. The January 18, 1908 issue of American Lumberman reports that the planing mill had one 8x30 sizer, one 8x18 sizer, four 15-inch No. 2 combination matchers, six 9-inch matchers, one 10-inch outside molder, one 15-inch inside molder, six swing cutoff saws, two resaws, two edgers, one lath machine, and two blowers. It was 252 by 80 feet in area, emplo… more

Date: 1907

Creator: American Lumberman

Item Type: Photograph

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[Southern Pine Lumber Company Mill Pond Workers]

[Burning Wood Waste Pile]

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Workers with Lumber Carts]

[Stacked Lath near the Dry Kilns]

[Donkey pulling a Lumber Cart]

[Star Hotel]

[Emmit Massingill, Scaler, Southern Pine Lumber Company]

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Slip Tongue Log Skidder and Team]

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Log Skidding Teams]

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Mules]

[Cut Timber on the Right of Way]

[Texas South-Eastern Railroad Track Laying Crew]

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Logging Ox Cart]

[Cut Timber on the Right of Way - 2]

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Oxen Crew]

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Oxen Crew - 2]

[Wood Sawyers near Lindsey Springs]

[Timber Stacked in the Woods]

[McGiffert Log Loader and Crew]

[Lindsey Springs Camp Workers]

[Raised McGiffert Log Loader]

[John A. Massingill - Woods Boss]

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Sawmill No. 1]

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Planing Mill from Water Tower]