Chicago Mill and Lumber Company Collection
Title
Chicago Mill and Lumber Company Collection
Subject
Lumber trade
Industrial buildings
Logging
Lumber
Machinery
Factories
Mills and mill-work
Papermaking
Lumbering--Machinery
Paper products industry
Paper industry
Illinois--Chicago
Paepcke, Walter P. (Walter Paul), 1896-1960
Paepcke, Hermann, 1851-1922
Description
Hermann Paepcke founded the Chicago Mill and Lumber Company in the 1880s. Originally begun as the Paepcke-Wagner Company operating as a small lumber mill, the business grew to include box-making operations. The company eventually became a major lumber distribution company in Chicago. In 1898 a second location in Greenville, Mississippi opened and operated as the Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Company through the 1920s. Additional locations opened in Blytheville and Helena, Arkansas, and Cairo, Illinois.
After Hermann Paepcke died in 1922, his son, Walter, took over the company. In 1926, Walter Paepcke merged the Container Corporation of America into the company, leading the company to become the largest paper container producer in the United States during the 1940s.
The Chicago Mill and Lumber Company was purchased in 1965 and continued to operate from its Greenville, Mississippi, facility until 1980.
Photographs in this collection include images of the Chicago Mill and Lumber Company's business operations from cutting trees in the woods through the manufacture and shipment of paper, corrugated paperboard, and boxes.
After Hermann Paepcke died in 1922, his son, Walter, took over the company. In 1926, Walter Paepcke merged the Container Corporation of America into the company, leading the company to become the largest paper container producer in the United States during the 1940s.
The Chicago Mill and Lumber Company was purchased in 1965 and continued to operate from its Greenville, Mississippi, facility until 1980.
Photographs in this collection include images of the Chicago Mill and Lumber Company's business operations from cutting trees in the woods through the manufacture and shipment of paper, corrugated paperboard, and boxes.
Collection Items
15. General View of Log Yard and Mill
A crane sits between a large pile of logs and the mill building.
19. Loaded Barges Brought Into Harbor
A large barge loaded with cut logs enters the harbor near the mill.
22. Logs Starting on the Road to Manufactured Products
A crane lifts cut logs onto a conveyor system from the mill's log yard.
201. Drag-saw Cutting Off Veneer Blocks
A worker watches as a saw makes large circular cuts from a log.
Collection Tree
- Illinois Photographic Collection
- Chicago Mill and Lumber Company Collection