Photo Collection

BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA-CASSIDY (Twenty-four
photographs, many negatives, and 51 slides copied from
postcards. They are of scenes of Bogalusa and the Great
Southern Lumber Company.)

Pix # Date of Pix Size of Pix No. of Pix Kind of image
Negative

1 ca. 1910 8×10 1 B&W copy print none

The J. H. Cassidy home with his four young sons sitting in the
front yard. Left to right: Ed, Bill, Charles, and Herbert. Picture
donated by Charles Cassidy.

2 ca. 1910 8×10 1 B&W copy print 35mm B&W (2)

Roll 1, neg. 2 & 3

Oxen and two men.

3 ca. 1910 5×7 2 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 1, neg. 17

Pine Tree Inn.

4 ca. 1910 5×7 2 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 2, neg. 7

Scene of the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Shop with a
group of workmen posing.

5 ca. 1910 5×7 2 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 2, neg. 8

Shay engine of the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad.

6 ca. 1910 5×7 3 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 2, neg. 11

Bogalusa railroad depot.

7 ca. 1910 5×7 1 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 2, neg. 14 & 18

Marjorie Stinson posing in front of her plane.

8 ca. 1910 5×7 1 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 2, neg. 15

Marjorie Stinson at the end of her flight.

9 ca. 1910 5×7 1 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 2, neg 16

View of Marjorie Stinson preparing for her flight in Bogalusa
Terrace.

10 ca. 1910 5×7 2 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 2, neg. 17

Scene of Marjorie Stinson preparing for her flight and also
shows the crowd watching.

BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA-CASSIDY-Continued

Pix # Date of Pix Size of Pix No. of Pix Kind of image
Negative

11 ca. 1910 5×7 2 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 2, neg. 21 and Roll 3, neg. 4

Men in logging camp of Great Southern Lumber Company. W. H.
Sullivan is on the extreme right of picture.

12 ca. 1910 5×7 missing B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 3, neg. 1

13 ca. 1910 5×7 missing B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 3, neg. 2

14 ca. 1910 5×7 missing B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 3, neg. 3

Scenes of the building and yard of Great Southern Lumber
Company.

15 ca. 1910 5×7 missing B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 3, neg. 7

Great Southern Lumber Company power house and mill pond.

16 ca. 1910 8×10 1 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 3, neg. 12

Logging camp of Great Southern Lumber Company.

17 ca. 1910 5×7 1 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 3, neg. 14

Interior view of the Bogalusa Bank at its opening.

18 ca. 1910 5×7 1 B&W copy print 35mm B&W (2)

ca. 1910 8×10 1 B&W copy print

Roll 3, neg. 17 and Roll 4, neg. 4

Jack and Frank Cassidy standing in the forest.

19 ca. 1910 5×7 1 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 3, neg. 19

Exterior view of the First State Bank.

20 ca. 1910 5×7 1 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 3, neg. 20

Interior view of the First State Bank and Trust on Austin Street
at Louisiana Avenue.

21 ca. 1910 8×10 3 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 4, neg. 10

The J. H. Cassidy family standing in front of their house.

BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA-CASSIDY-Continued

Pix # Date of Pix Size of Pix No. of Pix Kind of image
Negative

22 ca. 1910 5×7 3 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

ca. 1910 8×10 1 B&W copy print

Roll 4, neg. 13

Pine Tree Inn.

22A ca. 1910 5×7 2 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 4, neg. 14

Administration building of the Great Southern Lumber
Company.

23 ca. 1910 8×10 1 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 4, neg. 19

View of the Colonial Hotel.

24 ca. 1910 8×10 2 B&W copy print 35mm B&W

Roll 4, neg. 20

Scene of two men and some logs from which “Bogalusa Brand”
timbers are made.

NEGATIVES (35mm B&W) in Bogalusa,
Louisiana-Cassidy:

Roll 1, neg. 1 & 8–Pine Tree Inn

Roll 1, neg. 2 & 3 Men with Cattle

Roll 1, neg. 4–work crew posed in front of a building

Roll 1, neg. 5–works on mill dam break

Roll 1, neg. 6–Bogalusa Mill, Great Southern Lumber Company, in
1908

Roll 1, neg. 7–Yellow pine logging

Roll 1, neg. 9–Overhead view of railroad depot

Roll 1, neg. 10–View of the First State Bank

Roll 1, neg. 11–New Orleans Great Northern Machine shop

Roll 1, neg. 12–Richardson family in front of their house

Roll 1, neg. 13 & 20- Commissary

Roll 1, neg. 14–view of train and Beanery? Castle?
Restaurant.

Roll 1, neg 15–view of first paper mill in the south, 1908

Roll 1, neg. 16–side view of the Bogalusa depot

Roll 1, neg 18–Colonial Hotel

Roll 1, neg. 19–Bogalusa’s million dollar paper mill

Roll 2, neg. 1–New Orleans Great Northern Railroad

Roll 2, neg. 2–First train from Franklinton to Bogalusa last
day of February 1907

Roll 2, neg. 3–National Bank of Commerce in New Orleans (pre
1932)

Roll 2, neg 4–Great Southern Lumber Company log pond

Roll 2, neg. 5 and Roll 4, neg. 3-Unknown sawmill in
Bogalusa

Roll 2, neg 6–Cut line for negative 7 which is a 620 Engine.
“New York Central engine to be overhauled. Then is a list of names
of the people in the picture.

Roll 2, neg. 9–Auditorium building

Roll 2, neg. 10–Great Southern Lumber Company coal bin (chute)
copied from original given to Charles Cassidy by R. A. Alexander of
Carrier, LA in 1974. Cut line for coal chute picture is neg.
20.

BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA-CASSIDY-Continued

Roll 2, neg. 12–Shay locomotive

Roll 2, neg. 13–Marjorie Stinson preparing for her flight in
Bogalusa Terrace.

Roll 2, neg.14 – 18 Unknown

Roll 2, neg. 19–Cut line for negative 8 which is the New
Orleans Great Northern Engine #72. Original picture is property of
Daunton Gibbs of Franklinton, LA.

Roll 2, neg. 20–Cut line for negative 10 which is a picture of
the New Orleans Great Northern railroad coat chute.

Roll 2, neg. 22–skidder loading logs

Roll 3, neg. 5–Great Southern Lumber Company logging camp. Left
side of picture is Roll 2, neg. 21 & 22–Also have a picture of
this one.

Roll 3, neg. 6–Great Southern Lumber Company sawmill with mill
pond.

Roll 3, neg. 8–Right side of picture of buildings and yard of
Great Southern Lumber Company shown in neg. 1.

Roll 3, neg. 9–Interior shot of the Bogalusa Bank.

Roll 3, neg. 10–Mill pond of the Great Southern Lumber
Company.

Roll 3, neg. 11–Logging camp of Great Southern Lumber Company.
Right half of picture in neg. 12. Tie in to Roll 2, neg. 21 &
22.

Roll 3, neg. 13–Interior view of First State Bank. Man at
window is W. S. Gardner.

Roll 3, neg. 15–Exterior view of the Bogalusa Bank.

Roll 3, neg. 16–List of officers of the New Orleans Great
Northern Railroad.

Roll 3, neg. 18–Certificate of the Commercial Bank, an early
Bogalusa bank.

Roll 4, neg. 1–Picture of a train advertisement, The Rebel.

Roll 4, neg. 2–Log train pulling load.

Roll 4, neg 5–Picture of North Side Branch of the First State
Bank and Trust Company.

Roll 4, neg 6–Picture of a newspaper clipping of John H.
Cassidy’s obituary.

Roll 4, neg 7–Picture of an insurance policy. D. E. Branch,
Life, Fire, Accident, Health and Bonding Insurance.

Roll 4, neg. 8–Advertisement for the Bank of Bogalusa.

Roll 4, neg. 9–Picture copied out of a book of an agriculture
class of one of Bogalusa’s public schools.

Roll 4, neg. 11–Photograph of J. H. Cassidy

Roll 4, neg. 12–Side view of the J. H. Cassidy residence

Roll 4, neg. 15–Picture of Jack Cassidy, his wife, and two
sons.

Roll 4, neg. 16–Map of railroads in timber section.

Roll 4, neg. 17–Nurses’ home Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial
Hospital.

Roll 4, neg. 18–Scene of lake in front of the Pine Tree Inn
showing people swimming.

Slides:

Joy Jackson copied postcards in the possession of Charles
Cassidy July 30, 1982

Slide 1–Panama Limited

Slide 2–Finishing room of the Bogalusa Paper
Mill

Slide 3–Staff doctors of Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial
Hospital

Slide 4–One of the paper making machines at Bogalusa
Paper Co., Inc.

Slide 5–Beater room at the Bogalusa Paper Co.,
Inc.

Slide 6–Exterior of the Bogalusa Paper Mill.

Slide 7–Residence of Mayor W. H. Sullivan.

Slide 8–Nurses in front of nurses’ home of
Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial Hospital.

BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA-CASSIDY-Continued

Slide 9–Lobby of the Pine Tree Inn.

Slides 10 & 11–Views of the Pine Tree Inn.

Slide 12–Long leaf southern pine forest which produces Bogalusa
Brand Lumber.

Slide 13–Loading logs.

Slide 14–Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial Methodist Episcopal
Church.

Slide 15–First Baptist Church

Slide 16–Residential Industrial section of Bogalusa,
Louisiana.

Slide 17–Bogalusa stores.

Slide 18–Colonial Creosoting Company plant.

Slide 19–Cutting Bogalusa Brand Timber.

Slide 20–Shay engine with loader loading logs.

Slide 21–Part of the reforested area of the Great Southern
Lumber Company. Members of the American Legion.

Slide 22–Withdrawal cart.

Slide 23–Portion of lumber yard.

Slide 24–Refuse burner of Great Southern Lumber Company (born
1908–died 1934).

Slide 25–Night scene of sawmill.

Slide 26–Sawmill.

Slide 27–Portion of lumber yard at Great Southern Lumber
Company.

Slide 28–Long leaf southern pine, diameter 40 inches.

Slide 29–Log on way from pond to sawmill.

Slide 30–Automatic stacking, Great Southern Lumber Company.

Slide 31–Shay engine with skidder loading logs.

Slide 32–Logs-10 x 25 inches and wider.

Slide 33–New Orleans Great Southern Railroad shops.

Slide 34–Swimming at Pine Tree Inn.

Slide 35–Administration building of the Great Southern Lumber
Company.

Slide 36–Pine Tree Inn.

Slide 37–Mr. Jack Cassidy standing in front of cut timber.

Slide 38–Colonial Hotel.

Slides 39-41–Restoration of depot.

Slide 42–Restoration of depot. Balustrade in picture was taken
from outside of Mr. Sullivan’s office at Great Southern
Lumber Company.

Slide 43–Preliminary architectural sketch of Bogalusa
depot.

Slide 44–Map of railroads in the vicinity of Bogalusa, LA.

Slide 45–Picture of front cover of the first
Mill Whistle, a magazine put out by the Great Southern
Lumber Company (before they named it). This first one was put out
in September 1920. Magazine is in the possession of the SLU
Archives.

Slide 46–Picture of front cover of the May 1922, Vol. III, No.
6,
Mill Whistle magazine put out by the Great Southern Lumber
Company. Magazine is in the possession of the SLU Archives.

Slides 47 & 52–Bogalusa in 1919 viewed from Snowden’s
Drug Store corner looking down Colombia Road toward the paper mill.
There were no buildings on the west side of the road in those days
of unpaved streets and Model T’s. Slide made from the
Tuesday, March 19, 1949
Bogalusa Daily News in the possession of the SLU
Archives.

Slide 48–Picture of W. H. Sullivan, first mayor of Bogalusa and
general manager of the Great Southern Lumber Company for 23 years.
Slide made from Tuesday, March 29, 1949
Bogalusa Daily News in the possession of the SLU
Archives.

Slides 49 & 51–Picture of Mr. W. H. Sullivan, general
manager of the Great Southern Lumber Company, sitting at his desk.
Picture made from a
Mill Whistle magazine in the possession of the SLU
Archives.

Slide 50–Picture of Mr. J. H. Cassidy, assistant general
manager of the Great Southern Lumber Company, sitting at his desk.
Picture taken from a copy of the
Mill Whistle magazine in the possession of the SLU
Archives.