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.

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.

Photograph of African American lumbermen loading lumber into freight cars.

Photograph of a man pushing a loaded lumber cart along the north end of the loading dock next to St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company cars.

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.

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.

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.

Photograph of a Southern Pine Lumber Company worker at a Corliss steam engine in one of the company sawmills. The engine was built by Filer & Stowell Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Photograph of a Southern Pine Lumber Company worker in front of company self-stoking sawmill boilers.

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 September of that year.

Photograph of the interior of the Southern Pine Lumber Company lath mill with workers and nearby machinery.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company boarding house in Diboll, Texas.

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 January 7, 1968 and rebuilt by September of that year.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company planing mill, aerial view.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company dry kilns. The kilns were built by the National Dry Kiln Company of Indianapolis, Indiana. The structure consisted of six rooms 2,400 square feet each that could hold up to 300,000 feet of lumber and turn out 100,000 feet of dried stock daily.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company lumber yard with company housing depicted in the background.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company lumber yard, showing hand stacked lumber air-drying, with employees loading and unloading lumber carts. This view is looking south.

Photograph of a band saw inside the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill in Diboll, Texas.

Photograph of lumber and lath stacks and they come from the dry kiln.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company lumber yard showing hand-stacked lumber drying.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company dry shed with stacked lumber surrounding the building. The planing mill is depicted in the background on the left.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company dry kilns. The kilns were built by the National Dry Kiln Company of Indianapolis, Indiana. The structure consisted of six rooms 2,400 square feet each that could hold up to 300,000 feet of lumber and turn out 100,000 feet of dried stock daily.

Photograph of a view down an alleyway in the Southern Pine Lumber Company lumber yard. Also depicted is a worker hauling a cart of lumber. Note the primitive electric light poles. The dynamo, or electrical generator, was located in the dry kiln boiler room and used the boilers to produce power.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company dry kilns, also showing workers with a cart of lumber. The kilns were built by the National Dry Kiln Company of Indianapolis, Indiana. The structure consisted of six rooms 2,400 square feet each that could hold up to 300,000 feet of lumber and turn out 100,000 feet of dried stock daily.