urn:taro:utexas.cah.00608 A Guide to the East Texas Photograph Collection, 1902-1908 Finding aid written in English. 10/30/2007 Encoded with XMetal 3 by Laurie Thompson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions Descriptive Summary East Texas Photograph Collection East Texas Photograph Collection 1902-1908 Materials are in English. 116 silver gelatin prints Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Collection consists of photographs of East Texas and the Big Thicket areas. Use Restrictions:

Unrestricted

 Preferred Citation:

East Texas Photograph Collection, 1902-1908, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Scope and Contents:

Consists of 58 images (two prints of each) of scenes and persons in the East Texas and Big Thicket area.

Donated by the Texas State Historical Association.

 Index Terms Persons: Doucette, Peter Garvey, Alloway C. Lilly, Ben, 1856-1936. Strickland, John Subjects (Organizations): Merchants National Bank (Houston, Tex.) Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company of Texas Places: Big Thicket (Tex.) Doucette (Tex.) Houston (Tex.) Kilgore (Tex.) Sour Lake (Tex.) Tyler County (Tex.) Willard (Tex.) Subjects: Banks and banking--Texas. Fishing--Texas. Forests and forestry--Texas. Hunting--Texas. Lumber--Texas. Petroleum industry and trade—Texas. Sawmills--Texas. Detailed Description of the Records Photographs 3S24a Big Thicket bear-hunter, Ben V. Lilly, 1902 3S24a Big Thicket bear-hunter, Ben V. Lilly, 1902 3S24a Uncaptioned 3S24a Uncaptioned 3S24a Uncaptioned 3S24a Uncaptioned 3S24a Reducing bear #2 to steak 3S24a "Uncle Bud" Hooks dogs, 1906 3S24a "...a game of fan-tan" 3S24a John Strickland, reporter, Kansas City Star 3S24a Uncaptioned 3S24a Stand of Virgin Long-Leaf, wood superintendent 3S24a Uncaptioned 3S24a Willard Sawmill from water tower, T&T photo 3S24a Merchants National Bank, Houston 3S24a Alloway C. Garvey, Surveyor & Timberman, T&T photo 3S24a Planing mill, T&T photo 3S24a Log train, Shay Locomotive, T&T 3S24a Sawmill south of Batson 3S24a Commercial National Bank Bldg., T&T photo 3S24a Rough shed and lumber yard, Doucette, T&T phot 3S24a Logging crew with mules and high-wheel carts, T&T photo 3S24a Uncaptioned 3S24b T&T employee at Stile Ne_ Office, T&T office 3S24b General store, T&T photo 3S24b Thompson & Tucker Lumber Co. 3S24b Merchants National Bank, Houston, T&T photo 3S24b Group of employees at Doucette, 1908 3S24b At Sawmill No. 7, built in 1882. Employees of T&T in foreground 3S24b View across log ramp, T&T photo 3S24b Negro quarters at Willard, T&T photo 3S24b Woods force (oldest employees in foreground) T&T photo 3S24b Mules with Colly wagon at Transfer Table at Doucette, T&T photo 3S24b Interior of Sales Room at Taylor, T&T photo 3S24b Cross-loading operation on flatcar, T&T photo 3S24b Fallers using cross-cut on virgin pine, T&T photo 3S24b Interior of Planning Mill, Willard T&T photo 3S24b Buckers sawing logs into short lengths, T&T photo 3S24b Interior of Private Office of Alexander Thompson, Manager, Doucette, T&T photo 3S24b Shay engine, T&T photo 3S24b Loader in action at trackside, T&T photo 3S24b Couple on porch, T&T photo 3S25 Thompson Bros. mill at Doucette, T&T photo 3S25 New mill of Thompson & Ford at Sour Lake 3S25 Oil fields at Sour Lake, View of Higgins well #1, T&T photo 3S25 Wiley Hood residence, near Livingston, T&T photo 3S25 Slip tongue high wheel cart, T&T photo 3S25 Shpping platform at Willard, T&T photo 3S25 Showing off two pine logs of Virgin Timber, T&T photo 3S25 Buckers sawing logs 3S25 Kilgore, Texas RR ties in foreground 3S25 Group of logging workers, with animals and carts 3S25 Steel gang, laying tram road track, T&T photo 3S25 Kilgore, Texas RR ties in foreground 3S25 MKT train coming into Willard, T&T photo, 1908 3S25 Interior of great rough dry shed T&T photo 3S25 Logging crew in Tyler County, supervised by Peter Doucette, who appears at far right, end of fourth row 3S25 Unidentified 3S25 "Porter locomotive"