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goodyeartomah
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1890S-1920S GOODYEAR LUMBER_TOMAH WISCONSIN_YELLOW PINE PICAYUNE_ROSA LUMBER
ALL ORIGINAL late 1890s - early 1920s vintage photo album. This album tells a story but is also somewhat of a mystery. Photos tell a story starting in Tomah, Wisconsin. Many family photos but the "story" centers on a company called Goodyear Lumber and the Vice President of the company, Lamont Rowlands. The photos depict life in Wisconsin that appear to be centered on the company with annotations referring to "the office" (includes many photos of the Goodyear Lumber office and associates) and "in the yard" (photos of the lumber yard). There are photos that are annotated "at Rowland's residence". In the late teens Mr. Rowlands started doing business in and around Picayune, Mississippi. In 1917 the company became Goodyear Yellow Pines in partnership with Lucius O. Crosby purchasing 42,000 acres of yellow pine timber. In due course they purchased Rosa Lumber. There are photos in Mississippi of Picayne, Biloxi, Pass Christian and others. There are photos of the Rosa lumber mill. Mr. Rowlands entered into many business dealings in lumber industry and evidently became a citizen of some reknown in Mississippi. The University of Mississippi holds the Lamont Rowlands Collection archives. Mr. Crosby ultimately bought out Mr. Rowlands and the company is known today as Crosby Land & Resources.
So we know some of the story of Mr. Rowlands and Goodyear Lumber from internet searches, but we do not know who compiled this photo document. We have no idea. But it was someone with close ties to Mr. Rowlands and Goodyear Lumber. For those with an interest in the lumber industry it might make for some interesting further research. From the sleuthing we've done we see that the album does follow Mr. Rowlands life with photos of Goodyear Lumber in Tomah, photos "At the Rowlands residence", photos of Rosa Lumber in Picayune Mississippi where he became partners with Crosby. In addition, many other photos of life in Wisconsin from the 1890s to early 1920s.
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