Photograph of upland shortleaf pine timber on the southern part of the A. Harris place, one-half mile north of the Kennard branch of the Cotton Belt Railway, Houston County, Texas.

Photograph of shortleaf pine timber 1.5 miles from the Cotton Belt Railway near Kennard, Houston County, Texas.

Photograph of shortleaf pine timber in Houston County, Texas. This is located three miles from the Cotton Belt Railway near Kennard and 22 miles northwest from Diboll.

Photograph of shortleaf yellow pine timber on the J. Riceland league, Trinity County, Texas. This is located 20 miles northwest of Diboll.

Photograph of shortleaf yellow pine timber on the S. McClellan place, Trinity County, Texas.

Photograph of shortleaf yellow pine timber on the Jim Jones place, Trinity County, Texas.

Photograph of shortleaf yellow pine timber on the Jim Jones place, Trinity County, Texas.

Photograph of shortleaf yellow pine timber on Buck Wammuck's place, from which large timber has been cut. This timber totaled 300 acres.

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.

Photograph of African American lumbermen loading lumber into freight cars.

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

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company baseball team. The team was supported by Southern Pine's athletic society, which was open to young men of semiexective positions such as office work. It was not uncommon for East Texas lumber companies to have their own teams that played against one another. Tennis was also a focus of the athletic society.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company billing clerk's office showing Robert Waite and Miss Dee Eck in the background. This is the company's main office in Texarkana, Arkansas.

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

Photograph of a Southern Pine Lumber Company boiler room also showing an employee.

Photograph of the interior of a Southern Pine Lumber Company boiler room.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company bookkeeper's room in the company's Texarkana, Arkansas office. Note the safe on the left.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company camp 1 from the north end looking south. Note the box car housing along the right of way, which was painted a dull red. Camp 1 was near the Rayville Ranch site in Trinity County, Texas, about 13 miles northwest of Diboll. It replaced the Angelina County camp called Lindsey Springs, and lasted from about 1907-1912.

Photograph of Southern Pine Lumber Company's camp 2 showing box car housing, women, and animals. The camp was in the vicinity of Iris in Trinity County and operated from about 1907-1912.

Photograph of the logging teams of Southern Pine Lumber Company's camp 2 with a car of pine logs, lumbermen, logging animals, and McGiffert log loader 2. The camp was in the vicinity of Iris in Trinity County and operated from about 1907-1912.

Photograph of the cashier's room in the Southern Pine Lumber Company Diboll office. This photograph was taken with flashlight.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company rough dry lumber shed, also called the clear rough lumber shed. This view is from the northeast. Also shown are lumber shed workers. This shed was 52 by 350 feet in area and could hold up to 1,500,000 feet of lumber.

Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company commissary which included an express office, post office, and drug store. Built in 1901, this was the company's fourth commissary, the first being built in 1894, the second in 1898, and the third in early 1901 which was later destroyed by fire. The fourth commissary was originally 3,226 square feet but a 1902 addition increased the size to 5,612 square feet. The second story was added in 1907 which increased the size of the floor space to 10,384 square feet. The first floor contained the general store and the second floor held furniture and men's furnishing goods. W. P. Rutland was the manager and eleven others were employed. This commissary was replaced by a new one on the same site in 1923, which lasted until it was torn down in 2004.

Photograph of the first floor of the Southern Pine Lumber Company commissary. Built in 1901, this was the company's fourth commissary, the first being built in 1894, the second in 1898, and the third in early 1901 which was later destroyed by fire. The fourth commissary was originally 3,226 square feet but a 1902 addition increased the size to 5,612 square feet. The second story was added in 1907 which increased the size of the floor space to 10,384 square feet. The first floor contained the general store and the second floor held furniture and men's furnishing goods. W. P. Rutland was the manager and eleven others were employed. This commissary was replaced by a new one on the same site in 1923, which lasted until it was torn down in 2004.