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Utah Cooperative Extension Division Photographs,, 1920-1929
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Peterson, William, 1874-1957.
- Title
- Utah Cooperative Extension Division Photographs,
- Dates
- 1920-1929 (inclusive)19201929
- Quantity
- 6 boxes, (3 linear ft.)
- Collection Number
- USU_P0017
- Summary
- This collection consists of 187 black and white photographs taken by the Utah Cooperative Extension Division from the 1920s to the 1940s.
- 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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Restrictions
No restrictions on use except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
These photographs were removed from the William Peterson material that is part of the Utah State University Archives (Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Directors Files 18:17). Peterson (1874-1957) graduated from the Agricultural College of Utah (now Utah State University) in 1899. He was an instructor and professor at USU from 1899 until 1946: He was also the director of the Utah Extension Division from 1924 until 1946: He was a nationally recognized expert on Western land and water issues.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of 187 prints taken by the Utah Cooperative Extension Division from the 1920s to the 1940s. They show beautification projects in Smithfield and Wellsville (including school and church grounds), food preparation, music instruction, cleaning techniques, agricultural scenes, 4-H judging, reservoirs, trees, livestock, and sewing. Some of the photos were taken on campus, but most were either taken in Cache Valley or the Brigham City/Ogden area.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Utah Cooperative Extension Division Photographs must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Alternative Forms Available
View selected digitized images in this collection from the Extension, Enterprise, and Education: The Legacy of Co-operatives and Cooperation in Utah
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: P0017; Utah Cooperative Extension Division Photographs; Photograph Collections; Utah State University Special Collections and Archives, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University.
Following Citations: P0017, USUSC.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Description | Dates |
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1:01: Two women picking up the corner of carpet | 1920-1940 |
1:02: Same two women looking under the carpet | |
1:03: Woman cleaning the carpet with a brush, soap, and water | |
1:04: Woman ironing a cloth on her hands and knees | 1920-1940 |
1:05: Same woman cleaning the carpet on her hands and knees | 1920-1940 |
1:06: Woman using soap on the carpet on her hands and knees | 1920-1940 |
1:07: Woman blotting the carpet to get it clean and dry | 1920-1940 |
1:08: Woman cleaning an area of the floor on her hands and knees | 1920-1940 |
1:09: Woman painting a piece of floor tile | 1920-1940 |
1:10: Women giving a cooking demonstration | 1920-1940 |
1:11: Women baking | 1920-1940 |
1:12: Women teaching a girl about food and nutrition | 1920-1940 |
1:13: Women buying goods at bake sale | 1920-1940 |
1:14: Woman standing in front of a table full of produce, milk, eggs, meat, and flour | 1920-1940 |
1:15: Women preparing a chicken | 1920-1940 |
1:16: Women doing different domestic tasks | 1920-1940 |
1:17: Sewing and fitting demonstration | 1920-1940 |
1:18: Women getting fitted for a sewing demonstration | 1920-1940 |
1:19: Women sewing hats | 1920-1940 |
1:20: A women making rugs, display in the foreground | 1920-1940 |
1:21: One woman demonstrating rug making | 1920-1940 |
1:22: Woman starting to make a rug | 1920-1940 |
1:23: Man showing rugs to two women | 1920-1940 |
1:24: Trousers that were sewn wrong (only shows bottom part of legs and trousers) | 1920-1940 |
1:25: Girls dresses hanging on a wall | 1920-1940 |
1:26: Mens shirts hanging on a wall. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
1:27: Four mens shirts hanging on a wall. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
1:28: Display of pattern pieces hanging on a wall. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
1:29: A quilt hanging on a wall | 1920-1940 |
1:30: A quilt hanging on a wall | 1920-1940 |
2:1: A quilt hanging on a wall. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
2:2: Picture of three different fabrics hung on wall. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
2:3: Type of fabric hanging on wall | 1920-1940 |
2:4: Two baby girls | 1920-1940 |
2:5: Nine homemade dolls propped against wall | 1920-1940 |
2:6: Girls learning to cut hair | 1920-1940 |
2:7: Portrait of girls holding stringed instruments | 1920-1940 |
2:8: Portrait of same girls holding stringed instruments with instructor. | 1920-1940 |
2:9: Woman speaking to a group of girls | 1920-1940 |
2:10: Girls in three lines playing a game | 1920-1940 |
2:11: Same girls lined up catching balls | 1920-1940 |
2:12: Girls wearing sashes that reads "Health, Happiness, Joy and Youth, March 30, 1929." 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
2:13: Girls studying and receiving instruction at a table | 1920-1940 |
2:14: Home Thrifts Practices Exhibit by the Utah State Agricultural College (U.S.A.C) Extension Service in the background people watching. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
2:15: Side view of Home Thrifts Practices exhibit | 1920-1940 |
2:16: People looking at the Home Thrifts Practices exhibit | 1920-1940 |
2:17: Men looking at the Farm Thrift Practice exhibit by the U.S.A.C Extension Service | 1920-1940 |
2:18: Field with a home in the background | 1920-1940 |
2:19: Elevated view of fields | 1920-1940 |
2:20: Elevated view of orchards | 1920-1940 |
2:21: Elevated view of orchards | 1920-1940 |
2:22: A crop of field peas | 1920-1940 |
2:23: A field of potatoes | 1920-1940 |
2:24: A field of cabbage and carrots | 1920-1940 |
2:25: A field of peppers, onions, and carrots | 1920-1940 |
2:26: A field of raspberries. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
2:27: A field of asparagus. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
2:28: A field of raspberries | 1920-1940 |
2:29: Men surveying rye(?) and Brom Grass(?) | 1920-1940 |
2:30: Two men surveying potatoes | 1920-1940 |
3:01: Two boys in an onion(?) field with farms in the background | 1920-1940 |
3:02: Farm fields | 1920-1940 |
3:03: Men, women, and children working in a large garden | 1920-1940 |
3:04: Farmer surveying a crop of beans | 1920-1940 |
3:05: Two men with a crop of onions. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
3:06: Close up of an onion crop | 1920-1940 |
3:07: Two men looking at oats | 1920-1940 |
3:08: Two men binding wheat | 1920-1940 |
3:09: Fallow field. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
3:09a: Fallow field. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
3:09b: Good Summer Fallow | 1920-1940 |
3:09c: Fallow field | 1920-1940 |
3:09d: Close up view of the Clarke Mc Nary Nursery which produced farm forest trees. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
3:09e: Probst Field, Heber Valley, sugar beet Seed, photo by Brian Tolman, July 14, 1941: | 1941 |
3:09f: Crop of potatoes | 1920-1940 |
3:10: Man on tractor plowing field | 1920-1940 |
3:11: Man on tractor plowing field. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
3:12: Man with horse and plow in corn field | 1920-1940 |
3:13: Man on tractor plowing field, duplicate of 3:14: | 1920-1940 |
3:14: Man on tractor plowing field, duplicate of 3:13: | 1920-1940 |
3:15: Tractor drawing korse cultivator in a pea field, Sam Halterman, Parowan, Ut | 1920-1940 |
3:16: Experimental crops covered with wood pallets and overhead sprinklers. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
3:17: Workers topping sugar beets | 1920-1940 |
3:18: Two men surveying sugar beet seed | 1920-1940 |
3:19: A man in a field of sugar beet seed | 1920-1940 |
3:20: A field with stacks of sugar beet seed | 1920-1940 |
3:21: A farm house | 1920-1940 |
3:22: George S. Noble barn/coop | 1920-1940 |
3:23: Side view of barn and silo | 1920-1940 |
3:24: Plain View Farm barn and cows. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
3:25: Farm shed and manure piles | 1920-1940 |
3:26: Farmer with wheel barrow | 1920-1940 |
3:27: A pond with farm in the background | 1920-1940 |
3:28: An old house behind shrubs and trees | 1920-1940 |
3:29: A farm house and barn | 1920-1940 |
3:30: A woman sitting outside in a rocker with two children. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
3:31: Men, Women, and Children doing yardwork. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
4:01: The Wellsville junior high school (built 1902) prior to beautifictian work done as part of an U.S.A.C. Extension project | 1920-1940 |
4:02: School grounds in Wellsville showing three months of shrubs, trees, and lawn | 1920-1940 |
4:03: Public library at Smithfield showing landscape gardening on grounds | 1920-1940 |
4:04: School, tabernacle and library at Smithfield showing landscape gardening on grounds | 1920-1940 |
4:05: Old Smithfield tabernacle showing landscape gardening on grounds as a result of community effort. 2 copies | 1925-1926 |
4:06: Cemetery at Smithfield showing partial beautification | 1920-1940 |
4:07: Photo taken from Benson looking towards Smithfield | 1920-1940 |
4:08: Reese home(?), Smithfield | 1920-1940 |
4:09: North Cache High School, Richmond, showing landscape gardening | 1920-1940 |
4:10: City Hall at Wellsville | 1920-1940 |
4:11: Wellsville tabernacle | 1920-1940 |
4:12: Home of Mayor G. L. Reese of Smithfield | 1920-1940 |
4:13: North Cache High School | 1920-1940 |
4:14: Church at Hyde Park showing landscape beautification | 1920-1940 |
4:15: Yard and garden view with pond | 1920-1940 |
4:16: Tree with Old Main(?) in the background | 1920-1940 |
4:17: A group of pine trees | 1920-1940 |
4:18: Trees and pathway | 1920-1940 |
4:19: Tree on Utah State University campus | 1920-1940 |
4:20: Tree on Utah State University campus | 1920-1940 |
4:21: Pine tree with Old Main in the background | 1920-1940 |
4:22: Pine tree on Utah State University campus. 3 copies | 1920-1940 |
4:23: Trees with mountains in the background | 1920-1940 |
4:24: Trees on the side of road with mountains in the background | 1920-1940 |
4:25: View of a windy canyon road | 1920-1940 |
4:26: View of Bryce Canyon | 1920-1940 |
4:27: View of Bryce Canyon | 1920-1940 |
4:28: View of Bryce Canyon | 1920-1940 |
4:29: View of Bryce Canyon | 1920-1940 |
4:30: Irrigated orchard | 1920-1940 |
4:31: Water pumps in an orchard | 1920-1940 |
4:32: A man standing in an orchard behind a fence | 1920-1940 |
4:33: Orchard in dry soil | 1920-1940 |
4:34: Boys weighing bushels of cherries | 1920-1940 |
5:01: Boys and girls showing their cows | 1920-1940 |
5:02: Cows | 1920-1940 |
5:03: Judging heffers | 1920-1940 |
5:04: Cows in a field | 1920-1940 |
5:05: A boy feeding his calf | 1920-1940 |
5:06: Cows in a field | 1920-1940 |
5:07: A man standing by his cows in front of a barn | 1920-1940 |
5:08: Cow in front of stalls | 1920-1940 |
5:09: Cows at feeding trough | 1920-1940 |
5:10: Record dairy cow | 1920-1940 |
5:11: Record dairy cow | 1920-1940 |
5:12: Cows in a field | 1920-1940 |
5:13: Girl pasteurizing(?) milk | 1920-1940 |
5:14: Girl weighing a bucket of milk | 1920-1940 |
5:15: 4-H dairy judging at U.S.A.C. campus, Old Main building in the background | 1920-1940 |
5:16: 4-H dairy judging at U.S.A.C. campus, Old Main building in the background | 1920-1940 |
5:17: A boy standing with his pig | 1920-1940 |
5:18: A group of pigs feeding in front of an old barn | 1920-1940 |
5:19: Horses and cows in a field | 1920-1940 |
5:20: Man standing next to a horse and colt | 1920-1940 |
5:21: Man standing next to horse. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
5:22: Man standing next to horse. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
5:23: Sheep grazing, mountains in the background | 1920-1940 |
5:24: Sheep in feed lot | 1920-1940 |
5:25: Two men showing their sheep | 1920-1940 |
5:26: Two men showing their sheep | 1920-1940 |
5:27: Two men showing their sheep | 1920-1940 |
5:28: A sheep with a very thick coat of wool | 1920-1940 |
5:29: A sheep with a very thick coat of wool | 1920-1940 |
5:30: Showing the thickness of sheep's wool | 1920-1940 |
6:01: Landscape photo of a field | 1920-1940 |
6:02: Nearly dry streambed | 1920-1940 |
6:03: Dam outlet and river | 1920-1940 |
6:04: Hyrum reservoir? | 1920-1940 |
6:05: Water conservation site? | 1920-1940 |
6:06: Unknown reservoir | 1920-1940 |
6:07: Unknown reservoir | 1920-1940 |
6:08: Diversion works, Weber River(?). 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
6:09: Diversion works, Weber River (?) | 1920-1940 |
6:10: Spillway and outlet of dam. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
6:11: A man shoveling small irrigation ditches in a field of crop | 1920-1940 |
6:12: A man leaning against a shovel, watching water flow onto his crop | 1920-1940 |
6:13: An irrigation pump | 1920-1940 |
6:14: Mountains and irrigation ditch | 1920-1940 |
6:15: Two boys weighing turkeys. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
6:16: Wheat field with small animal coops in the background | 1920-1940 |
6:17: Two boys and a dog watching over a flock of chickens | 1920-1940 |
6:18: A flock of turkeys in a field. 3 copies | 1920-1940 |
6:19: Man looking at flyer advertising meeting for wheat farmer cooperative. 2 copies | 1920-1940 |
6:20: Two men standing outside The Times-News building in Juab County | 1920-1940 |
6:21: Two men standing outside the Washington County News building | 1920-1940 |
6:22: Chef School | 1939 |
6:23: Farmers receiving instruction in a classroom | 1920-1940 |
6:24: A wheat farmer reading a letter from the U.S.A.C. and the Utah Cooperative Extention Division dated 15 Aug | 1933 |
6:25: Two men signing documents | 1920-1940 |
6:26: Two men signing documents | 1920-1940 |
6:27: Farmer reading the Salt Lake Tribune | 1920-1940 |
6:28: Road with trees and houses on either side | 1920-1940 |
6:29: Aerial view of fields and mountains | 1920-1940 |
6:30: Devil's Slide in Weber Canyon. 3 copies | 1920-1940 |
6:31: Two women standing on a porch examining various odds and ends | 1920-1940 |
6:32: A man sitting behind a desk reading a document into a radio transmitter(?) | 1920-1940 |
6:33: 4-H forestry club samples | 1920-1940 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agricultural extension work -- Utah -- Cache County -- Photographs.
- Agricultural extension work -- Utah -- Photographs.
- Agriculture -- Utah -- Cache County -- Photographs.
- Agriculture -- Utah -- Photographs.
- Crops -- Utah -- Photographs.
- Home economics -- Study and teaching -- Utah -- Photographs.
- Home economics extension work -- Utah -- Photographs.
- Reservoirs -- Utah -- Photographs.
Corporate Names
- Utah State University -- Photographs.
- Utah State University.--Cooperative Extension Service--Photographs.
- Utah State University--Cooperative Extension Service
Geographical Names
- Smithfield (Utah) -- Photographs.
- Wellsville (Utah) -- Photographs.
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs