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Photographs and other illustrative materials used in conjunction with the writing of Robert S. Maxwell and Robert D. Baker's Sawdust Empire, The Texas Lumber Industry 1830-1940, 1983. [HD 9757 .T45 M38 1983]
Item is a photo unless otherwise indicated. Variations of same item are numbered and described at end of entry.
In photo collection
P90S:1 Texas forests as they were. The old-growth stand shows a clear, park-like forest floor. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:2 Drawing of the distribution of timber varieties in East Texas, n.d.
P90S:3 Photograph of a map indicating land and timber holdings in Newton County, Texas, ca.1910.
P90S:4 Hardwood bottomland forest. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:5 Logger Peter Doucette measures his girth against that of a single virgin pine. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:5 A grown man is dwarfed by the old-growth long-leaf pine forest. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908. [#1-6x7 mounted; #2&3-5x7].
P90S:7 Photo of a sketch of pit sawyers laboriously cutting one board at a time, ca. 1910.
P90S:8 Sash (up and down) saw, operated by water power, animals, or steam, ca. 1910.
P90S:9 Henry J. Lutcher, pioneer lumberman, Lutcher and Moore Lumber Company, Orange, ca. 1890. [#1-5x7; #2-8x10).
P90S:10 G. Ledell Moore, pioneer lumberman, Lutcher and Moore Lumber Company, Orange, ca. 1890. [#1-oversized; #2-#7=5x7].
P90S:l0a G. Bedell Moore, ca. 1890.
P90S:ll Map of Lutcher and Moore's trip to Texas in 1877, showing the railroad net at that time. Dotted lines trace the horseback route. [#1-8x10; 2-4-paper].
P90S:12 The original Lutcher and Moore "upper" mill, opened in 1877, closed in 1930 because of the Depression. [#1-8x10; #2-newspaper clipping].
P90S:13 Photo of map of Texas, 1875, showing the route of the Houston, East and West Texas railroad.
P90S:14 Whistle Stop at Cotton Square in Lufkin, a thriving railroad town. Photograph of a painting by Raymond Ryan, n.d.
P90S:15 Photo of a map of network of railroads in East Texas during the bonanza era (1911), showing Kirby Lumber Company connections.
P90S:16 The railroad provided the only fast and dependable transportation in and out of the Piney Woods. Here lumberman J. Lewis Thompson boards the Katy at Willard for a business trip, ca. 1908. (Thompson photo, P90T:200).
P90S:17 Locomotive of the Chronister Lumber Company, Angelina County, ca. 1925. [#1-3x5; #2-8x10].
P90S:18 Angelina anal Neches River locomotive no. 2, ca. 1918.
P90S:l9 Mainline locomotive and crew with a string of log cars. Frost-Johnson Lumber Company, Nacogdoches, Texas. Engineer, Clyde Woodward; Fireman, Tom King; Brakeman, Tom Sims; Car Knocker, Webb Gale; Pond Man, Dennis Johnson, ca. 1916.
P90S:20 Shay locomotive and a log train. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908. [#1-6x8; #2-3x3].
P90S:21 Shay locomotive no. 2, W.T. Carter and Brother Lumber Company, n.d.
P90S:22 Frost-Johnson Lumber company's mainline locomotive, Nacogdoches, ca. 1925.
P90S:23 The Nacogdoches and Southeastern Railroad company. Timetable for typical shortline railroads, with scheduled passenger service, ca. 1928. [#1-8x10; #2-newspaper clipping; #3-copy of original].
P90S:24 Nacogdoches and Southeastern mainline locomotive and crew, E.G. Owens conductor, ca. 1907. Frost-Johnson Lumber Company.
P90S:25 Log trains in the Piney Woods. Thompson Lumber Company, cat 1908. [#1-8X10; #2-6x8; #3-5x7].
P90S:26 Flatheads fell an old-growth pine, ca. l910. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908. [#1-6x8; #2-5x7].
P90S:27 Choppers anal buckers clear the fallen trees of branches and cut the trees into logs of the desired length. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1308. [#1-6x8; #2-5x7].
P90S:28 A logging crew with mules, wagon, and carts poses during the day's work. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:29 A bull puncher with a team of oxen in virgin pine stand. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.	[#1-5x7; #2-6x8].
P90S:30 "Big Wheels." Workmen using a slip-tongue high-wheeled cart to move longleaf logs to backside. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908. [#1-8x10; #2-6x8; #3-5x7].
P90S:31 Cross-loading operation on a log car, showing top loader. Man in foreground holds a cant hook. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908. [#1-6x8 mounted; #2 & #3-5x7].
P90S:32 Logging creel rests while log train begins trip from the forest to the mill, ca. 1908. [Thompson Photo P90T:202].
P90S:33 Steam skidder at work. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:34 Steel gang laying track for a spur line. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:35 Little rod and piston logging engine working on a spur line. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:36 Engineer guides log train around curve en route to the mill. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:37 Logging crew at Doucette, with woods boss Peter Doucette. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:38 Sawmill, millpond, and log train frazzled against a cloudy Texas sky, cat 1908. [Thompson Photo, P90T:318].
P90S:39 Large circular saw, ca. 1930.
P90S:40 Large circular saw with removable teeth, ca. 1930.
P90S:41 A millpond. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:42 A load of longleaf pine ready for the mill. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908. [#1-6x8; #2-5x7].
P90S:43 High-speed land saw showing setworks, ca. 1930-40.
P90S:44 Band saw in operation, ca. 1930-40.
P90S:45 Logs on the deck, ready for the sawyer's signal, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:86].
P90S:46 Gang saw at work, ca. 1940.
P90S:47 Trimming operation at the mill, ca. 1908. [Thompson Photo, P90T:881].
P90S:48 Saw filer's room. The task of keeping the band saws sharp was a key job. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:49 Scene at mill yard showing stacked lumber and waste conveyor. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:50 General view of Trinity County Lumber Company, Groveton, ca. 1916, with stacked lumber in foreground.
P90S:51 Planning mill showing machinery for dressing lumber. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:52 Planning mill showing planer and matcher machines. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:53 Ground plan of Kirby Lumber Company sawmill at Browndell, 1917.
P90S:54 Stacked lumber ready for market, cat 1908. (Thompson photo, P90T:49).
P90S:55 Yard scene showing poles and crossties ready for shipment. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:56 John Martin Thompson, founder of the Thompson lumber interests, ca. 1907. [#1-5x7; #2-6x7 shows frame; #3-8x10].
P90S:57 The company office, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:20].
P90S:58 Company office, with secretaries, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:103].
P90S:59 Stacked lumber in the open yard, ca. 1908 [Thompson photo P90T:54].
P90S:60 William C. Cameron, ca. 1890.
P90S:61 Cameron retail store, south Fort Worth, 1915.
P90S:62 Photo of drawing of Waco Sash and Door Company millwork plant, ca. 1920.
P90S:63 Examples of clear pine lumber, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:74].
P90S:64 John Henry Kirby, ca. 1901.
P90S:65 John Henry Kirby and President Warren G. Harding, 1922. [#1-5x7; #2-8X10].
P90S:66 Joseph H. Forth, ca. 1915. [#1-8x10; #2-Framed].
P90S:67 Simon W. Henderson, ca. 1915. [#1-8x10; #2-Framed].
P90S:68 Ernest L. Kurth, ca. 1935. [#1-oversized; #2-8x10].
P90S:69 Lillian M. Knox in formal pose, 1921. [#1&2-4x5; #3-5x7; #4-8x10 original signed and dated, 1921 with biographical sketch].
P90S:70 Lillian M. Knox in later years, ca. 1923. [#1&2-4X5; #3-5X7].
P90S:71 A group of Thompson employees, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:19].
P90S:72 Employees at: a typical big mill lumber operation. The children frequently carried lunches to their fathers at the mill, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:208].
P90S:73 Company office, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:66].
P90S:74 Middle management officers with the Thompson Lumber Industries, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:21].
P90S:75 Records transfer request, from the Angelina County Lumber Company papers, 1912.. [#1-8x10; #2-8x11 copy of original].
P90S:76 Standard laborer's contract, 1912. [#1-8x10 photo; #2-8x11 copy of original].
P90S:77 A better-than-average company house, probably occupied by middle management, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:l9].
P90S:78 Company House, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:217].
P90S:79 Thompson and Tucker baseball team, "The Trimmers," ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:195].
P90S:80 Company house in the "quarter," ca. 1908.	[Thompson photo, P90T: 173].
P90S:81 General view of the "quarter," ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:56].
P90S:82 Company office. The office manager was often paymaster, rent collector, and banker, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:213].
P90S:83 The commissary, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:31].
P90S:84 Interior of the commissary, ca. 1908. [Thompson photo, P90T:30].
P90S:85 A collection of merchandise checks or pay tokens, n.d.
P90S:86 The company store at Fostoria. Foster Lumber Company, ca. 1935[?].
P90S:87 W.T. Carter ca. 1915[?].
P90S:88 Photo of map showing Southern Pine Lumber Company operations, ca. 1930[?].
P90S:89 Graph of lumber production in Texas, 1879-1940.
P90S:90 General view of sawmill site, Frost Mill, Nacogdoches, ca. 1915. [#1-8x10; #2-framed].
P90S:91 E.A. Frost, principal owner of the Frost-Johnson Lumber Company, with mills in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, ca. 1925.
P90S:92 T.L.L. Temple, ca. 1910.
P90S:93 Stumps and grass where great timber once stood (cutover area), ca. 1915.
P90S:94 W. Goodrich Jones, ca. 1890.
P90S:95 E.O. Siecke, ca. 1935.
P90S:96 Tree cab, the forerunner of the lookout tower. Texas Forest Service, ca. 1935.
P90S:97 Forester checking with headquarters. Texas Forest Service, ca. 1935.
P90S:98 Texas Forest Service firefighter with tools, ca. 1920.
P90S:99 W. Goodrich Jones, ca. 1926.
P90S:100 Schooner under construction at Beaumont, ca. 1917.
P90S:101 The City of Orange just before its launching, ca. 1918.
P90S:102 U.S. Shipping Board specifications for the "Standard Wood Steamship," 1917.
P90S:103 Cartoon depiction of John Henry Kirby's war effort, ca. 1917.
P90S:104 The War Mystery, a wooden ship launched at Orange, Texas, 1918.
P90S:105 First standard wooden ship built on the Gulf Coast, the Nacogdoches, is launched on the Houston Ship Channel, 1918.
P90S:106 Cutover scene, after logging and burning, ca. 1920. [#1-8x10; #2-3x5].
P90S:107 Cutover acreage, logging operations not yet complete, Trinity County, ca. 1920.
P90S:108 "The Wail of the Lonesome Pine," Cartoonist's view on conservation, 1920. (#1-8x10; #2-3x5).
P90S:109 Planting pile seedlings. US Forest Service, ca. 1930.
P90S:110 A plantation of young pines. US Forest Service, 1930s.
P90S:111 A new second-growth forest. An excellent seeding stand has been established under a longleaf overstory. US Forest Service, 1930s.
P90S:112 A young second-growth forest. US Forest Service, 1930s.
P90S:113 Charles H. Herty, ca. 1935.
P90S:114 Ernest Kurth. Breaking ground for Southland Paper Mill, ca. 1938.
P90S:115 Southland Paper Mills under construction, 1939.
P90S:116 Paper machine, Southland Paper Mills, 1939.
P90S:117 Arthur Temple, Jr., the third-generation heir of Temple lumber enterprises, 1940. [#1-8x10; #2-Framed].
P90S:118 A vigorous second-growth forest in postwar Texas ca. 1945.
P90S:119 Wiener, Eli. One of the original founders of Angelina County Lumber Company, ca. 1915. [Framed].
P90S:120 Wiener, Sam. One of the original owners of Angelina County Lumber Company, ca. 1915. [Framed].
P90S:121 Texas Forestry Association. Photograph of the 30th annual meeting, ca. 1944. [#1-framed; #2-oversize].
P90S:122 Newspaper article with photos of Executive Officers of the Frost Lumber Industries Inc. Includes E.A. Frost, President; E.W. Frost, Founder and director; F.T. Whited, 1st Vice-president; C.W. Nelson, Vice-president; G. S. Prestridge, Vice-president; S.H. Dowell, secretary and treasurer; R.B. Bearden, General Sales Manager, 19?5. [Oversized].
P90S:123 General store and warehouse at Willard, ca. 1908. [Thompson Photo, P90T:24].
P90S:124 Drug store, post office and ticket office of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, ca. 1908. [Thompson Photo P90T:25].
P90S:125 Grocery section of the general store, ca. 1908. [Thompson Photo, P90T:32].
P90S:126 A broad view of longleaf yellow pine timber of the east portion of the John Burgess League, 14 miles northwest of Livingston, Polk Co., near Beulah School. ca. 1908. [Thompson Photo, P90T:238].
P90S:127 Store of Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, Doucette, ca. 1908. [Thompson Photo, P90T:84].
P90S:128 The scribe, the artist, and the Thompsons starting out of Kilgore for pen and camera sketches, ca. 1908. [Thompson Photo, P90T:178].
P90S:129 The Hotel Doucette, ca. 1908. [Thompson Photo, P90T:215].
P90S:130 Drawing of ground plan of the Saw Mill Plant of Thompson Bros. Lumber Company, Doucette, Texas, ca. 1908.
P90S:131 Steam Loader. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:132 Shay Locomotive. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:133 Logging crew with "Big Wheels." Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:134 Large logs, log scaler & woods foreman. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908. [#1-5x7; #2- 6x8 mounted].
P90S:135 East Texas prime longleaf logs awaiting the arrival of spur line to be loaded fear trip to mill. Steel gang in background. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908. [#1-5x7; #2-6x8 mounted].
P90S:136 File room of the saw mill. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:137 Choppers and buckers clear the fallen trees of branches & cut the trees into logs of the desired length. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:138 Shay locomotive. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:139 Steam loader. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:140 Logging crew with "Big Wheels." Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:141 Steel gang uncorking on tracks. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908. [#1-6x8 mounted; #2-5x7].
P90S:142 From temporary spur railroad tracks, tongs on long cables where dragged intro the woods by horses, to be pulled back by powerful engines, with loads of logs. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908 [#1-6x8 mounted; #2-5x7].
P90S:143 Logging crew. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:144 Loading platform and dry studs. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:145 East Texas. The second growth forest. US Forest Service, ca. 1930s. [#s 1&2-5x7; #3-8x10].
P90S:146 East Texas. Pine seedlings in reforestation project. US Forest Service, ca. 1930s.
P90S:147 East Texas. Cut-over area, showing a tangled maze of stumps branches, ca. 1910.
P90S:148 East Texas. Young second growth pine forest. US Forest Service, ca. 1940. (#1-5x7; #2-8x10).
P90S:149 East Texas. Virgin pine stand (longleaf), ca. 1910.
P90S:150 East Texas. Pine seedlings in reforestation project. These direct seeded longleaf pines were 6 1/2 years old when photographed. US Forest Service, 1971. [#1-3x3; #2&3-5x7; #4-8x10].
P90S:151 Tree farm. US Forest Service, ca. 1960.
P90S:152 Tree farm.	U. S. Forest Service, ca. 1960.
P90S:153 Saw room, ca. 1910. [Thompson P90T:44].
P90S:154 John Henry Kirby, ca. 1925.
P90S:155 Dry Kiln. Thompson Lumber Company, ca. 1908.
P90S:156 Second growth forest. Reforestation project. Texas Forest Service, ca. 1930s.
P90S:157 Flagman signaling an airplane that is sowing pine seed. US Dept. of agriculture, ca. 1935.
P90S:158 Sawmill and rail siding (location unknown), ca. 1920?
P90S:159 Southland Paper mills just before completion, ca. 1940.
P90S:160 A crew of men planting seedlings. Reforestation Project. Texas National Forests, ca. 1930s.
P90S:161 An unidentified stand of trees. US Forest Service, ca. 1930s.
P90S:162 A Young pine stand. US Forest Service, ca. 1930s.
P90S:163 Steam Loader at work, ca. 1920s.
P90S:164 A Young pine stand. US Forest Service, ca. 1930s.
P90S:165 Crew and steam skidder near Newton City, Texas, ca. 1914.
P90S:166 Two mule power. Mules working at sawmill, cat 1920s.
P90S:167 Oxen team and Bull puncher, working in the woods, ca. 1920.
P90S:168 Second-growth forest, natural and planted. US Forest Service, ca. 1940.
P90S:169 Turpentine tree, San Augustine, ca. 1970.
P90S:170 View of Ozark National Forest, Arkansas. Shortleaf pine plantation as seen from Locke Tower, looking westward. Land before planting was similar to abandoned field visible in upper right of this view, 1949.
P90S:171 Loblolly pine planted in 1940. Stand has been thinned twice for pulpwood. US Forest Service, ca. 1955
P90S:172 Second growth stand. Texas National Forest, ca. 1960.
P90S:173 East Texas. Mixed stand includes old stock and second growth. US Forest Service, ca. 1960.
P90S:174 Mule teams at work with eight-wheeled wagons, ca. 1910.
P90S:175 Old growth stands of shortleaf and loblolly pine sometimes grew larger than longleaf, but rarely equaled it in quality. An understock of brush and young hardwoods was usually present. Photo by US Forest Service, ca. 1970.
P90S:176 Saw room of Wier Long Leaf Lumber Company, Houston, Texas, ca. 1920s.
P90S:177 Texas Second growth forest.	US Forest Service, ca. 1930s.
P90S:178 Old growth Texas pine stand. US Forest Service, ca. 1910. [#1-8x10; #2-5x7].
P90S:179	East Texas cut-over region.	US Forest Service, ca. 1920s. [#1-3x5; #2-8x10].
P90S:180 Southland Paper Mills, chip pile, ca. 1970.
P90S:181 Southland Paper mills, chip pile yard, ca. 1970.
P90S:182 Southland Paper Mills Inc. under construction. Looking south into Spray pond, 1939.
P90S:183 Southland Paper Mills Inc. Machine room looking east at dry end paper machine, 1939.
P90S:184 Southland Paper Mills Inc. under construction. Looking North to barking drum, showing soaking tank & conveyor footings, 1939.
P90S:185 Aerial view of Southland Paper Mills Inc., 1980.
P90S:186 View of paper machine of Southland Paper Mills Inc., ca. 1970.
P90S:187 Map of Turpentine Orchards in Sabine County west of Santa Fe, 1909-1910.
P90S:188 Fostoria, Texas from the air, post war, ca. 1960.
P90S:189 Fostoria, Texas, ca. 1960.
P90S:190 Photo of Clyde J. Woodward, friend, and beagle. Frost-Johnson Photo, ca. 1950.
P90S:191 Steam powered log loader on railroad track with unidentified man standing in front. Frost-Johnson Photo, ca. 1910.
P90S:192 Steam powered log loader on railroad track. Frost-Johnson Photo, ca. 1900.
P90S:193 Steam powered log loader track loading logs. Frost-Johnson Photo, ca. 1900.
P90S:194 Steam powered log loader on rail. Frost-Johnson Photo, ca. 1900.
P90S:195 Full length view of steam powered log loader on railroad track with crew. Damaged photo. Frost-Johnson photo, ca. 1900.
P90S:196 View of lumber yard. Frost-Johnson photo, ca. 1930.
P90S:197 View of 5 unidentified men standing in front of rail car. Frost-Johnson photo, ca. 1910.
P90S:198 View of Frost-Johnson railroad barn with workmen in front. Frost-Johnson photo, ca. 1900.
P90S:199 Front view of steam engine. Frost-Johnson photo, ca. 1900.
P90S:200 Side view of steam engine. Frost-Johnson photo, ca. 1900.
P90S:201 Rear view of steam engine. Frost-Johnson photo, ca. 1900.
P90S:202 Derailed steam engine and log train. Frost-Johnson photo, ca. 1900.
P90S:203 Photo of map of Texas in 1877 showing railroads available to Henry J. Lutcher & G. Bedell Moore.
P90S:204 E. O. Siecke, ca. 1935.
P90S:205 W. Goodrich Jones, ca. 1920.
P90S:206 Merchandise checks or pay tokens, ca. 1970.
P90S:207 Merchandise checks or pay tokens, ca. 1970.
P90S:208 Merchandise checks or pay tokens, ca. 1970.
P90S:209 Merchandise checks or pay tokens of T.I..L. Temple Southern Pine Lumber Company, ca. 1970.
P90S:210 Pulpwood pole loading in one of East Texas' National Forest, ca. 1920.
P90S:211 Unidentified stand of pines, ca. 1910.
P90S:212 Unidentified stand of pines, ca. 1910.
P90S:213 Unidentified stand of pines, ca. 1910.
P90S:214 Unidentified stand of pines, ca. 1910.
P90S:215 Unidentified stand of pines, ca. 1910.
P90S:216 Unidentified stand of pines, ca. 1910.
P90S:217 Photo of malt of East Texas railroads at their peak, about 1920.
P90S:218 Same as #217 with ruler in photo.
P90S:219 Henry Hardtner, Urania Lumber Company, Louisiana, ca. 1930s.
P90S:220 Sheet of contact prints of numbers P90S:42, 31, 25, 27, 26, and 178.
