Photographs

Amer­i­can Lum­ber­man Pho­to­graph­ic Collection

Con­tains more than 300 vin­tage images made by staff of the Chica­go trade jour­nal Amer­i­can Lum­ber­man dur­ing vis­its to Diboll in 1903 and 1907. A few select­ed images from this col­lec­tion are fea­tured in our on-line exhibits.

Diboll News­pa­per Pho­to­graph Archive

Includes more than 25,000 images dat­ing most­ly between 1947 and 1977, but also con­tains images pri­or to and since those dates. Most images were cre­at­ed by the Buzz Saw, News-Bul­letin, and Free Press news­pa­per staff. The col­lec­tion con­tains most­ly black & white prints, but there are many neg­a­tives in both 35 mm and 120 roll film for­mats. Diboll, Lufkin, and Angeli­na Coun­ty are well represented.

J. Shirley Daniel Pho­to­graph Collection

Includes more than 4,000 images dat­ing from the late 1940’s through the 1950’s. Diboll com­mu­ni­ty life and the vast oper­a­tions of South­ern Pine Lum­ber Com­pa­ny and relat­ed busi­ness­es across East Texas are well rep­re­sent­ed. Most images were made by J. Shirley Daniel (1908−1997), a Diboll busi­ness entre­pre­neur and pho­to­graph­ic enthu­si­ast. The col­lec­tion con­sists of 4×5 inch black & white film neg­a­tives and vin­tage as well as mod­ern prints made from those negatives.

Diboll His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety Collection

Con­tains approx­i­mate­ly 4,000 images, dat­ing between the ear­ly twen­ti­eth cen­tu­ry and the 1990’s. The col­lec­tion is most­ly black & white copy neg­a­tives cre­at­ed dur­ing the 1980’s and 1990’s, with many vin­tage prints through­out. Diboll peo­ple, places, and events are well represented.

Lufkin Indus­tries Collection

Con­tains approx­i­mate­ly 500,000 images doc­u­ment­ing Lufkin Foundry and Machine Com­pa­ny’s oper­a­tions from 1902 through the 20^th Cen­tu­ry as it grew from a local foundry focused on the local sawmill and rail­road indus­tries into the inter­na­tion­al­ly known man­u­fac­tur­er of gears, oil­field equip­ment, and oth­er machines known as Lufkin Indus­tries. The col­lec­tion also con­tains many images of the city of Lufkin and its res­i­dents, its build­ings, and its events.