Priest Lake Museum Association photographs, 1880-1950

Overview of the Collection

Title
Priest Lake Museum Association photographs
Dates
1880-1950 (inclusive)
Quantity
380 photographic prints
Collection Number
PG 017
Summary
Photographs collected by the Priest Lake Museum Association depicting steamboats, farm and ranch scenes, logging and mining, and other activities and individuals in the Priest Lake area of northern Idaho.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Priest Lake is located in the Idaho Panhandle and is part of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests.[1] The lake was originally called "Kaniksu Lake" by Captain John Mullan in 1865.[2] According to some accounts, "the name was gradually changed in the early 1900's from Kaniksu Lake to its present name of Priest Lake," with the name "Priest" coming from "the Kalispel Indian word Kaniksu, meaning 'Black Robe,' the name the Indians gave to the Jesuit missionary priests who worked among them."[3] As a result, Priest Lake appears as Kaniksu Lake on many older maps.

The history of Priest Lake begins with the history of Priest River, some 40 miles south of the lake. The first non-indigenous settlers in what would eventually become the city of Priest River were German immigrants who settled around 1888-1889.[4] The early 1890s brought a flood of southern Italian immigrants who came to the Priest River area "to hew ties for the Great Northern Railroad" and ever since then, "the woods product industry has fueled Priest River's economic engine."[5] Many Italian immigrants who arrived in the early 1890s to work on railroads ended up staying even after the railroads were finished. Many of them "settled an area on the east side of the town and the river that became known as the Italian Settlement. The Italian influx continued until about 1920. Priest River was known as 'Little Italy' until well into the 1950s."[6]

Although early settlers in the Priest River area looked for economic opportunities in agriculture and mining, they found little success. Logging would become the area's legacy: "For decades, Priest River was a wide-open logging town. By 1920, according to the census, it was the fastest growing town in North Idaho."[7]

The logging industry that began around Priest River slowly expanded to include the Priest Lake area. "From 1901 through 1949, an annual log drive on the Priest River took place each spring as the industry worked its way into the Priest Lake country."[8] Priest Lake became known as a logging town.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection depicts seventy years of family, community, and business life in the Priest Lake area. Earlier photos show homesteads as well as Prater Ranch, also known as "half-way house," where, during the regular trips from Priest River to Priest Lake, the stage stopped to exchange horses and provide a place for its passengers to have a mid-day meal. Many images also depict logging activity. There are images of logs on sleds drawn by horses, log booms pulled by steamboats moving between Priest River and Priest Lake, and logs on multi-trailer trucks traversing snow-covered roads.

Some photos include Nell Shipman, a Canadian-American "silent screen actress, writer, and producer" who is known as "one of cinema's important female pioneers."[9] She "ran a motion picture company from the isolated woods of Idaho" between 1921-1925 after moving "her production company from Southern California, first to Spokane, Washington, and finally to Lionhead Lodge on the shore of Priest Lake, Idaho."[10] She finished shooting The Grub Stake (1922) at Priest Lake, the first silent picture the company shot in the Pacific Northwest.[11] However, "before leaving for Idaho, Shipman had begun purchasing a zoo located in Azusa, California" and brought her zoo to Idaho with her to star with her in the silent movies.[12] For more information about Nell Shipman, please refer to the Nell Shipman Papers at Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives.

Some photos in this collection are related to the history of Blister Rust Disease in the Priest Lake and Priest River area. Blister Rust is a non-native fungus that is extremely damaging to white pine trees.[13] In North Idaho, "white pine populations were dramatically reduced in the early 1900s due to blister rust."[14] As such, the federal government sought to combat the disease and attempt to slow the spread amongst white pines in the 1930s. The photos in this collection depict life as a blister rust control worker, and more information about this history can be found here.[15] The federal government relied on labor from the newly founded Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC), whose memberes not only worked on disease control and fought fires, but also built fire lookouts, campgrounds, and roads. The federal government later used these camps to house German and Italian internees during World War II, also pictured in this collection.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Alternative Forms Available

Some of the materials in this collection were digitized and added to the Priest Lake Historical Photograph Collection.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Custodial History

"The Priest Lake Museum Association built the collection in the early 1980s after putting out a call for historical photos of the region."[16] With the help of grant funding provided by the Greater Inland Empire Foundation and the Association for the Humanities in Idaho, members of the association went about gathering photographs from those who answered their call. These photographs were eventually hand-delivered to the University of Idaho Library's Special Collections & Archives Department, where they were digitized, reprinted, and then returned, via the Museum Association, to their original owners.

Bibliography

[1] "Priest Lake Ranger District - Idaho Panhandle N.F." United States Department of Agriculture: Forest Service. Accessed May 7, 2020. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ipnf/learning/history-culture/?cid=fsm9_019005.

[2] ibid.

[3] ibid.

[4] Cork, Marylyn. "History." Priest River Chamber of Commerce. Accessed May 7, 2020. https://priestriverchamber.com/history/.

[5] ibid.

[6] ibid.

[7] ibid.

[8] ibid.

[9] "Nell Shipman Point." North Idaho: The Northwest's Playground. Accessed May 7, 2020. https://visitnorthidaho.com/activity/nell-shipman-point/

[10] Trusky, Tom. "Nell Shipman." Women Film Pioneers Project. Accessed May 8, 2020. https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-nell-shipman/.

[11] ibid.

[12] ibid.

[13] "Western White Pine." United States Department of Agriculture: Forest Service. Accessed May 8, 2020. https://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/cs/detail/!ut/p/z1/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfIjo8zijQwgwNHCwN_DI8zPyBcqYKAfrh-JKR_mA5cnqBuowAAHcARqJ0Y_HgVR-I0P14_C5kJk9-vjN8HPIz83Vb8gNzQ0wiDLBAAiWDdd/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?position=Not%20Yet%20Determined.Html&pname=Idaho%20Panhandle%20National%20Forests-%20Nature&ss=110104&navtype=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&pnavid=150000000000000&navid=150130000000000&ttype=detail&cid=fsm9_019137. and Weaver, Matthew. "UI Extension Workshop Looks to Restore Western White Pine." Capital Press: Empowering Producers of Food & Fiber, May 14, 2019. https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/timber/ui-extension-workshop-looks-to-restore-western-white-pine/article_913680b8-7350-11e9-a40f-b3ec1d248290.html.

[14] Weaver, Matthew. "UI Extension Workshop Looks to Restore Western White Pine." Capital Press: Empowering Producers of Food & Fiber, May 14, 2019. https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/timber/ui-extension-workshop-looks-to-restore-western-white-pine/article_913680b8-7350-11e9-a40f-b3ec1d248290.html.

[15] Gidlund, Carl. "Life as Blister Rust Control Worker." The Spokesman-Review. Accessed May 8, 2020. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2005/oct/29/life-as-blister-rust-control-worker/.

[16] Maben, Scott. "Priest Lake History Told through Just-Released Photo Collection." The Spokesman-Review, March 14, 2013. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/mar/14/lake-views/.

[17] The following sources were also consulted but not cited directly: Cork, Marylyn, Jeanne M. Tomlin, and Diane E. Mercer. Priest River and Priest Lake: Kaniksu Country. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing, 2012; Smith, Kris Runberg. Pioneer Voices of Priest Lake. Edited by Kris Runberg Smith. Keokee Books, 2007.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

PhotographsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
object
17-01-01
W.W. Slee [steamboat] from a side view. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-02
Walter W. Slee in a buggy.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-03
Side view of woman and dog in canoe.
3.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-04
Man and dog in a canoe. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-05 undated
17-01-06
Crude wooden structure at a hunter's camp.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-07
Fish with pole, flies and net.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-08
Fish, net, and pole at bow of beached boat.
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-09
Woman in sailboat. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-10
Two men, two women in rowboat near beach.
8x8 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-11
Man in sailboat. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-12
Pack train with teepee in background.
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-13 undated
17-01-14
Steamboat "W.W. Slee" alongside barge.
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-15 1912
17-01-16 undated
17-01-17
Prater Ranch or "Half-way House."
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-18
Sailboat with small motor near dock. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-19
Steamboat "W.W. Slee" near beach.
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-20 undated
17-01-21
Northern Hotel. Coolin, Idaho. -Original item is a postcard.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-22 undated
17-01-23
Birdseye view of the Idaho Inn. Coolin, Idaho.
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-24
Cabin on Four Mile Island. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1920
17-01-25 1916
17-01-26
Three men and loaded gun rack inside tent.
8x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-27
Klein launch at Four Mile Point. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-28
Three men in front of the Slee cabin. Coolin Bay, Idaho.
8x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-29 1910
17-01-30
View from forest ranger station in Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-31 undated
17-01-32
Sailboat "Lita" with three men and a dog aboard.
7x10 inch black and white mounted print
1902
17-01-33
Steamboat "Kaniksu" at dock.
7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-34
Walter W. Slee seated in camp chair.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-35
Steamboat "Kaniksu".
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-36
Side view of the steamboat "W.W. Slee."
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-37
People on the dock at the Coolin Marina. Coolin, Idaho.
7.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-38
Coolin Marina and dock, Coolin, Idaho.
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-39
Man walking up dock at the Coolin Marina, Coolin, Idaho.
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-40 undated
17-01-41
Steamboat "W.W. Slee" under construction.
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-42
Sailboat "Lita"
7x10 inch black and white mounted print
circa 1896
17-01-43
Group in front of the Coolin Grocery and Hardware Store, Coolin Idaho.
Photo by Frank Palmer. 8x10 inch black and white mounted print
4 July 1910 or 4 July 1912
17-01-44
Idaho Inn. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1917
17-01-45
Coolin waterfront showing store and marina. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1917
17-01-46 1918
17-01-47
Edith Phelan and Harriet Kline in the water at Coolin, Idaho.
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-48
Nell Shipman's cabin. -Snapshot taken later.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-49
Tony Lemley on homestead at Outlet Bay. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-50
Mary Lemley.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-01-51
Edith Phelan, Harriet Kline, and Mrs. Fussy swimming. Coolin, Idaho.
6.5x10 inch black and white [print/negative]
undated
17-01-52
Aerial photo. Cavanaugh Bay, Fenton's Ranch. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy [print/negative]
circa 1920s
17-01-53 1922
17-01-54
Coolin Post Office in log cabin. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1970s
17-01-55
Copy of autographed postcard portrait of Walter W. Slee.
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-01-56
Leonard Paul and Vera in front of home. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1944
17-01-57
Looking down on Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-02-01
Dirt road with cars in distance. Jack Pine Flats, Coolin, Idaho.
7x10 inch black and white mounted [print/negative]
1925
17-02-02
Log drive on river.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1910
17-02-03 undated
17-02-04 circa 1941-1945
17-02-05 1913
17-02-06
Pete Chase in cabin.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-02-07
Leonard Paul on the porch of his first store. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy [print/negative]
Septmeber 1913
17-02-08 undated
17-02-09 undated
17-02-10 1937
17-02-11 1 May 1915
17-02-12
Steamboat "Banshee"
6.5x10 inch black and white
undated
17-02-13
Pack train heading toward the Northern Hotel. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-02-14
Pack train heading out of Coolin, Idaho.
6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-02-15 undated
17-02-16
Steamboat "W.W. Slee" on Priest Lake. Idaho.
6.5x10 inch black and white
undated
17-02-17
People standing on the porch of the Idaho Inn. Coolin, Idaho.
6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-02-18
Steamboat "W.W. Slee" tied up at dock. Coolin, Idaho.
6x10 inch black and white mounted print
1916
17-02-19
Aerial photo. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1935
17-02-20
Steamboat "Tyee II" under construction.
6x10 inch black and white mounted print
1944
17-02-21
Slide at Paul Jones Beach. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-02-22 undated
17-02-23
Leonard Paul standing in front of store holding fish. Coolin, Idaho.
6x10 inch black and white mounted [print/negative]
undated
17-02-24
Log flume.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-02-25 1904
17-02-26
Unidentified CCC tent camp near Priest River, Idaho.
6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-02-27
Schaffer float house. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
July 1916
17-02-28
"Daddy" Duffill house with Stanley Jones standing.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-02-29
Tepees at Soldier Creek [flows into Priest Lake]. Idaho.
6x10 inch black and white mounted print
1913
17-02-30 December 1942
17-02-31
Automobile at the Paul Jones Beach Cabins. Priest Lake, Idaho.
6x10 inch black and white [print/negative]
undated
17-02-32 undated
17-02-33 June 1902
17-02-34
Marsten Sawmill. Coolin Bay, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-02-35 1922
17-02-36 undated
17-02-37 undated
17-02-38 undated
17-02-39
Framing of the new Leonard Paul store. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-02-40
Workman mixing cement for the new Leonard Paul store. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy [print/negative]
undated
17-02-41
Construction on the Leonard Paul Store, Coolin, Idaho.
6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-02-42 undated
17-02-43 undated
17-02-44
Leonard Paul on porch of his store. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy [print/negative]
14 February 1927
17-02-45 circa 1941-1945
17-02-46
Leonard Paul and patron at the Post Office in Coolin, Idaho.
7.5x10 inch black and white mounted [print/negative]
circa 1940s
17-02-47
Leonard Paul at counter inside his store. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-02-48 circa 1941-1945
17-02-49 undated
17-03-01 1937
17-03-02
Leonard Paul in front of car with deer.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-03-03 undated
17-03-04 undated
17-03-05 undated
17-03-06
Plowing snow on Coolin main street. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-03-07 undated
17-03-08
Logging truck over Corduroy Bridge.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-04-01
Snow-covered cabins. Nordman, Idaho.
7x10 inch black and white mounted print
1946
17-04-02
Exterior of Nordman Cash Store. Nordman, Idaho.
6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
1949
17-04-03
Nordman Club. Nordman, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1949
17-04-04
Nordman store and Buckhorn Inn. Nordman, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1946
17-04-05
Nordman Club. Nordman, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
August 1949
17-04-06
Buckhorn Inn. Nordman, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1947
17-04-07 undated
17-04-08 Spring 1947
17-05-01
From Coolin Mountain looking north up Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-05-02
S.S. Rustler on Lake Pend Oreille. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1940
17-05-03
Tyee II at dock.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-05-04
Steamboat "Tyee II" tied up at dock.
7x10 inch black and white mounted print
1950
17-05-05 undated
17-05-06
Side view of steamboat "Tyee" on Priest Lake. Idaho.
7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-05-07
Ridley with Elliott on the dock at marina. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-05-08
Five Mackinaw trout.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-05-09
Captain R.E. Boombs and E.J. Elliott on the deck of the steamboat "Tyee".
Photographer: Russ Bishop through Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 8x10 inch black and white mounted print
3 April 1945
17-05-10
Head shot of Melvin C. Markham.
8x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-05-11
Government dock. Coolin, Idaho. -Taken during the winter.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-05-13
Steamboat "Tyee" pulling log boom on Priest Lake. Idaho.
7.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-06-01
Byars boat house. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-02 1911
17-06-03
Log jam on the west branch of the Priest River. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1912
17-06-04
Two women on logs.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-05
Logs on west branch of the Priest River. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1911
17-06-06
Beardmore river crew on log jam on Priest River. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1911
17-06-07
Men working on log jam. Priest River, Idaho.
Photographer: Viv Beardmore through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
1911
17-06-08
Team pulling log in snow.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-09
Logs loaded on sleigh.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-10
Camp with railroad tracks.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-11
Cabin on lake (Charles Schrimpf?).
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-12
Dolly (boat) with passengers. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-13
Beardmore team pulling logs on wagon.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-14
Loading logs on railroad car at Beardmore camp.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-15
Sawmill.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-17
Three Beardmore teams pulling logs.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-18
Passengers in front of boat on the way to Nell Shipman camp.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-19
Byar's barge at dock, loaded with Nell Shipman's animals.
Photographer: Viv Beardmore through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-06-20
Nell Shipman on barge with animals.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-21
Bear in front of log flumes.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-22
Four people on dock with fish.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-23
Man behind the wheel of the Beardmore Auto Stage. Priest River, Idaho.
Photographer: Viv Beardmore through Priest Lake Museum. 8x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-06-24
Tents and rowboat near shore. Priest Lake, Idaho.
Photographer: Viv Beardmore through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-06-25
Jumping out of boat at Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-26
Scenery shot of Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-06-27
Priest Lake Stage in front of the St. Elmo Hotel. Priest River, Idaho.
Photographer: Viv Beardmore through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-06-28 undated
17-06-29
Spill dam at Torelle Falls on Priest River. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-01
Brush rack.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-02
Blasting creek in Hughes Meadow.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-03
Creek blasted in Hughes Meadow.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-04
Spar pole.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-05
Camp Baldy Amusement Center. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-06
Ralph Miller with bottles.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-07
CCC camp in winter.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1940
17-07-08
Italian internees [POWs?].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1943
17-07-09
Italian internees building cabin [POWs?].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1944
17-07-10
Italian internees roofing [POWs?].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1945
17-07-11
German internees [POWs?].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1946
17-07-12
German internees with axes [POWs?].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1947
17-07-13
Cooks for the German internees [POWs?].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1948
17-07-14
CCC camp F-142, Camp Kalispell Bay, Company 1894. Priest River, Idaho.
Photographer: Red Gasturneau through Priest Lake Museum. 6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-07-15
CCC camp.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1930s
17-07-16
Constructing washroom [CCC program].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1940
17-07-17
Tarp roof on [CCC program].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1940
17-07-18
Putting tarp roof on [CCC program].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1941
17-07-19
Getting ready to put tarp roof on [CCC program].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1942
17-07-20
Frames without tent walls [CCC program].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1943
17-07-21
Sections of siding [CCC program].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1944
17-07-22
Putting sections together [CCC program].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1945
17-07-23 undated
17-07-24 undated
17-07-25
Aerial view. Lee Lake with Sundance Mountain in background.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-26
Soldier Creek [flows into Priest Lake]. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-27
Diamond Match matches.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-28
Breaking up a log jam. Priest River. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-29
Logs on the Priest River. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-30
Log jams with boat.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-31
BRC dining hall.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-32
Blister rust control camp kitchen. Interior.
Photographer: Red Gasturneau through Priest Lake Museum. 6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-07-33
WPA snag camp at North Baldy.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1937
17-07-34
BRC camp along river [Priest River?].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-35
Pack train filing past boat along the shore of Priest Lake. Idaho.
Photographer: Red Gasturneau through Priest Lake Museum. 6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-07-36
Boat "BRC 1" towing barge loaded with pack mules.
Photographer: Red Gasturneau through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-07-37
Fox Creek PLTPA.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-38
Filling jeep can.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-39
Mixing solution. Bear Creek [Flows into Priest Lake]. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-40
Kalispell Bay BRC. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1959
17-07-41
Tents at Kalispell Bay BRC camp. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1959
17-07-42
BRC crew.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1944
17-07-43
Kitchen for Kalispell Bay BRC camp. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1959
17-07-44
White Pine tree with blister rust.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-07-45
Splitting shingles at CCC headquarters.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1942
17-08-01
Astor and Wirt Calfee with Lewis.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-08-02
Astor and Wirt Calfee.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-08-03
Priest Lake with canoe on beach.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-08-04
Astor Calfee with cooking sign.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-08-05
Margaret Calfee Randall with doll buggy.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-08-06
Mary Hodge.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-08-07
Lee Calfee at woodpile.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-09-01
Nordman school. Nordman, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1917
17-10-01
Nell Shipman's bears in cages.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-10-02
Automobile approaching Dickensheet Bridge. Near Priest Lake, Idaho.
Photographer: U of I Library through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
1925
17-10-03
Nell Shipman and son Barry with dog sled.
Photographer: U of I Library through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-10-04
Nell Shipman feeding a bear.
Photographer: U of I Library through Priest Lake Museum. 8x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-10-05
Man and woman in swim suits on the steamboat "E.W. Harris."
Photographer: U of I Library through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-10-06
Nell Shipman's sled dogs in stockade.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-10-07
Diamond Match camp.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-10-08
Pack train watering at Beaver Creek Ranger Station. Priest Lake, Idaho.
Photographer: U of I Library through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-10-09
Pack string at stables
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-10-10
Coolin Ranger Station, Coolin, Idaho.
Photographer: U of I Library through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-10-11
Barge transporting pack mules.
Photographer: U of I Library through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-10-12
Six people.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-10-13
Moore Restaurant.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-01 undated
17-11-02
Lela B and Fred Scheider.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-03
Building Warren home. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1932
17-11-04 undated
17-11-05
Kaniksu [boat].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-06
Boat [Kaniksu?] wheelhouse.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-07
Fred Chant family on Warren beach. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-08 undated
17-11-09
Two men, two women, and a dog in a rowboat.
Photographer: William Warren through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-11-10
Northern Hotel. Coolin, Idaho. -Postcard sold by J.H. Fussy.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-11
Building Warren home. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1932
17-11-12 undated
17-11-13
Warren and Burch store on beach. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-14
Lela B. Scheider in water.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-15
Schneider's ranch and summer cottages. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-16
Warren family on beach. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-17
Idaho Hotel. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-18
Log boom.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1907
17-11-19
Side view of Warren homestead on Priest Lake. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-20 undated
17-11-21
Skinning a cougar.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-11-22
George and Bill Warren in water.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-12-01
Portrait of Dewey Huot at Whitetail Butte lookout.
Photographer: Dewey Huot through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-12-02
Spring team.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-12-03
Priest Lake swimmers. -Swimmers: Mard, Russ, Ned, Dewey, Bea.
4x5 inch black and white copy [print/negative]
undated
17-12-04
Huot's camp home. Lost Creek [flows into Chase Lake]. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-12-05
Logging tractor pulling three piles of logs.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-12-06 undated
17-12-07
Dewey Huot's mama.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1933
17-12-08
Quartz Creek Ranch barn.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-12-09
Ranch log dug-out.
Photographer: Dewey Huot through Priest Lake Museum. 5 1/2x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-12-10
Two men on top of a load of hay.
Photographer: Dewey Huot through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-12-11
Chicken house under construction.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1936
17-12-12
Brooder house [for chickens].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-12-13
Ranch home.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
26 October 1939
17-12-14
Dewey Huot posing with Priest Lake Stage automobile.
Photographer: Dewey Huot through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-13-01
Paul Martin cutting wood in snow. Zero Creek Planting Camp.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
Fall 1927
17-13-02
Donaldson (bull cook) cutting wood. Zero Creek Planting Camp.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
Fall 1928
17-14-01
Clear Jo built by Mel Markham. Also known as the BRC 2.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-14-02
Boat "BRC 1" at Kalispell Point. Priest Lake. Idaho.
Photographer: Margaret Brischle through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-15-01
Three men on barge pushed by the launch "Firefly."
Photographer: G. Black through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-15-02
Sailboat rigged by Ivan Painter and Frank Johnson.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-15-03 1938
17-15-04 undated
17-16-01
Mules on a barge with the Firefly [launch].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-16-02
Close-up of Fordson tractor engine on board the launch "Firefly."
Photographer: Ivan Painter through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-16-03
Boats "Kaniksu" and "Pend O'Reille" tied up at the Beaver Creek dock. Priest Lake. Idaho.
Photographer: Ivan Painter through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-16-04 undated
17-16-05 undated
17-16-06
Boat "Kaniksu" traveling up the Thorofare River [joins Priest Lake and Upper Priest Lake]. Idaho.
Photographer: Ivan Painter through Priest Lake Museum. 7.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-17-01
District ranger on mule.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-17-02 undated
17-17-03 circa 1930
17-17-04
Beaver Creek Ranger Station. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
circa 1930
17-17-05 1933
17-17-06
Lookout Mountain lookout. Rex Stuart of Newport.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1930
17-18-01
People posing at the Winslow homestead.
Photographer: Mike Winslow through Priest Lake Museum. 5x7 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-18-02 undated
17-18-03
Graydon and Dorothy Winslow.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-18-04
Nordman Bar.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-18-05
Graydon Winslow hunting.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-18-06
Donald Winslow with animals.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-18-07
Steamboats W.W. Slee and Kaniksu at Lion Head, Priest Lake, Idaho.
Photographer: Mike Winslow through Priest Lake Museum. 7.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-18-08
Woodrat Mine. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-18-09
Jimmy Fallis next to W.W. Slee [steamboat].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-18-10
Frosty and Scotty with swimmers behind.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-18-11
Bert Winslow plowing out at Dalkenia Camp. L Engine #1. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy [print/negative]
undated
17-18-12
Engine at Dalkenia Camp 1. Dickensheet [Ford?]. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-18-13
Coolin school. Eight students and teacher. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-18-14
Nordman school. Thirteen students. Nordman, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-18-15
Nordman school. Twelve students and teacher. Nordman, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy [print/negative]
1926
17-19-01
Indian Creek [flows into Priest Lake]. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-19-02
Wheelhouse on Tyee [steamboat].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-19-03
Tyee [steamboat] at Marina.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-19-04
Cavanaugh Bay. Priest Lake. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-19-05
Diamond Match jammer.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-19-06
Diamond Match Camp 9.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-20-01
Handy homestead at Soldier Creek [flows into Priest Lake]. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy [print/negative]
undated
17-20-02
Grandview Lodge. Priest Lake, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1936
17-20-03
Lady of the Lake [boat]. Owned by Carl Warren.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1937
17-20-04
Girl and dog in boat docked at Grandview Lodge. Priest Lake, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy [print/negative]
undated
17-20-05
Looking across the front of Grandview Lodge. Priest Lake, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy [print/negative]
undated
17-20-07
Cabin at Grandview Lodge. Priest Lake, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1937
17-20-08
Grandview Lodge. Taken from the dock. Priest Lake, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-20-09
People on the Grandview Resort dock. Priest Lake, Idaho.
Photographer: Mary Hunt through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-21-01
Boat in front of cabins flying flag. Priest Lake, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-21-02
"Sacajawea" [boat].
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-21-03
Boat tied to pilings showing the island.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-21-04
Kitchen with folks around the table.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-21-05
Fish family on wooden walk in front of cabins.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-21-06
Kitchen slightly out of focus.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-21-07
One days catch of fish.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-21-08
Mr. And Mrs. Fish in front of cabin.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-21-09 undated
17-22-01
Logging camp housing.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-22-02
Landing at Beaver Creek [flows into Priest Lake]. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1954
17-22-03
Buildings at logging camp.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-22-04
Cat on barge.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-22-05
Snowshoes with camp buildings in background.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-22-06
Loaded logging truck.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-22-07
Loaded logs at camp #9.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-22-08
Man in front of large log.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-22-09
Slaughtering pigs.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-22-10
Dressing deer.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-22-11
Logging truck loaded with five logs.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-22-12
Snow on logging camp buildings.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-23-01
Albert Hagman and Ed Hampshire working sawmill.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-23-02
Small girl standing on a stack of lumber at unidentified logging camp.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-23-03
Three men standing in the middle of a snow-covered road in the forest.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 7.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-23-04
Six children in horse-drawn sled.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-23-05
Load of logs on sled.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-23-06
Six children posing with horse and dog in front of school.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 8x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-23-07
Albert, Helen, and Clarence Hagman posing in front of houses.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 8x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-23-08
Buildings on the Albert Hagman homestead.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 8x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-23-09
Thirteen children and teacher posing in front of school building.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-23-10
John Fulton posing with two work horses.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-23-11
Ed Geugler and Frank Lilya posed in front of cabin.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 8x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-23-12
Ed Geugler and Frank Lilya pheasant hunting with dog.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 8x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-23-13
Albert Hagman family. Two men, one woman, three children.
Photographer: Alice Rogers through Priest Lake Museum. 8x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-24-01
Aftermath of the Diamond Creek slash burn.
Photographer: Lee White through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
1942
17-24-02
Boat "Seneacqouteen."
Photographer: Lee White through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
11 October 1933
17-24-03
Government dock. Coolin, Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1934
17-24-04
Looking west from Hughes Lookout.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
1939
17-24-05
Haying in Squaw Valley.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
September 1937
17-24-06
Continental Mine at Blue Joe Creek.
Photographer: Lee White through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
8 July 1937
17-24-07
S-H Company Steelcraft boat at Kalispell Bay. Priest Lake. Idaho.
Photographer: Lee White through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-24-08 1949
17-25-01
CCC Camp at Granite Creek [flows into Priest Lake]. Idaho.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-25-02
Firefly [launch] pushing barge.
4x5 inch black and white copy negative
undated
17-26-01
Steamboat "Tyee" at dock. Coolin, Idaho.
Photographer: Charles Wellner through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
1932
17-27-01
Diamond Match Company locomotive "Lakeshore Limited." Crossing at Kalispell Creek.
Photographer: Jim Norman through Priest Lake Museum. 7x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-28-01
Deer fed by Idaho State Game Commission. Near Priest Lake. Idaho. -Close view.
Photographer: Idaho State Game Dept. through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white [print]
11 January 1936 to April 10 1936
17-28-02
Deer fed by Idaho State Game Commission. Near Priest Lake. Idaho.
Photographer: Idaho State Game Dept. through Priest Lake Museum. 6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
12 January 1936 to April 10 1936
17-29-01
Crew of men working on a log jam on Priest River. Idaho. -Print of Ross Hall postcard.
Photographer: Ross Hall through Priest Lake Museum. 6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-29-02
Three cougar carcasses hung by their necks. American flag in background. -Print of Ross Hall postcard.
Photographer: Ross Hall through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted [print]
undated
17-29-03
Confluence of Priest River and Pend Oreille River. Aerial view. -Print of Ross Hall postcard.
Photographer: Ross Hall through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-29-04
Men with peavies working logs into Priest River. Idaho. -Print of Ross Hall postcard.
Photographer: Ross Hall through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-29-05
Priest Lake Highway near the Outlet. Idaho. -Print of Ross Hall postcard.
Photographer: Ross Hall through Priest Lake Museum. 6x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-30-01
E. S. Burgan Family camping. Tent next to covered wagon.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 5x7 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-30-02
E. S. Burgan Family camping. Close view.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 5x7 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-31-01
Plowboy Lookout on Plowboy Mountain. Ten miles north of Nordman, Idaho.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 5x7 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-31-02
Lewis "Pete" Chase standing on a dock shaking hands with an unidentified man in a boat.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 5x7 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-31-03
Lewis "Pete" Chase and unidentified man.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 5x7 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-31-04
Trapper building fire in front of lean-to.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 5x7 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-31-05
Pack train at Upper Priest Lake. Idaho.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 5x7 black and white mounted print
undated
17-31-06
Lewis "Pete" Chase and unidentified photographer.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 5x7 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-31-07
Lewis "Pete" Chase hoeing his garden.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 5x7 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-31-08 undated
17-31-09
Gustav "Cougar Gus" Johnson and Ruth Scott.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 5x7 inch black and white mounted print
1925
17-31-10
Frank Brown in front of Dad Moulton's cabin.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 5x7 inch black and white mounted print
undated
17-31-11
Pete Chase and two others at his moonshine still.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 5x7 inch black and white mounted print
1925
17-32-01a
Five men standing on a load of logs being drawn through the snow by two horses.
Photographer: Priest Lake Museum Assoc. 6.5x10 inch black and white mounted print
undated

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Subject Terms

  • Lakes
  • Logging
  • Northwest, Pacific--Pictorial works

Geographical Names

  • Idaho
  • Idaho--History
  • Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest)
  • Northwest, Pacific--History
  • Priest Lake (Idaho)