Becker Family photographs, 1875-1960
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Becker family--Photographs
- Title
- Becker Family photographs
- Dates
- 1875-1960 (inclusive)18751960
- Quantity
- 2 linear feet, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0751
- Summary
- Collection of photographs of members of the Becker family, the founders of Becker Brewing Company.
- 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 access, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
The Becker Brewing and Malting Company was founded in the 1890s by the Becker family and was located on the southwest corner of 19th Street and Lincoln Avenue in Ogden, Utah.
Johann Stephan "John S." Becker was born in December 1829 in Baden, Germany. He immigrated to the U.S. around age 16, settling in Winona, Minnesota, where he and a partner founded a small brewery in Sugar Loaf Village in the 1860s. By the early 1890s, John S. Becker sold his Winona brewery and, together with his eldest son Gustav Lorenzo Becker, moved to Ogden, Utah. They joined forces with brewer William Schellhas to take over and rename the local operation as Becker Brewing & Malting Company, officially established on June 6, 1892.
Albert Ernest Becker (1871-1961), born and raised in Winona, Minnesota, attended Northwestern University before serving a brewing apprenticeship in Chicago from 1890-92. Subsequently, Becker spent a year studying at the Wahl and Henius Research Laboratories. He moved to Ogden, Utah, in 1893 to serve as vice president of the Becker Brewing and Malting Company. In 1906, Becker married Josephine Aadneson of Ogden, and they adopted her nephew Blaine Julius, whose mother had died in childbirth. After she herself died at the birth of their daughter Josephine Katherine in 1909, Becker married Nell Carruth of Coalville, Utah, in 1910. They then added 5 more children (Louise Effie, John Albert, Gustave William, Robert Louis, and Frederick Carruth).
Content Description
This collection contains portraits of the Becker family, primarily of Albert Ernst and Nell Carruth Becker and their children. Also included is a photograph at the Brewery with prominent members of the community, several poems written by Nell, a banking newsletter with an article on Gustav L. Becker, and an Ogden Standard Examiner newspaper section related to Snow Basin, featuring several family members.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Becker Family photographs must be obtained from the Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Section Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Becker Family photographs USU_P0751. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_P0751, USUSCA.
Administrative Information
Related Materials
Gustav Lorenz Becker photograph collection, P0361
Becker Brewing and Malting Company records, CAINE COLL MSS 31
Nancy Becker scrapbook, P0654
Acquisition Information
These materials were donated to USU Special Collections and Archives in 2022 by Karen Becker Edson, daughter of Frederick Carruth Becker.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Photographs
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Description: 01-02: Fred Becker
Photography studio: Link-Tiffany, Ogden
Dates: 1936Container: Box 1, Folder 1 -
Description: 03: G. L. Becker, Winona, Minnesota
Photography studio: Elmer and Tenny
Dates: 1889 June 25Container: Box 1, Folder 1 -
Description: 04: Unidentified man on horseDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: 05: Saddled horse, side view
note on reverse appears to read "Jos. A Riding Aeady"
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 1 -
Description: 06: AEB [Albert Ernst Becker], GLB [Gustav Lorenzo Becker]Dates: circa 1880Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: 07: AEB [Albert Ernst Becker], GLB [Gustav Lorenzo Becker], possibly several years youngerDates: circa 1875Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: 08: Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Becker (Nell Jane Carruth) seated in front of fireplaceDates: circa 1955Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: 09-10: Albert and Nell's family: Frederick, Robert, Jack (John), Gus, Louise, JosieDates: circa 1924Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: 11: John Stephen Becker, Albert Ernst Becker, John Albert Becker: 3 generationsDates: circa 1915Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: 12: The Pioneer Room of Becker Brewery, 1800 Lincoln Ave. Ogden, Utah
Includes Niker, Albert E. Becker, Harm Peery, Marriner S. Eccles, Gustav L. Becker, Judge Howell, Marriner Browning, Doc Perkins, Val A. Browning, Abe Glasmann, George S. Eccles, Davis S. Romney, Spencer S. Eccles, E.G. Bennett, Willard S. Eccles, Wesley Anderson, Abley
Dates: 1935 October 2Container: Box 1, Folder 1 -
Description: 13: Albert and Nell Becker children seated on porchDates: circa 1924Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: 14: Becker children from youngest to oldestDates: circa 1924Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: 15: Albert and Nell BeckerDates: circa 1915Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: 16: Studio portrait of Nell and Albert Becker
Photography: The Ford Studio, Ogden
Dates: circa 1924Container: Box 1, Folder 2 -
Description: 17-18: Studio portrait Nell Becker
Photography studio: Loveland, Ogden, Utah
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 3 -
Description: 19-22: Studio portrait Nell Carruth Becker
Photography by John D. Eccles
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 3 -
Description: 23-27: Studio portrait Albert Becker
Photography Blank and Stoller, New York
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Paper materials
Includes poems by Nell Becker, drawing of G.L. Becker, The Thriftor newsletter dated December 1930, copy of a news feature in the Standard Examiner about Snow Basin dated January 1950
Dates: 1930s-1960sContainer: Box 1, Folder 5
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Subject Terms
- Breweries--Utah--Ogden--History.
- Home and Family
