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Compton Prints photograph collection, 1900-1980
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Compton's Studio.
- Title
- Compton Prints photograph collection
- Dates
- 1900-1980 (inclusive)19001980
- Quantity
- 3 boxes, (1.25 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0612
- Summary
- The Compton Print collection consists of mounted Compton photographs from Box Elder County including houses, public building, Main Street of Brigham City, Brigham City Businesses, individual and family portraits, landscape views, dams, and mining locations and materials. Many of the images are from the "C-boards" in the Compton Studio collection P0313.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Alma W. Compton, Sr. was born in England on September 21, 1856. He and his siblings moved to Ogden, Utah in 1868, their parents joined them a year later. His opportunities for schooling were meager and he worked in a broom factory before apprenticing himself to Ogden photographer J.W. Christensen in 1882. In 1883 he rented a photo outfit and traveled through Brigham City, Cache Valley, and around Malad, Idaho. He settled in Brigham City and rented the studio of Jens C. Gasberg (Brigham City's first photographer) before building his own studio in 1884. In 1886 Compton married Jane Emeline Dalton in the Logan Temple. The couple would have four children who survived to adulthood. On January 28, 1901 the studio became the Compton's Art & Music Company and moved to the location they would use until the studio closed in 1994. He died on March 16, 1931.
Alma W. Compton, Sr. was born in England on September 21, 1856. He and his siblings moved to Ogden, Utah in 1868, their parents joined them a year later. His opportunities for schooling were meager and he worked in a broom factory before apprenticing himself to Ogden photographer J.W. Christensen in 1882. In 1883 he rented a photo outfit and traveled through Brigham City, Cache Valley, and around Malad, Idaho. He settled in Brigham City and rented the studio of Jens C. Gasberg (Brigham City's first photographer) before building his own studio in 1884. In 1886 Compton married Jane Emeline Dalton in the Logan Temple. The couple would have four children who survived to adulthood. On January 28, 1901 the studio became the Compton's Art & Music Company and moved to the location they would use until the studio closed in 1994. He died on March 16, 1931.
Mathew Compton was born on November 16, 1892. He served in the military during WWI and returned to run the studio with his father after the death of Alma W. Compton, Jr. Mathew was instrumental in forming the American Legion of Utah in 1919 and was active in Brigham City commercial organizations. He married Pearl Peters on February 21, 1921 in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. They would have four children one of whom (Mathew Glenn) took over the studio in 1967.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Compton Print collection consists of mounted Compton photographs from Box Elder County including houses, public building, Main Street of Brigham City, Brigham City Businesses, individual and family portraits, landscape views, dams, and mining locations and materials. Many of the images are from the "C-boards" in the Compton Studio collection P0313.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Compton Prints photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: USU_P0612; Compton Print photograph collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_P0612, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Mounted Compton Prints, 1900-1980Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | 01:01:01: View of City Block |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:01:02: View of Field and Buildings in background |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:01:03: "Washakie Elwood" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:01:04: "Washakie Elwood" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:02: "First Adobe House Built in Brigham" |
1962 |
| 1 | 01:03: People in Front of House |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:04: Brigham City Home |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:05: "Lundall Home North of Brigham" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:06: "Scott Jensen's Home on East Forest Street Built by Henry Steed" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:07: untitled |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:07:01: "Old Thatch Cottage Brigahm Box Elder County Utah" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:07:02: "Looking West from Tabernacle in Brigham City" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:07:03: Houses and Surrounding Buildings Along Dirt Road |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:08: "The Day of the Baine Wagon Trucking in Early Days" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:09: "Window" Two People on Horseback |
1961-1968 |
| 1 | 01:10: "Perry Flood in June" |
1896 |
| 1 | 01:11: "Float Fourth of July Home" |
'4 July 1981 |
| 1 | 01:12: "Perry Flood" |
June 1896 |
| 1 | 01:13: Brigham City Tabernacle likely Fourth of July Celebration with picture of Grover Cleveland at Front of Room |
circa 1896 |
| 1 | 01:14: Sheep Grazing |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:15: Sheep Grazing |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:16: Possibly Float for Fourth of July Celebration |
circa 1896 |
| 1 | 01:17: Wagons, Horses, and People on Road Area |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:18: Men with Horses and Wagons |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:19: Men in Camp with Tents and a Wagon |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:20: Sheep on Road with Men on Horseback and Wagon |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:21: Women at the Bottom of Cliffs |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:22: "Willard Canyon Box Elder County, Utah" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:23: Looking down at Town in a Valley from Cliff |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:24: "North Brigham" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:25: Pond |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:26: "Bird Refuge" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:27: Birds, at Bird Refuge? |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:28: "Looking West Toward Brigham from Mountains" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:29: House by Small Creek |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:30: People on Cliff Side |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:31: untitled |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:31:01: Boys in Window of Second Story Building |
1910 |
| 1 | 01:31:02: Aerial View of Brigham City Main Street |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:31:03: North Main Street" Brigham City |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:31:04: Brigham City Train Station |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:31:05: LDSC 1888 Building--Likely a School House |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:31:06: Studebaker Bros Wagons and Carriages, Construction on Street Area |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:31:07: "William Hendricks Home" |
1978 |
| 1 | 01:32: Kitchen Area |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:33: Grave of Joseph R.B. Son of Joseph and An Blackburn |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:34: Machinery on Train Tracks |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:35: School House or Church Building in Brigham City |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:36: "Old Central School 1901" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:37: "The Old Central School" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:38: "In Window R. W. Fryer Livery Feed and Sale Stable" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:39: "Ice Cream and Merry Go Round sign in Front of Building located on Main Street" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:40: Aerial View of Brigham City Main Street |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:41: "East Side Main Street Brigham Box Elder County Utah" |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:42: "Central School 1901" School Building with Students and Faculty in Front--Group Photograph |
1900-1980 |
| 1 | 01:43: "Boothe and Pierce Store South of Court House on Main Street Brigham City Utah" |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:01: "Central School Building" |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:02: Aerial View of Brigham City Main Street |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:03: "Brigham--Sarah Squires Home on Corner Hillam Home Old Post Office Built" |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:04: "Looking South from First Security Bank" |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:05: Men, Women, and Children in Front of House |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:06: "In Window Lindals Thatched Home on North Main Street Brigham Utah" |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:07: Artistic Rendering of Houses and Roads |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:08: Artistic Rendering of Houses and Roads |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:09: "Brigham Main Street Looking North Sarah Squires Home Hillam Home" |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:10: Man in Horse Drawn Cart with Children on Street |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:11: "Beginning the Work of the First Cement Sidewalks in Brigham City on Corner of Forest Street and Main Street" |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:12: "Scene at the Baker Mine North East of Brigham--Mined Silver, Lead, and Silica" |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:13: "Bear River Canyon and Electric Power Plant and Pipe Line Box Elder County Utah" |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:14: Mining or Other Structure in Pond |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:15: Man at Structure with Wheels and Levers--Likely for Mining or Electric Plant |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:16: Electricity Dam |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:17: Likely Electricity Plant Structure |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:18: "Bakers Mine North of Brigham Utah" |
1900-1980 |
| 2 | 02:19: Water Gate near Building--Likely for Power Plant or Mining |
1900-1980 |
| 3 | 03:01: untitled |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 3 | 03:01:01: Woman with Infant |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:02: Portrait of Family of Six |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:03: Small Child in Lace Dress |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:04: Couple, Likely in Wedding Clothes |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:05: Small Child in Dress |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:06: Man in Suit and Tie |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:07: Portrait of Woman |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:08: Portrait of Woman |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:09: Portrait of Man in Suit |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:10: Woman with Infant |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:11: Portrait of Three Children |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:12: Portrait of Couple |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:13: Couple with Man Holding Papers |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:14: Portrait of Six Children |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:15: Portrait of Four Children One with a Horse Toy |
undated |
| 3 | 03:01:16: Two Women with Guitar |
undated |
| 3 | 03:02: untitled |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 3 | 03:02:01: Portrait of Seven Children Including "Callie Koford and Hansen" |
undated |
| 3 | 03:02:02: Mature Couple |
undated |
| 3 | 03:02:03: Mature Couple |
undated |
| 3 | 03:02:04: Portrait of Three Young Men Including "Frank Bowering, Norman Lee, and Victor Madsen" |
undated |
| 3 | 03:02:05: Portrait of Three Young Men Including "Frank Bowering, Norman Lee, and Victor Madsen" |
1982 |
| 3 | 03:03: untitled |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 3 | 03:03:01: Portrait of a Couple |
undated |
| 3 | 03:03:02: Portrait of Two Children |
undated |
| 3 | 03:04: untitled |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 3 | 03:04:01: Portrait of Couples in Chairs |
undated |
| 3 | 03:04:02: Portrait of Four People, Likely Two Couples |
undated |
| 3 | 03:04:03: Portrait of Small Child on Seat |
undated |
| 3 | 03:05: untitled |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 3 | 03:05:01: Portrait of Young Woman |
undated |
| 3 | 03:05:02: Portrait of a Couple Man in Uniform |
undated |
| 3 | 03:05:02a: Postcard from Mrs. Dorothy Wates to Pvt. Willis C. Watts Jr. |
undated |
| 3 | 03:05:02b: Postcard from Jess and Wanda to Pvt Willis C. Watts Jr. |
undated |
| 3 | 03:05:02c: Postcard from Blanche to Erma Adams |
undated |
| 3 | 03:05:03: Portrait of Man in Suit |
undated |
| 3 | 03:05:04: Portrait of Young Man in Suit |
undated |
| 3 | 03:06: untitled |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 3 | 03:06:01: "Brigham City Second Grade Leona Stokes--Teacher Miss Mary Jenson" |
1908 |
| 3 | 03:06:02: Young Child with Arrow |
undated |
| 3 | 03:07: untitled |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 3 | 03:07:01: "The Boy Scouts and Motion Pictures" at Opera House |
undated |
| 3 | 03:08: untitled |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 3 | 03:08:01: "Bradley Carver" in Uniform |
undated |
| 3 | 03:08:02: Written Composition by Bradley Carver at age 13 |
1945 December- |
| 3 | 03:09: untitled |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 3 | 03:09:01: "Nellie Jensen and Lena Thompson" |
undated |
| 3 | 03:09:02: Three Women in a Shop |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agriculture--Utah--Box Elder County--Photographs.
- Business enterprises--Utah--Box Elder County--Photographs.
- Historic buildings--Utah--Box Elder County--Photographs.
Personal Names
- Compton, Alma W. (Alma Walter), 1856-1931.
- Compton, Alma Walter, 1889-1919.
- Compton, Matthew Glenn, 1923-1999.
- Compton, Matthew Joseph, 1892-1967.
Corporate Names
- Compton's Art & Music Company.
Geographical Names
- Box Elder County (Utah)--Photographs.
- Brigham City (Utah)--Photographs.
Form or Genre Terms
- Studio portraits--Utah--Box Elder County.
Finding aid/Register created by Risha Price
2016
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