1914 Houston TX Lumber Letterhead – Bering Manufacturing Co. Yellow Pine Prices For Sale

1914 Houston TX Lumber Letterhead – Bering Manufacturing Co. Yellow Pine Prices

Original 1914 business letter on illustrated letterhead from The Bering Manufacturing Company, Houston, Texas, a major early-20th-century Southern lumber concern.

Dated June 12, 1914, this letter is addressed to Calcasieu Valley Lumber Co., Bear, Louisiana, and discusses yellow pine lumber pricing, concessions, and market competition among large Louisiana mills—providing excellent insight into pre-World War I lumber trade economics.

• Elaborate ornate letterhead advertising Yellow Pine Lumber, sash, doors, blinds, and mill work

• Mentions price points ($9.50, $10.50, $11.00) and competitive pressures

• Signed per A. C. Bering, Acting Secretary & Treasurer

• Strong Houston, Texas industrial history connection

• Authentic typewritten correspondence on original paper

Book 10 page 49

11\" by 8.5\" Obvious damage see pics