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[Six Southern Pine Lumber Company Dry Kilns]

Description: Photograph of six dry kilns built by the National Dry Kiln Company of Indianapolis, Indiana for the Southern Pine Lumber Company. This view is looking from the northeast. By 1907 the company had 12 kilns which held 544,400 feet of lumber.
Date: 1907
Creator: American Lumberman

[Molding Shed Interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Southern Pine Lumber Company molding shed, also showing workers in the background.
Date: 1907
Creator: American Lumberman

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Commissary Interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Southern Pine Lumber Company commissary in 1903. Stocking almost everything carried by a modern "superstore" as well as such items as fiddle strings, horse collars, coffins and caskets, it was a complete shopping center and mall under one roof. It also contained doctor offices, a drug store, and the post office.
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Planing Mill and Loading Dock]

Description: Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company loading dock and freight cars from the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway. The planing mill is seen in the background. The planing mill had a daily capacity of 250,000 board feet.
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Loading Dock Workers]

Description: Photograph of south end of the Southern Pine Lumber Company loading dock showing lumbermen pushing carts of lumber. The dressed lumber sheds are shown in the background. Also shown are cars from the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Planing Mill Interior and Workers]

Description: Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company planing mill, mill machinery, and mill workers. The planing mill was 14,000 square feet with machinery made by Hall & Brown Wood Working Machinery Company, including the inside molder, outside molder, a double sizer, one 18-inch machine, three 15-inch machines, six 9-inch machines, two resaws and two edgers. The planing mill had a capacity of 250,000 daily board feet.
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Planing Mill Interior and Workers - 2]

Description: Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company planning mill, machinery, and workers. The planing mill was 14,000 square feet with machinery made by Hall & Brown Wood Working Machinery Company, including the inside molder, outside molder, a double sizer, one 18-inch machine, three 15-inch machines, six 9-inch machines, two resaws and two edgers. The planing mill had a capacity of 250,000 daily board feet.
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Planing Mill - General View]

Description: Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company planning mill interior showing lumber, machinery, and an employee. The planing mill was 14,000 square feet with machinery made by Hall & Brown Wood Working Machinery Company, including the inside molder, outside molder, a double sizer, one 18-inch machine, three 15-inch machines, six 9-inch machines, two resaws and two edgers. The planing mill had a capacity of 250,000 daily board feet.
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Sawmill Interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of Southern Pine Lumber Company's sawmill and various mill workers. 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, producing 250,000 board feet daily as well as 60,000 feet of lath. It replaced the original mill that was built in 1894. This mill was destroyed by fire on January 7, 1968 and rebuilt by Septembe… more
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman

[Southern Pine Lumber Company Sawmill Aerial View]

Description: Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill and mill firehouse, aerial view. The mill pond is shown in the background. 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, producing 250,000 board feet daily as well as 60,000 feet of lath. It replaced the original mill that was built in 1894. This mill was destroyed by fire on Jan… more
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman
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