Descriptive Summary
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Photograph Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: 435 797-2663
Fax: 435 797-2880
Email: scweb@usu.edu
USU_P0026
Smith,
Don.
Blacksmith Fork Canyon photographs,
1908
1 box
.25 linear ft.
Nineteen copy prints and negatives reproduced from a
family album in the possession of Don Smith. The prints show a summer camping trip from
July, 1908 in the canyon and include photographs of wagons, two sawmills, a train depot
and fishing, wading, camping, and hiking. Although the people in the images are not
individually identified, there is a list of the members in the party including:
Christian Christiansen, Louisa Bradley, John Wright, Inga Jorgensen, John Israelsen,
Jennie Christiansen, Nicholas Jorgensen, Carrie Wilson, Jos. Pearce, Nellie Hill, Esther
Wilson, and Lizzie Israelsen. Most of the images are grainy and out of focus.
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Copyright
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Permission to publish material from the Blacksmith Fork Canyon photographs must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Blacksmith Fork Canyon photographs, 1908. (P0026). Utah State University. Special
Collections & Archives Department.
Register completed by Daniel Davis, October 2003.
Numerical by photo number.
The Blacksmith Fork Canyon photographs consist of 19 copy prints and negatives made from
a family album in the possession of Don Smith. The prints show a summer camping trip
from July, 1908 in the canyon and includes photographs of wagons, two sawmills, a train
depot and fishing, wading, camping, and hiking. Although the people in the images are
not individually identified, there is a list of the members in the party including:
Christian Christiansen, Louisa Bradley, John Wright, Inga Jorgensen, John Israelsen,
Jennie Christiansen, Nicholas Jorgensen, Carrie Wilson, Jos. Pearce, Nellie Hill, Esther
Wilson, and Lizzie Israelsen. Most of the images are grainy and out of focus.
Images
Oregon Short
Line Railway Company--Photographs.
Outdoor
recreation--Utah--Blacksmith Fork--Photographs.
Blacksmith
Fork Canyon (Utah)--Photographs.
Container List
1
1:01
"The Camp"
1
1:02
"Taking in the Sights"
1
1:03
"Wilson's Sawmill Gugg's Hollow"
1
1:04
"A daring adventure"
1
1:05
"Triplets"
1
1:06
"Three of a Kind"
1
1:07
"Israelsen's Creamery Curtis Creek"
1
1:08
"One day's catch"
1
1:09
"O.S.L. [Oregon Short Line] Depot.
Hyrum"
1
1:10
"The merry milkmaids"
1
1:11
"Locating a bear"
1
1:12
"Leisure moments"
1
1:13
"Watering the Calves"
1
1:14
"The landing sawmill"
1
1:15
"Shadows in the water"
1
1:16
"Tom, Dick, and Harry"
1
1:17
"Caught in the act"
1
1:18
"The last luncheon. Upper Meadows"
1
1:19
"Homeward bound"