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Portraits of Miles Pratt Romney
- 1: Miles P. Romney
- 2: Miles P. Romney son of Anna and Gaskell Romney. August 7 1924.
- 3: Miles P. Romney
- 4-5: Damaged negatives of Miles P. Romney (vinegar syndrome) [not scanned]
- 6-8: Miles P. Romney sitting at desk.
- 9-11: Miles P. Romney with minerals box.
- 12-17: Miles P. Romney
- 18: Miles Romney and his First Grade class in Colonia Dublan, Mexico.
- 19: Miles P. Romney.
- 20: Miles P. Romney and his wife, Janice C. Cahoon Romney.
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Portraits of Janice C. Cahoon Romney
- 1: Janice Romney with other wives of notable Utah miners eating dinner at a picnic table. Janice Romney is the second from the right.
- 2: Janice Cahoon with her First Grade class. Janice is standing on the top row, first girl on the left.
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Gaskell Romney, Father of Miles P. Romney
- 1: Portrait of Gaskell Romney while at school in Salt Lake.
- 2-3: Portrait of Gaskell as an elderly man.
- 4-5: Gaskell standing on the porch of the home where he was born in St. George.
- 6: Business card with a portrait of Gaskell Romney reading, "Vote for Gaskell Romney for County Commissioner. Vote Republican!" 1930s.
- 7: Portrait of four L.D.S. missionaries serving in the Eastern States Mission. Left to Right: L.J. Petty, S.G. Humpheris, Gaskell Romney, E.H. Anderson.
- 8: Portrait of Gaskell Romney (right) with two of his mission companions.
- 9: L.D.S. Eastern States Missionaries. Gaskell is on the second row, second from the left.
- 10: Dublan L.D.S. Sunday school officers and leaders. Identified individuals are as follows: Gladys Pratt (first row third from left), Gaskell Romney (second row first on left), Bishop Thurber (second row third from left), A.B. Call, President of the stake (second row second from right), Thil Bowman (third row second from right). July 27, 1976.
- 11: Juarez Stake Sunday School Board. Identified individuals are as follows: Gaskell Romney (first row first on right), Junius Romney, Gaskell's uncle (second row third from right), A.B. Call (second row second from right), Virdi Pratt (Cardon) (third row third from right). July 27, 1976.
- 12: Gaskell Romney (center) with his young Trail Builders. Trail Builders officers: Chief David Ashton, Chief Bob Ellis, Scribe Charles Otterstrom, Yell Master Ralph Brown. First Braves: Ford Scalley, David Ashton, Harold Myers, Dean Hickmann. Second Braves: Donald Elggren, Robert Mabey, C.H.Wilchen, Paul Morey. Third Braves: Woodrow Wilson, Grant Steven, Paul Christianson, Richard West, Edwin Ship. Fourth Braves: Joe Stout, Bob Ellis, Dan Thompson, Ralph Brown. Fifth Braves: Kyle Brewster, Martin Lambert, Mileon Cassidy, Raymond Liddle. Sixth Brave: John Gleaves, Mont Gowers, Wessley Mollernk, Hubert Hitchcock, Arthur (?). Seventh Braves: Ralph Ingllburn (?), Ted Stookey, Charles Otterstrom, Earl Station.
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Anna Amelia Pratt Romney, Mother of Miles P. Romney
- 1: Anna Amelia Pratt as a baby.
- 2: Anna Amelia Pratt Romney near the time of her marriage.
- 3: Anna with her son Charles, 1912.
- 4: Portrait of Anna Amelia Pratt Romney.
- 5: Portrait of Anna Amelia Pratt Romney, born May 1876.
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Gaskell and Anna Romney
- 1-2: Wedding portrait of Gaskell and Anna Romney.
- 3: Gaskell and Anna Romney picnicking with friends.
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Gaskell and Anna Romney Family
- 1: Portrait of Maurice, Douglas, Miles, George, and Lawrence with their father. Portrait taken in Colonia Dublan, 1907-1908.
- 2-3: Lawrence and Charles Romney with their great grandfather C.H. Wilcken. Photo by the Mitchell Studio in Los Angeles, circa 1912.
- 4: Charles Wilcken Romney being held by his great grandfather C.H. Wilcken.
- 5: Lawrence Romney sitting on a chair on a porch.
- 6: Lawrence and his friends sitting by a car in Rexburg, Idaho.
- 7: Portrait of Maurice Romney.
- 8: Left to Right: George, Maurice, Gaskell, Miles, Charles, and Douglas Romney in 1923 at their home on 1337 Gilman Drive, SLC. (Meryl on the porch).
- 9: Woman and children working with tools on a bench.
- 10: Snapshot of the Romney children while living in Los Angeles. Long message on the back. November 14 1963.
- 11: Left to Right standing: Maurice, George, Charles, Gaskell, and Douglas, and Anna and Meryl sitting at Lawrence's grave, 1923-1924.
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Progenitors of Gaskell Romney
- 1: Miles Park Romney, father of Gaskell.
- 2: Miles Park Romney, born August 18 1843.
- 3: Hannah Hood Hill Romney, born July 9 1842.
- 4-5: Hannah Hood Hill Romney
- 6: Hannah Romney with her first five children, Isabell, Minnie, Miles, Gaskell, and George.
- 7: Isabell Hood Hill, born July 8 1821.
- 8: Miles Romney, born July, 13 1806, and Elizabeth Gaskell, born January 8, 1808.
- 9: Miles Park Romney, born in Nauvoo, IL on August 18, 1843.
- 10: Hannah Hood Hill, born in Upper Canada on July 9, 1842.
- 11: Miles Romney, July 15, 1806-1877, and Elizabeth Gaskell, January 8, 1808.
- 12: Isabelle Hood Hill, mother of Hannah Hood Hill.
- 13: Miles Park Romney, born 18 August 1843. Died 20 July 1904.
- 14: Hannah Hood Hill, born 9 July 1842. Died December 1928.
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Progenitors of Anna Pratt Romney
- 1: Dora Wilcken Pratt, mother of Anna Amelia.
- 2: Anna Amelia Pratt (center standing) and her siblings.
- 3: Miles Park Romney
- 4: Hannah Hood Hill
- 5: Charles Henry Wilcken, born 5 October 1831.
- 6: Charles Henry Wilcken, 1912.
- 7: Charles Henry Wilcken
- 8-9: Eliza Christina Caroline Reiche Wilcken, born March 1, 1830.
- 10: Helaman Pratt, born May 31, 1846.
- 11: Anna Johanna Dorothy Wilcken Pratt, born July 25, 1854.
- 12: Parley Parker Pratt, born April 12, 1807.
- 13: Jared Pratt, born November 22, 1769.
- 14: Anna M.C. Stoffer, born March 26, 1805.
- 15: Mary Wood Pratt, born June 18, 1818.
- 16: Charles Henry Wilcken Jr., born February 9, 1801.
- 17: Helaman Pratt, father of Anna Pratt Romney.
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Progenitors of Janice Cahoon Romney
- 1: Leonard Cahoon, father of Janice Cahoon, 1905.
- 2: Leonard Cahoon, father of Janice Cahoon, 1907.
- 3: Leonard Cahoon, father of Janice Cahoon.
- 4-7: Matilda Watts Cahoon.
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Miles Pratt Romney and Friends
- 1: Miles Romney and friends after his mission and before his marriage.
- 2: Miles Romney friends after his mission and before his marriage.
- 3: Miles Romney friend after his mission and before his marriage.
- 4-6: Miles Romney and friends after his mission and before his marriage.
- 7: Miles Romney in his first new car, a Chrysler A50" Roadster, 1928.
- 8: Herd of saddle horses.
- 9: Weber Cabin – John M Cannon. Boy on a horse in front of a house.
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Mining
- 1-2: Men and women standing in front of an open mine shaft.
- 3: Man holding a 22 inch rainbow trout at Gold Lakes, Montana, September 1, 1933.
- 4-7: Men at different mining sites.
- 8: "This is an entrance to our tunnel last winter, the bank is about 27 feet high. We dug 257 feet inside the entrance."
- 9: "This is Mt. Tahoe, about a mile and a half above our camp."
- 10-12: Mining sites.
- 13-15: Men sitting at desks.
- 16: Unidentified group.
- 17: 1934 letter about farming and shearing sheep.
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History of the Romney's Family Travel From St. George to the Mormon Mexican Colonies
- 1: "Gaskell Romney on the porch of the home in St. George where he was born September 1871." September 1941.
- 2: "Father's (Gaskell Romney) home and birth place in St. George, built by grandfather Miles P. Romney."
- 3: "St. George from the Tabernacle balcony."
- 4: "Miles P. Jr. and the circular stairs in the Tabernacle."
- 5: "The St. George Tabernacle."
- 6: "Pipe Springs Fort."
- 7: "House Rock against Vermillion Cliffs."
- 8: "Site of the Old Lee's Ferry crossing of the Colorado River."
- 9: "St. George Temple, view from the South."
- 10: "Highway memorial marker at Kanab, Utah."
- 11: "Canyon of the Little Colorado below Cameron."
- 12: "Aunt Minnie and father, Aunt Minnie's home."
- 13: "Aunt Minnie and father at the old family home."
- 14: "Petrified tree and family."
- 15: "Father and Guzman Station, Chihuahua."
- 16: "Bob, in cotton field in Las Cruces."
- 17: "Meryl and other Mexicans, Ciudad Juarez."
- 18: "San Pedro, Chihuahua, Note the condition of ballast and track."
- 19: "Old family home, Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua. Left to Right: Miles, Janice, Meryl, Mrs. Cahoon, Aunt Amy, Father, Miles P. Jr. and up."
- 20: "View of Colonia Dublan from rear of departing train."
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Trip to St. George and Mexico
- 1: Family members standing outside a home.
- 2: St. George Tabernacle.
- 3: Family crossing Navajo Bridge in Arizona, August 1941.
- 4: Site of Lee's Ferry crossing on the Colorado River.
- 5: Pipe Springs Fort.
- 6: Washington Ward LDS chapel built in the 1870s.
- 7: "House Rock against Vermillion cliffs."
- 8: Highway memorial marker near Kanab, Utah.
- 9: Canyon of the Little Colorado below Cameron.
- 10: St. George Tabernacle.
- 11: View of St. George from the balcony of the St. George Tabernacle.
- 12: View of the St. George Temple from the South.
- 13: Birthplace and home of Gaskell Romney built by his father Miles P. Romney.
- 14: Aunt Minnie and father at the old family home.
- 15: Miles P. Jr. looking up the circular stairway at the St. George Tabernacle.
- 16: Romney family in front of a petrified tree.
- 17: "Bob in cotton fields, Las Cruces."
- 18: "San Pedro, Chihuahua, note the condition of the ballast and track."
- 19: "View of Colonia Dublan from rear of departing train."
- 20: "Meryl and other Mexicans."
- 21: "Gaskell Romney at Guzman Station, Chihuahua."
- 22: "Aunt Minnie and Gaskell at Aunt Minnie's home."
- 23: "Old family home, Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua. Left to Right: Miles, Janice, Meryl, Mrs. Cahoon, Aunt Amy, father, George, Miles P. Jr., and up."
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Mexico: Locations, Events and Notables
- 1: Town nestled at the bottom of cliffs.
- 2: Bullet riddled home in Juarez.
- 3: Early settlement at Dublan.
- 4: Mexican troops leaving for the front.
- 5: Women and mules at the edge of a lake.
- 6: Women cooking for the Mexican army.
- 7: Pascual Orozco.
- 8: Coronel P. Villa en Cdnares.
- 9: General Pancho Villa.
- 10: General Carranza.
- 11: Maximo Castillo.
- 12: Man speaking to a crowd.
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Miscellaneous
- 1: "Utinlague Swifts 1924-1925. Two made first team in 1925 season after this picture was taken."
- 2: Three young children.
- 3: Two men.
- 4: Matilda "Tillie" Watts of Murray. (Mother of Anna Amelia Pratt Romney)
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Miles P. Romney Serving L.D.S. Mission in South Africa
- 1: South African army men.
- 2: Two unidentified men.
- 3: Missionary being pulled in a carriage by a native in costume.
- 4: Oceanside.
- 5: "Same things smiling. He weighs 190 lbs and 6'1", me 175 and 5'9"."
- 6-7: Miles P. Romney and other missionaries with South Africans and in African villages.
- 8: "A finished Zulu grass hut with the occupants, May 1926."
- 9-10: Miles P. Romney and other missionaries with South Africans and in African villages.
- 11: "Loaded camels. Beasts of burden in Egypt, Cairo."
- 12: "An East African native smoking his water pipe, Zanibar."
- 13: "Native girls grinding corn, Parasalem."
- 14: Men on camels.
- 15: "Kaffir country. Notice the huts all over the hillsides B mud walls with thatched roofs all circular. They don't know how to make corners."
- 16: "On a real elephant, Putorici Zoo, February 7, 1925."
- 17: "Interior of Reya - where attached picture taken."
- 18: "The 'Kaffir Snake Boy' in the snake park at P.E. February 6, 1924. How would you enjoy this?"
- 19: "A Zulu warrior, Zululand."
- 20-25: Miles P. Romney and other missionaries with South Africans and in African villages.
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Miles P. Romney Serving L.D.S. Mission in South Africa
- 1-3: Miles P. Romney and other missionaries with South Africans and in African villages.
- 4-7: Missionaries serving in the South Africa Mission.
- 8: "Myself and Elder Cox just in from tracting in P.E. May 6, 1924."
- 9: "In order front to back: W. Hutchins of Springville, W. Knight of Lehi, H.S. Baker of SLC, S.J. Saunders of SLC, M.P. Romney of SLC, K.D. Wright of SLC, P. Thorne of Springville, S.S. Crane of Pocatello, S.P. Jensen of SLC, W.Y. Clayton of SLC, K.D. Hunir of SLC, K. Woodruff of SLC, C.S. Rockwood of SLC, C. Landerende of SLC, C.A. Gray of Provo, M. Alfred of Ephriam, G. Mortinson of Riverton, George Pragmire of Pocatello, H.W. Sissiano of Pocatello."
- 10: "The start in front of our living quarters in P.E. October 12, 1920. Two years from leaving home. Notice the hats, sun helmets ja the heat. Elder Crane and I."
- 11: "English football togs, some class eh? Going to create a sensation wearing them on the field at home." July 30, 1924.
- 12: "President Sessions at the corner stone, November 1924."
- 13: L.D.S. Missionaries with a Native in front of a hut.
- 14: "This is really me. Taken in Port Elizabeth Sunday February 30, 1925."
- 15: "Starting. Mr. Canood standing and Mrs. Canood sitting by Elder Cox, P.E. June 24, 1924. Mrs. Canood is being baptized next week, her husband is nearly converted."
- 16: "Elder Crane, Judkins (my S. Sweater), Baker, and me on my bunk. Some class eh? July 12, 1925, Port Elizabeth."
- 17: "Trying to look smart, Elder Slaubrind and I."
- 18-20: Missionaries in South Africa.
- 21: "Dinner New Year's Day at Brother Daniels (colored). His head is in the foreground, Brother Wilson branch president on the right. Some food - turkey, chicken, ham, beef, stuffing, gray-jillus and every other what not - made a fellow miserable - so much to eat an no where to put it. January 1926."
- 22: Two men washing their shirts in the river.
- 23-25: Missionaries in South Africa.
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Miles P. Romney Serving L.D.S. Mission in South Africa
- 1-7: Miles Pratt Romney at various sites in and around South Africa.
- 5: Loaded camels in Egypt, Cairo.
- 6-7: Miles Pratt Romney at various sites in and around South Africa.
- 8: "At Grun Point, a resort on the Buffalo River in East London, Brother and Sister Jubber family and myself. A beautiful spot, notice the landing warf."
- 9: "A missionaries kitchen, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. August 5, 1925."
- 10: Missionaries hiking the Lion's Head in South Africa, December 31 1925. (more info on the back).
- 11: In coastal area, 1926. (more info on the back).
- 12: The Balmoral Castle ship Feb 21 1925, (more info on the back).
- 13-17: Missionaries hiking the Lion's Head in South Africa.
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Miles P. Romney Building an L.D.S. Chapel in South Africa
- 1: "All ant side walls up. Saturday November 1, 1924."
- 2: View of the partially constructed chapel, 1927
- 3: "Foundation completed. Monday October 1924. From the tower across the street."
- 4: "Dinner on the job. Mrs. Harding and a friends supplied the eats. Wednesday October 22, 1924."
- 5: "The second day on the building. You can get a good idea of the house plan fro this. Wednesday October 15, 1924."
- 6: "Monday October 20, 1924 building the fireplace."
- 7: "Thursday October 16, 1924. Building arch for fireplace."
- 8: "The corner stone set in here, the two brick masons Mr. Gauwers and Mr. Swaneysol, President Sessions and Elder Ballard."
- 9-10: Miles P. Romney and another elder building a chapel in South Africa.
- 11: "Elder Engstrom, Romney, Brother Waymouth, and Elder Ballard. Saturday November 15, 1924."
- 12: "Single door opens from living room and double doors open into church. You can see how it is arranged by looking on the plans. These steel windows are surely fine. Here where lumber is so dear they cost about the same with the saving on casing. They are as you can see set into the center wall."
- 13: "These are the cabinets in the bedroom. The other bedroom has the same except the linen closet on the side. I made the whole thing with the exception of the doors. So don=t say we have rotten carpenters in South Africa, they didn't do it. I didn=t find it hard except the drawers and I spoiled one. You can hook a team of horses to them."
- 14: "Picture of inside of hall at Joberg taken by Elder Clayton. Shows the doors on the left leads to the house part."
- 15: "Inside the hall facing the stand. Benches of Douglas Fir..."
- 16: "Fireplace and buffet in living room. Bottom part two inside panel doors, outside panels stationary, drawers overhead. It hadn't been painted when this picture was taken. The top I sketched differently but they did it this way. They should have put the doors on the outside with a center panel for a mirror, but we can=t [change it] now."
- 17: "Building when almost finished steps being put in. Taken by Brother A.G. Brummer. January 1925."
- 18: "The front elevation, will send you a better picture later. February 1925."
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Scrapbook
- (Most captions are faded and illegible)
- 1-34: Portraits of missionaries serving in South Africa.
- 35: "Our home in Rexburg, Idaho."
- 36: "Anna Cardon and ?"
- 37: "Hyram ?'s scrapper."
- 38: "Basil."
- 39: "The Goshing family."
- 40-41: Goshing family dogs.
- 42: "Picnic near Brighton - 1923-1924."
- 43: "Picnic on Cape Good Hope point - 28-12-23."
- 44: "On Land's End."
- 45: "President James Wyley Sessions, Elder W. Sevey, ?, L.M. Judkins, T. Nye, C.A. Engstrom, W.D. Harris, K.C. Daily, O.S. Cox, C. Banderende, G.H. Sears, O.H. Harwood, H.S. Ballard, W. Clayton, M.P. Romney, C.M. Black, K.D. Wright, S. Saunders, R.D. Crock, J.R. Howard, ?, C.W. Jones, A.J. Peters, G.W. Harris. 27-12-23."
- 46: "Clayton, Romney, Saunders in water.."
- 47: "Meeting on Lion's Head...1-1-24."
- 48: "Sunday School, 30-12-23."
- 49: "New Year's Day dinner at Brother Daniel's, thirty present. 1-1-24."
- 50: "All the Elders and President Sessions. 27-12-23."
- 51: "Rhodis Monument, 16-1-23."
- 52: "Oxen team, one mode of South African travel."
- 53: "A remnant of a tract we delivered to a gentleman on a train, May 1925."
- 54: "President and Sister Sessions, Dr. Williams and family, April 29, 1924."
- 55: "A real South African watermelon, Elder Cox."
- 56: "Sister Mathus and Duke, April 1924."
- 57-59: Unidentified children and men.
- 60: Ocean scape.
- 61-62: Man diving into a pool.
- 63: "Dad in back yard."
- 64: "Mother."
- 65: "Judd."
- 66: "Charles."
- 67: "Meryl, 1924."
- 68: "Bill the dog."
- 69-70: "Mrs. White, 1924."
- 71: "Mr. and Mrs. Suhr, 1924."
- 72: "Have a bite, 1924." (Man holding a slice of watermelon)
- 73-74: Newspaper article about George Romney and the L.D.S. basketball team.
- 75-81: Articles about the L.D.S. chapel built in Johannesburg.
- 82: "Family in canyon, summer 1924."
- 83: "Meryl, Douglas and dad at Pinecrest, summer 1924."
- 84: "Dad leaving for work."
- 85: "Yale chapel which dad constructed while I was building in South Africa, 1924-25."
- 86: L.D.S. Yale chapel.
- 87: "George in my old hat."
- 88-91: Construction of the Yale chapel.
- 92: "Mother in back yard."
- 93: Bud Poulton
- 94: Douglas Wood
- 95: "Hall in South Africa under construction, 1924."
- 96: "Charles on Christmas morning 1924."
- 97: Meryl in her "birthday dress and parasol."
- 98: "Church dad built in seven days."
- 99: "Sunday School in South Africa, 1924."
- 100: Harris, Scott and Harman in suits in front of a store.
- 101: "Just arrived Scotty!"
- 102: Man leaning in a pitch fork.
- 103: Men gathered around a Indian chief.
- 104: "Lady missionaries and Elder in the Western States Mission."
- 105: "George Wooley and a lady missionary in the Central States."
- 106: "Father and Sam, we'll tell 'em. George Wooley, 1924."
- 107: Man standing next to old cannons.
- 108-109: Newspaper clippings about George Romney and the L.D.S. basketball team.
- 110-111: Customs declarations ticket stubs.
- 112-115: Sites around South Africa and Port Elizabeth.
- 116-117: Excerpts from letters
- 118-123: Romney family at the grave site of Lawrence Romney.
- 124: "Home, 1337 Gilmer Dr., Salt Lake City, Utah."
- 125: "Maurice's home on Laird Avenue."
- 126: "George."
- 127: Family in a car on a dirt road in the canyon.
- 128: "Mother."
- 129: "Guys on board the republic."
- 130: "There you are!"
- 131: Young girl holding a baby.
- 132: "Go to sleep my baby."
- 133: Elder Cran and Baker.
- 134: Man standing on the deck of the "Republic."
- 135: "President Sessions."
- 136: Completed church in Johannesburg.
- 137: "Salt Lakers all. Conference in Joberg, Feb 1925. Clayton, Rockwood, Baker, Landerende, Wright, Woodruff."
- 138: Palm trees.
- 139-142: Missionaries and member of the L.D.S. church in South Africa.
- 143: "Pugmire and myself on the Zuarknyss River, April 1925."
- 144-145: "Typical African picnic spots, aloes, bush, cactus, gogums."
- 146: Olna
- 147: Kathleen
- 148: Ella
- 149-159: Newspaper clippings about Mormonism, excerpts from letters written to M.P. Romney, and other clippings collected by Romney while in South Africa.
- 160: "Elsie La Font and sister at Big Falls, Idaho, 1925."
- 161: "At play - Meryl, Bill, Charles."
- 162: Unidentified group.
- 163-164: Yale ward building
- 165: "Mother's primary class, 1924-1925."
- 166: "Lamb's Canyon."
- 167: Mrs. Romney on the steps of her home.
- 168-170: "Making pancakes, Warm River 1925."
- 171: "On the road, all packed up."
- 172: "Le party."
- 173: Young girl sitting on a table near a car.
- 174: Unidentified group.
- 175: "Trip, Charles, mother, dad, Meryl, 1925."
- 176: "Geese on Warm River."
- 177: "Meryl. Taken in Africa, 1924."
- 178: George Romney feeding geese.
- 179: Automobile.
- 180: Mrs. Romney, George, and Meryl sitting on a rock.
- 181: Man sitting at the top of a waterfall.
- 182: Cleone Smith
- 183: George Wolley
- 184: "Liola, Eila and Douglas."
- 185: "Nice scenery."
- 186: "Garage"
- 187: Car parked next to a house.
- 188: Obituary of Anna Pratt Romney.
- 189-191: Flowers at the funeral of Anna Pratt Romney.
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