Frank J. Meyers papers - Archives West

Frank J. Meyers papers, 1869-1965

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Meyers, Frank J.
Title: Frank J. Meyers papers
Dates: 1869-1965 (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
Quantity: cubic ft. (21 boxes)
Collection Number: 05195
Summary: Frank J. Meyers (1890-1973) was a photographer who lived in Rawlins, Wyoming. The collection contains prints and negatives created or copied by Meyers.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Frank J. Meyers (1890-1973) was a photographer who lived in Rawlins, Wyoming, where he had purchased the photography business of Hugh J. Rogner in 1923. Meyers ran the business for 50 years until his death. In 1945 he opened a summer studio in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where he developed scenic photographs into large photograph murals. He was a Grand Master of the Wyoming Masons and president of the Rocky Mountain Professional Photographers Association.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains approximately 900 negatives, all of which have been digitized and are accessible through hyperlinks below, as well as photographs and photograph albums. The images primarily depict Wyoming in the 1920s to 1960s, especially Rawlins, Parco, the Snowy Range, and Jackson Hole. In addition to photographs taken by Meyers, the collection includes negatives of historical photographs copied by Meyers, including images of Fort Fred Steele, Buffalo Bill, and Sherman Station. Also included are postcards and photographic equipment.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Alternative Forms Available

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~17~17.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Frank J. Meyers at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Harold B. Meyers and Betty M. Miller, 1973-1978.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by D. Claudia Thompson in April 2010. The finding aid was updated by D. Claudia Thompson in June 2014.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. PhotographsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	American Legion	1933, undated
1	2	Ames Monument	undated
1	3	Baker, Jim	undated
1	4	Battle, Wyoming	undated
1	5	Benton, Wyoming	1869
1	6	Blizzard	1949
1	7	Bull Teams and Wagons	undated
1	8	Butch Cassidy Gang	undated
1	9	Canary, Martha Jane (Calamity Jane)	undated
1	10	Cars	undated
1	11	Carbon County Fair Exhibits	1929
1	12	Carlisle, Bill and Ruby Rivera (UP Agent)	1916
1	13	Casper, Wyoming - Original Site & Land Sale Document	undated
1	14	Cavalry	undated
1	15	Cody, William (Buffalo Bill)	undated
1	16	Dam - Pathfinder	undated
1	17	Dam - Seminoe Inspection Group	undated
1	18	Deane Mine - Battle Lake District	undated
1	19	Drilling Rig	undated
1	20	Elk Mountain	undated
1	21	Encampment, Wyoming	undated
1	22	Encampment - Ferris-Haggerty Mine	undated
1	23	Ernest, Boney	undated
1	24	Fleischli, Gus	1922
1	25	Fort Bridger	undated
1	26	Fort Halleck	undated
1	27	Fort Steele	1870-1925
3		Freemasons, Shriners, and Eastern Star (Photo Ablum)	1920-1944
4		Freemasons and Shriners (Oversize)	1922-1926
4		Gas Well Fire - Wertz Camp (Oversize)	November 1926
	Folder
1	28	Hanna, Wyoming	1936
1	29	Hanna, Wyoming - Coal Mine	1903
1	30	Horse - Comanche	undated
1	31	Hospital - Memorial Carbon Co.	1921-1922
1	32	Indians (including Washakie, Hollow Horn Bear)	undated
1	33	Jackson Hole Area	1945, undated
3		Jackson Hole Area (Photo Albums - 2 items)	undated
	Folder
1	34	Kemmerer, Wyoming - Mine Disaster	1923
1	35	Laramie, Wyoming - Mehse Baker Motor Co.	1972
1	36	Mail Plane - First in Rawlins	1921
4		Mail Plane - First in Rawlins (Oversize)	1921
	Folder
1	37	Meyers Family	1894, undated
4		Meyers, Kate (Oversize)	undated
	Folder
1	38	Oil Field - Hughes Company	1923
1	39	Oil Field - Lost Soldier	1916
1	40	Oil Well - Larson	undated
1	41	Oregon Trail/Overland Trail	1905-1933, undated
1	42	Osborne, John E.	undated
1	43	Parco, Wyoming	1924-1934
1	44	Parco, Wyoming - Oil Refinery and Fire	1927, undated
1	45	Parrott, George (Big Nose George)	undated
1	46	Poem - "God Forsaken Land"	undated
1	47	Pony Express Map	circa 1960
1	48	Railroads - General	circa 1960
1	49	Ranch - A Bar A (Encampment, Wyoming)	1949-1954
1	50	Ranch - Meyers, Fred and Phil (Evanston, Wyoming)	1961
1	51	Ranch - Pick	1894-1896
1	52	Ranch - Stone	undated
1	53	Ranch - Sun	1921, undated
1	54	Rawlins, John	undated
1	55-56	Rawlins, Wyoming	1879-1939, undated
4		Rawlins, Wyoming (Oversize)	1920-1923, undated
	Folder
2	1	Rawlins, Wyoming - Churches	1921-1930, undated
2	2	Rawlins, Wyoming - Court Houses	1938, undated
2	3	Rawlins, Wyoming - Cycle Club	1897
2	4	Rawlins, Wyoming - Fire Department	1894-1938
2	5	Rawlins, Wyoming - Funeral Parlors and Hearses	1924-1938
4		Rawlins, Wyoming - Funeral Parlors	undated
	Folder
2	6	Rawlins, Wyoming - High School Activities	1923-1938, undated
2	7	Rawlins, Wyoming - Penitentiary	1922-1949, undated
2	8	Rawlins, Wyoming - Pump Station	1892
2	9-10	Rawlins, Wyoming - Rodeo	1924, undated
2	11	Rawlins, Wyoming - School Buildings and Interiors	1916, undated
2	12	Rawlins, Wyoming - Sheriff Office and Personnel	1923, undated
2	13	Rawlins, Wyoming - Social Life - Lady Delphians Acting Group	1935
2	14	Rawlins, Wyoming - Union Pacific Hotel	1870
2	15	Rawlins, Wyoming - Wrecker Service	1926
2	16	Rocky Mountain Photographers Association	1937-1947
2	17	Roosevelt, Theodore	1903, undated
2	18	Roundup - Chuck Wagon	1890
2	19	Saratoga, Wyoming - Hot Springs Hotel	1900
2	20	Sheep	undated
2	21	Sheep Wagon	1919
2	22	Sherman Station, Wyoming	1870
2	23	Sherrod, Mr.	undated
2	24	Snowy Range Area	undated
4		Snowy Range Area (Oversize)	undated
	Folder
2	25	Stage Coaches	1900, undated
4		Stage Coaches (Oversize)	1899
	Folder
2	26	Stage Station - Three Crossings	undated
2	27	Surveyors' Camp - Rock Creek	1870
2	28	Surveyors' Camp - Medicine Bow River	1870
2	29	Sweetwater River and Devil's Gate	undated
2	30	Tidball, Lewis Cass (Judge)	1938
2	31	Trucks with Oil Well Supplies	1919-1923
2	32	Union Pacific Railroad - Employees	1922-1941
2	33	Union Pacific Railroad - Engines	1927, undated
4		Union Pacific Railroad - Engines (Oversize)	undated
	Folder
2	34	Union Pacific Railroad - Photographers - Baker and Johnston	undated
2	35	Union Pacific Railroad - Portland Rose Wreck	1934
2	36	Watson, Ella (Cattle Kate)	undated
2	37	World War I - Draftees	1918
2	38	World War II - Draftees	1941
2	39	Wyoming Motorways Bus	undated
2	40	Wyoming Transportation Company	1891
2	41	Miscellaneous Photographs - Identified (Buck Creek Well; Buffalo Bill Museum; Wyoming Trout; O'Melia Family; Sunset, Dinosaur Postcards)	1922-1940
2	42	Miscellaneous Photographs (Unidentified)	undated
4		Miscellaneous Photographs (Unidentified- Oversize)	undated
5		Copy Prints from 7x17 negatives	undated
17		Framed Photographs (Tetons, Medicine Bow Peak)	undated

Series II. NegativesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
8C	1	Poem "This God-Forsaken Land"	undated
8C	2	Rawlins National Bank Interior	undated
8C	3	Mr. Blydenburg and Dr. Osborne in front seat of old car	undated
6	4	Dr. Osborne and Mr. Kinnamon in front of old court house in car	undated
8C	5	Rankin livery stable, stage coach and horses	undated
8C	6	Brigadier General John A. Rawlins	undated
8C	7	Penitentiary main building with wire fence	undated
8C	8	Fort Bridger	undated
8C	9	Medicine Bow panorama	undated
8C	10	Locomotive # 4002	undated
8C	11	Willys' overland trail marker	undated
8C	12	Shriner's iniation	1900
8C	13	Old Buggy and man with a gun	undated
6, 12A	14	Poem, "In Wyoming", by Mrs. Lumsden	1923
12A	15	Elk Mountain	November 25, 1922
6	16	Mr. Sherrod "Old Timer" on back of wagon	undated
12A	17	Sheriff Sanders at Fort Steele Bridge	June 18, 1922
12A	18	Shrine Patrol	1926
12A	19	Parco	1924
12A	20	Jackson Lake	1920
8C	21	Dental Parlor, Doctor Maghee, on Cedar St.	undated
12A	22	Brooks Lake	undated
12A	23	North Platte River panorama showing many trees	undated
8C	24	Hans Larsen bicycle club	1897
8C, 6	25	Presbyterian Church, Morris Presbyterian chapel	undated
8C	26	Deane Mine - Battle Lake	undated
8C, 6	27	Hugus building, 1965	1965
6	28	Overland Trail North Platte River crossing, monument dedication	August, 1933
6	29	Cedar Street looking west	circa 1920's
6	30	Central School	1916
6	31	Public row	1917
6	32	Masonic Temple	1916
6	33	4 wheel drive truck belonging to F.A. Van Horn	1916
6	34	Elks Initiation	October, 1921
6	35	Central School, after trees were planted	1924
6	36	Carbon County Court house	May 12, 1916
6	37	Old Hospital and Ford garage on Cedar Street	1916
6	38	Post Office	May 12, 1916
6	39	Shrine Parade	1924
6	40	Ferris Hotel	1916
6	41	Parade	1916
12A	42	Rawlins Garage on the corner of 5th and Buffalo street	undated
12A	43	Aero Filling Station on the corner of 5th and Cedar street	undated
12A	44	Corner of 4th and Buffalo street looking northwest	February 2, 1923
12A	45	Corner of 4th and Buffalo street looking southwest	February 2, 1923
6	46	Wyoming State Penitentiary	May 12, 1916
8C	47	Wyoming State Penitentiary blanket factory	undated
6	48	Saratoga Stage	1899
6	49	Saratoga and Rawlins Stage	1900
6	50	Wyoming State Penitentiary	1890
8C	51	Rawlins at 4th and Cedar street looking west	undated
8C, 6	52	Hot Springs Hotel, Saratoga, WY	circa 1900
8C	53	Corner of 5th and Cedar after fire	Oct. 16, 1906
8C	54	Photographers	1870, undated
6	55	Front Street, Rawlins	1879
8C	56	Cedar Street, Rawlins, WY	undated
8C	57	Old Courthouse in snow	undated
6	58	Cedar Street/Lincoln Highway looking west, Rawlins, WY	undated
6	59	Cedar Street, Rawlins, WY	undated
8C	60	Rawlins snow storm	1945
8C	61	Courthouse	undated
8C	62	Rawlins, 5th Street below Cedar	May 1, 1917
		Fort Steele, 1870, soldiers and pet elk (missing negative)
Box	Folder
8C	64	Locomotive # 674	undated
8C	65	Pick Ranch round-up	1894
8C	66	Pick ranch round-up, last cattle shipment to Rawlins	1896
8C	67	Fort Steele Depot	1896
8C	68	Yellowstone park stage	undated
8C	69	Rawlins pump station	1892
12A	70	Rotary club and the Union Pacific safety delegation on the Elks club steps	April 17,1923
8C	71	Fort Steele tie loading plant	undated
7	72	Cattle round-up	undated
8C	73	Saratoga Hotel bar	1900
8C	74	Larsen oil well	undated
8C	75	Kortes	undated
8C	76	H. Rasmussen Store and Masonic Temple furniture	undated
8C	77	School district #25 class pictures	undated
8C	78	Rawlins from Monument hill	undated
8C	79	Indian Chief Hallow Horn Bear	undated
8C	80	Railroad ties on North Platte River	1869
8C	81	Surveyors camp on Medicine Bow River	1870
8C	82	Surveyors camp on Rock Creek	1870
8C	83	J.W. Hugus and company store	undated
8C	84	Dog poker game, "A Friend in Need"	undated
7	85	Indians in full dress	undated
8C	86	Medicine Bow picnic north of the town	July 4th, 1905
8C	87	Ryan Park, original saw mill	undated
8C	88	First school building in Rawlins, WY	undated
8C	89	Episcopal Church	undated
8C	90	Jungquist corner on 5th and Cedar to the northwest	undated
8C	91	Union Pacific Railroad Hotel in Rawlins, WY	1870
7	92	5th and Buffalo street service station	1925
7	93	Rawlins Garage on the corner of 5th and Buffalo street	August 23, 1919
8C	94	Shrine parade on Buffalo street, Rawlins, WY	undated
8C	95	Courthouse, Rawlins, WY	1938
8C	96	Courthouse front door, Rawlins, WY	1938
7	97	Wyoming State Penitentiary execution chamber	April 22, 1935
8C	98	Courthouse courtroom, Rawlins,WY	1938
8C	99	Dr. Lillian Nelson	undated
8C	100	Centennial map of pony express route through Wyoming	1960
8C	101	Tom Sun's father, Thomas de Beau Soli	undated
8C	102	Tom Robert's family and ranch on Sand Creek	undated
8C	103	Cattle Kate on horseback	undated
8C	104	Rawlins opera house and street scene	undated
8C	105	Tom Sun ranch gate	undated
8C	106	Bar V Ranch	undated
8C	107	Boney Earnest ranch house	undated
8C	108	Bud Bird and Texas cattle men	1890
8C	109	Dr. Grace Hebard	undated
8C	110	Oregon Trail, last string team	undated
8C	111	Tom Sun ranch, original house	undated
8C	112	Taxi Bill on Oregon Trail	August 6, 1905
8C	113	Locomotive # 533	December 22, 1958
8C	114	Locomotive # 1640	undated
8C	115	Locomotives (7 missing negatives)
8C	116	Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R.) wreck in west yard	undated
7, 8C	117	Buffalo Bill	undated
8C	118	Sheriff Rankin	1901
7, 8C	119	Calamity Jane	undated
8C	120	Jim Baker	undated
7, 8C	121	Big Nose George	undated
8C	122	Hotel Wolf with stage and horses, Saratoga, WY	1876
7	123	Boney Earnest and buffalo hunters with buffalo	undated
7, 8C	124	Teddy Roosevelt	undated
7, 8C	125	Encampment, WY	undated
12A	126	Trucks with Lost Soldier Pipeline equipment	January 19, 1922
12A	127	Elks Club and The Ferris Hotel	undated
12A	128	Locomotive # 7000	undated
12A, 7	129	Future site of the Sinclair Oil Refinery at Granville	October 31, 1922
12B	130	Lake Marie and Battle Lake	undated
12B	131	Dodge cars and trucks in front of Lee Smiley's residence	May 31, 1923
12B	132	Rawlins, WY looking east	1919
12B	133	Sanders Stills, Rawlins, WY	undated
12B	134	Parco fire department	1920
12B	135	Parco garage, Parco, WY	undated
12B	136	H. Rasmussen Funeral Parlor and Furniture store, Rawlins, WY	May 24, 1922
12B	137	New cars in front of the H.J Rogner Studio on 4th Street	1919
		First mail plane in Rawlins (missing 7 x 17 negative)
Box	Folder
7, 8C	139	Hanna band	undated
8C	140	Chief Washakie	undated
7, 8C	141	Indians	undated
7	142	Wyoming State Penitentiary gallows	undated
7	143	E. Sundin, Dodge Brothers Motor Cars, Rawlins, WY	August 12, 1919
7	144	Buick garage, Rawlins, WY, October 3, 1919	7216
7	145	Rawlins Transit on Buffalo Street	February, 1920
7	146	Digging basement on 5th Street, Rawlins, WY	April 24, 1923
7	147	Digging basement on 5th Street, Rawlins, WY	April 24, 1923
7	148	Studebaker car parked in front of the Elks Club	August 17, 1922
7	149	Wyoming State Penitentiary car lock when first built, Rawlins, WY	October 5, 1922
7	150	Presbyterian church	May 15, 1923
7	151	Rawlins Parco bus in front of Rawlins garage	February 1, 1926
7	152	Candlish blacksmith shop	undated
7	153	Sherman Hill Station	1869
7	154	Alert Hose Co.	May 30, 1894
7	155	Luxus corner	1920
7	156	U.S. Cavalry troop	undated
8C	157-158	Three Crossings Station on the Sweetwater River	1870
7	159	Rawlins	circa 1900
8C	160	Homer Merrill residence	undated
8C	161	Bell Stables	undated
8C	162	Colburn cars	1909
7	163	Devil's Gate and the Tom Sun Ranch	July 4, 1921
7	164	Tom Sun ranch	July 21, 1921
7	165	Wyoming State Penitentiary gas chamber	undated
8C	166	Donnell barn	undated
8C	167	Episcopal rectory	1966
12B	168	Locomotive # 7000 with 5 people in picture	1922
12B	169	Rawlins Polytechnic school	undated
12B	170	Knights of Columbus annual state convention	June 10-11th, 1922
8A	171	Pathfinder dam	July 6, 1923
8A	172	Pathfinder dam	July 6, 1923
8A	173	Pathfinder dam	July 6, 1923
8C	174	Jim Baker	undated
8C	175,176, 177	Wyoming State Penitentiary license tag shop	December 4, 1949
8C	178	Lady Delphians acting group in "Stratton house"	1935
8C	179	Lady Delphians acting group in "Stratton house"	1935
8C	180-181	Rawlins city hall and fire department	1938
8A	182	Wyoming State Penitentiary dining room	1926
8A	183	Old fashioned cooking tools	1920
8A	184	Trucks in front of Elks Club building, Rawlins, WY	circa 1930
8A	185	Collins funeral parlor	circa 1930
8A	186	Martin and Franks new funeral coach	May, 1924
8A	187	Masonic Temple, Rawlins, WY	1926
8A	188	Austin and Lemoine with moonshine stills	1926
8A	189	Ferris Hotel	April, 1920
8A	190	Trucks and machinery	1923
8C	191	Rawlins fire department trucks	1942
8A	192	Carbon County hospital	1921
8A	193	Union Pacific Railroad workers and Rawlins fire department fire engine crew	January 1920
8A	194	Locomotive # 7021	1927
8C	195	Old Timers Club, Union Pacific Engineers	1941
8A	196	Carbon County hospital	April, 1922
8A	197	Frank Meyer's mother	undated
8A	198	Rawlins high school champion basketball team	1923
8C	199	Grand Lodge A.F.A.M.	August 22, 1938
8C	200	Shrine groups	1944
8C	201	Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R.) firemans dance in Masonic temple	January 19,1923
8A	202	1890 round-up, chuck wagon and cowboys	1890
8A	203	Rawlins fire department, Union Pacific (U.P.) crew	1920
8A	204	Sunset, July 26, I922	8243
8A	205	Daley building under construction	1923
8C	206	Draft board	1941
8A	207	Lions Club picnic at Fort Steele	1925
8A, 8C	208	Water pipes, Pene Line Construction	1924
8C	209	W.P.A. Carbon County Courthouse	March 2, 1940
8C	210	Masonic officers of the Hanna grand lodge	April 9, 1938
8C	211	Wyoming State Penitentiary blanket	1940
9C	212	Masonic meeting on Independence Rock	July 4, 1940
8A	213	Carbon County fair parade on Cedar Street, Rawlins, WY	1926
8A	214	Aerial view of Rawlins, WY	undated
8A	215	Dirt road to Saratoga	undated
8A	216	Overland Trail cemetery	undated
8A, 9C	217	Town of Battle, WY	undated
		One of the last tie drives to Fort Steele, showing many ties in the river (missing negative)
Box	Folder
8A	219	Seminoe dam site inspection group from Rawlins	undated
8A	220	Odd Fellows, Candy kitchen fire	1930
8A	221	Casper to Rawlins bus	circa 1920's
8A	222	Wyoming state penitentiary	undated
8A	223	Group at Alcova, WY before dam was built	circa 1930's
8A	224	Wyoming trout	1924
8A	225	Carbon County Fair exhibits	August 30, 1929
8A	226	Catholic Church, Rawlins, WY	1930
8A	227	Notarized document concerning layout of town site	1889
8A	228	Union Pacific vacation display in the Strand Theatre	July 13, 1935
		Kemmerer mine disaster (missing negative)	1923
Box	Folder
8A	230	Brooks murder trial, Carbon County, WY	1935
8B	231	Cullens meat market	1919
8B	232	Lost Soldier Field	1916
8B, 9C	233	Strand Theater	1921
8D	234	Diamond T. trucks	May 24, 1919
8B	235	Osborne building, Rawlins, WY	undated
8B	236	Brick works at Parco	undated
8B	237	Rawlins, WY	June 9, 1916
8B	238	Lou Nelson	1923
8B	239	Daley Ranch water wagon	1923
9C	240	Snow storm	1949
8B	241	U.S. mail plane	1922
8B, 9C	242	Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R.) engines	undated
8B	243	First National Bank construction	July 29, 1923
8B, 8D	244	Hughes Oil Company	August 24, 1920
8B	245	Rawlins Fire Department	June 23, 1933
9C	246	Carbon county courthouse employees	1938
8B	247	White trucks	October 1921
8B	248	Gus Fleschli and wrecker	October 10, 1926
8B	249	Cullens Commercial Company, Wamsutter, WY	1926
8B	250	Rawlins-Parco bus	undated
8D	251	A.W. Oil Field Company	July 12, 1919
8B	252	Ford Garage	circa 1920's
8B	253	Sheriff's office, old car	undated
9C	254	Dave's Standard Station-gas station	August 10, 1939
8B	255	Catholic Church	1922
8B	256	Pierce Arrow	June, 1921
8B	257	Sheriff and beer outfit by courthouse	1923
8B	258	Phillip's floral shop, Rawlins, WY	May, 1921
9C	259	O'Melia's family group	circa 1940's
9C	260	Judge Tidball	1938
8B	261	Wyoming State Penitentiary shirt factory	1935
9C	262	Guards Wyoming State Penitentiary	March 7, 1938
9C	263	Wyo Pen Orchestra (Wyo Wranglers)	July 12, 1938
8D	264	Sunnyside addition	1925
8B	265	American Legion hanging man from overpass	May 28, 1923
8B	266	Kinnamon truck	May 1922
8B	267	Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R.) Company, strike breakers headquarters	June 1922
8D	268	Sinclair trucks and warehouse	July 17, 1919
8B	269	Aero filling station	1923
9C	270	Gus Fleischli Studebaker	1922
8B	271	American Legion Post no. 22	May 29, 1933
8B	272	Presbyterian church Sunday school group	February 3, 1921
9C	273	Rawlins National Bank	November 6, 1937
8B	274	Am. Cornwell and car	circa 1920's
8D	275	Sheep wagon and men	May 1919
9C	276	Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R.) lady oldtimers	April 12, 1939
8D	277	First National Bank construction	November 1925
8D	278	Malachi Dillon trucks	May 1919
8B	279	Car on stage of Strand Theatre	April 15, 1923
9C	280	Collins McKelvey's new hearse	August 12, 1938
8B	281	Shrine Patrol	April 4, 1921
8B	282	Shrine Patrol	April 8, 1922
8B	283	National Army contingent	June 26, 1918
8B	284	National Army contingent	July 5, 1918
8B	285	National Army contingent	July 15, 1918
8B	286	National Army contingent	July 24, 1918
12B	287	Wyoming State Penitentiary	August 1922
12B	288	Shrine Patrol and drum corp	November 17, 1922
9A	289	Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R.) wreck in Rawlins, WY railroad yards	September 1923
9A	290	Ed Simmons and Junior Woodsmen in Black Hills	undated
9A	291	Comanche, only survivor on white man's side in the battle of the Little Big Horn	undated
9C	292	Daley family tree	undated
9A, 9C	293	Bucking horse	undated
9A, 8D	294	Parco refinery	circa 1920's-1930's
9A	295	Sage Creek water when it was first brought into Rawlins, WY	1924
9A, 9C	296	Covered wagon trains, 1 in Encampment, 1 on trail	undated
9A	297	Stagecoaches	undated
9A, 9C	298	Elk Mountain ranches	undated
9C	299	McMicken group of old pioneers	undated
9A	300	Stone ranch	undated
9C	301	Fort Steele when occupied	undated
9C	302	Encampment Ferris Haggerty mine	undated
9A	303	Bill Carlisle and U.P. cop Ruby Rivera after trial	May 11, 1916
9C	304	Moran, Wyoming, first building	undated
9A	305	Butch Cassidy gang	undated
9A	306	Masonic lodge on Independence Rock	July 4th, 1920
9C	307	Sheep fording North Platte River at Fort Steele.	undated
9A, 9C	308	Rawlins, WY street scenes and buildings	1934
9A, 9C	309	Front Street, Rawlins, WY	1879, 1883
9C	310	Cullens grocery store	undated
9C	311	Fair parade	1920
9A	312	Rawlins, WY	1928, 1935
9A	313	Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins WY	1935, undated
9A	314	Seminoe Dam site	1935
9A	315	Carbon County Courthouse, Rawlins, WY	circa 1920's
9B, 9C	316	Rawlins, WY buildings	circa 1930's
9B	317	U.S. mail plane	1925
9B	318	Fort Steele Motel	1926
9C	319	Snow plows working	undated
9B	320	Rawlins first motel	1920
		Parco and Parco fire (box of negatives not in file)
		Rodeo negatives (one full box of negatives, not in file)
Box	Folder
9B	323	Rawlins City Band and cowgirl rodeo stars	1924
9C	324	Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R.) first engine on track	1868
		Benton, Wyoming territory "called Hell on wheels"
		Jack Marrow at Benton
		Benton St. scene
		Fort Steele.
Box	Folder
9C	329	Rawlins new Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R) depot	1868
9C	330	Rawlins newspaper and state bank	undated
9C	331	Dr. Osborne, portrait	undated
9C	332	Rawlins springs	1920
9C	333	Locomotive with people	undated
9C	334	Jim Baker's cabin	undated
9C	335	Rawlins first depot	undated
9C	336	Rambler mining town	undated
9C	337	Town of Battle	1905
9B	338	Continental Motors airplane	undated
9C	339	Rawlins, WY	1880
9C	340	Locomotive # 1243	August 17, 1968
9C	341	Fort Halleck (artist drawing)	undated
9B	342	WWI first draftees, National Army contingent draft	1917, 1918
9B, 9C	343	Senior class	1933
9C	344	Senior class	1937
9C	345	Lions club directors	1948
9C	346	Wolf Hotel, Saratoga, WY, entire building	undated
9C	347	Wyoming Transportation Co., mule teams	1891
9B	348	Bull team and covered wagons	undated
9B	349	Covered wagons on Spruce Street	undated
9B	350	Shrine patrol and Divan	1931
9C	351	A.F. A.M. officers	1946
9C	352	Job's Daughters	1938
9B	353	Teddy Hughs 12 horse team moving oil rig	September 5, 1916
9B	354	Parco baseball team	circa 1920's
9B	355	Dave's Standard Station	1919
9C	356	Shrine Divan	1937
9B	357	Eastern Star officers	December 10, 1936
9B, 9C	358	Shriners class	July 29, 1946
9C	359	Eastern Star	1945
9B	360	Masonic groups	1931-1932
12B	361	Union Pacific Locomotive #9000	July 15, 1926
9C	362	H. Larson's first lumber office and carpenter shop, Front Street, Rawlins, WY	undated
9C	363	Fraling Shoe Shop	1904
9C	364	Hugus building	1898, 1902
9C	365	Republican Office	1906
9C	366	Thodes store on Cedar Street, Rawlins, WY	undated
9C	367	House on corner of 6th and Cedar, Rawlins, WY	undated
9C	368	Cottage Hotel, Rawlins, WY	undated
9C	369	Post office construction, Rawlins, WY	May 1, 1910
9C	370	Interior of the United States post office, Rawlins, WY	1898
9C	371	5th street looking North, Rawlins, WY	undated
9C	372	Corner of 5th and Cedar, Rawlins, WY	undated
9C	373	Ed Bennett in Wagon in front of the Ferris Hotel, Rawlins, WY	1913
9C	374	Interior of the Jungquist hardware store, Rawlins, WY	undated
9C	375	Rasmussen furniture store, Rawlins, WY	undated
9B		Animals - Snipe	undated
9B		Snake	undated
9B		Snowy Range, "Sheepherder's home in Wyoming"	undated
9B		Snowy Range	undated
	Folder
9B	9B	Snowy Range	undated
9B		Snowy Range, Medicine Bow Road, Saratoga, WY	undated
	Folder
9B	9B	Bert Meyers	undated
9B		Mrs. Alais Meyers	undated
9C		Sheepherder's wagon and sheep in deep snow	undated
9C		Rawlins High School football team	1937
9C		Snow Plows and snow scenes	1949
9C		Miscellaneous negatives Includes images of the Tetons, Sun Ranch, snow scenes, animals, Mt. Rushmore, and an elk farm in Jackson, Wyoming.	1950, undated

Series III. Films and SlidesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
8D	Films (3 items) - Unidentified, 16mm	undated
13	6 Drawer Slide Case: "Elk Mts/Snowy Range", "Tetons", "Personal", 3 unlabeled drawers	undated
14	4 Drawer Slide Case: "Betty & Bob's Slides", "Tetons", 2 unlabeled drawers	undated

Series IV. Photographic EquipmentReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
11	Camera - Cine Eastman Kodak	1914
11	Camera - ICA Dresden "Compur"	1914
16	Camera - Cirkut	circa 1905
15	Tripod and Mounts for Cirkut Camera (with case)	undated

Series V. MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	42	Biographical Information	1940, undated
10		Post Card Album; Periodicals	1900-1910, undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Photographers--Wyoming--20th century

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Rocky Mountain Professional Photographers Association

Geographical Names

Jackson Hole (Wyo.)--History--20th century
Parco (Wyo.)
Rawlins (Wyo.)
Wyoming--History, 1890-1918
Wyoming--History, 1919-1945
Wyoming--History, 1946-
Wyoming--History, To 1889

Form or Genre Terms

Photograph albums

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Frank J. Meyers papers, 1869-1965

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Alternative Forms Available

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. PhotographsReturn to Top

Series II. NegativesReturn to Top

Series III. Films and SlidesReturn to Top

Series IV. Photographic EquipmentReturn to Top

Series V. MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Geographical Names

Form or Genre Terms

Processed by D. Claudia Thompson
2010; 2014

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Frank J. Meyers papers, 1869-1965

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Alternative Forms Available

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. PhotographsReturn to Top

Series II. NegativesReturn to Top

Series III. Films and SlidesReturn to Top

Series IV. Photographic EquipmentReturn to Top

Series V. MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Geographical Names

Form or Genre Terms

Processed by D. Claudia Thompson2010; 2014

Processed by D. Claudia Thompson
2010; 2014