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Larsen Family photograph collection, 1905-1925

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Larsen Family
Title
Larsen Family photograph collection
Dates
1905-1925 (inclusive)
Quantity
3 boxes, (1 linear ft.)
Collection Number
UUS_P0006
Summary
Twenty-seven 4x5 glass plate negatives of Larsen and Ricks family members taken between 1905 and 1925. Most of the photographs were taken in Logan or Petersboro, Utah and include Lars Peter Larsen, Hanne Kristine Larsen, William Henry Larsen, Rhea Ricks Larsen, Christian Frederick Larsen, and Irene Ricks Bastow. Other photographs include the Alma Sonne home in Logan, the spillway out of second dam in Logan Canyon, and dead fish. The original negatives are in storage, but contact prints are available for viewing. These negatives are in fair condition although a few have flaking of the emulsion.
Repository
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
Restrictions

No restrictions on use except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
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Biographical Note

The Larsen Family Photograph Collection consists of twenty-seven 4x5 glass plate negatives of Larsen and Ricks family members between 1905 and 1925. Most of the photographs were taken in Logan or Petersboro, Utah and include Lars Peter Larsen, Hanne Kristine Larsen, William Henry Larsen, Rhea Ricks Larsen, Fred Larsen, Christian Frederick Larsen, Irene Ricks Bastow, Cora Larsen Hammond, Paul Ricks Larsen, Carrie Ricks, Louella Larsen Rheinhardt, William H. Larsen Jr., and Claire Larsen Hammond. Other photographs include the Alma Sonne home in Logan, the spillway out of second dam in Logan Canyon, and dead fish.

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Content Description

The Larsen Family Photograph Collection consists of twenty-seven 4x5 glass plate negatives of Larsen and Ricks family members between 1905 and 1925. Most of the photographs were taken in Logan or Petersboro, Utah and include Lars Peter Larsen, Hanne Kristine Larsen, William Henry Larsen, Rhea Ricks Larsen, Fred Larsen, Christian Frederick Larsen, Irene Ricks Bastow, Cora Larsen Hammond, Paul Ricks Larsen, Carrie Ricks, Louella Larsen Rheinhardt, William H. Larsen Jr., and Claire Larsen Hammond. Other photographs include the Alma Sonne home in Logan, the spillway out of second dam in Logan Canyon, and dead fish.

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Other Descriptive Information

box one contains copy prints from the original glass-plate negatives. The negatives are housed in boxes 2 and 3. These negatives are in fair condition although a few have flaking of the emulsion.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Larsen Family Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: P0006; Larsen Family Photograph Collection; Photograph Collections; Utah State University Special Collections and Archives, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University.

Following Citations: P0006, USUSC.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in numeric sequence according to box and item.

Processing Note

Processed in March of 2001

Acquisition Information

donated to Special Collections in May 1992 by Mrs. Claire Larsen Hammond and her sister, Cora Larsen Johnston.

Acquisition Information

Donated to Special Collections in May 1992 by Mrs. Claire Larsen Hammond and her sister, Cora Larsen Johnston.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List
  • Description: 1.01: Lars Peter Larsen and Hanna Larsen, their son Fred Larsen, and granddaughter Luella Larsen Rheinhardt
    Dates: 1910
    Container: Box 1
  • Description: 1.02: Fishermen with catch, probably near Petersboro. First man on left might be William Henry Larsen
    Dates: 1905-1925
  • Description: 1.03: Fishermen with catch, probably near Petersboro
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.4: Unidentified group of pheasant hunters with their guns and bagged bird, near Petersboro
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.05: Two men with fishing poles in front of Lars Peter Larsen's cabin in Petersboro
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.06: Men stacking hay, probably at the Lars Peter Larsen farm in Petersboro
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.07: Unidentified group of young adults posing in the field, probably in Petersboro
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.08: Rhea Ricks Larsen, about seven years old.
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.09: Rhea and Carrie Ricks, as adults, with two unidentified women. Probably in the backyard of their Logan home at 100 South 240 East. Winter scene
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.10: Rhea and Carrie Ricks. Winter scene
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.11: Unidentified children playing in the snow. Taken in Logan looking east toward mountains
    Dates: 1905-1925
  • Description: 1.12: Rhea and Cora Larsen as children, barely visible behind snow in Logan at 100 South 240 East
    Dates: 1918-1920
  • Description: 1.13: Rhea and Cora Larsen as children, barely visible behind snow in Logan at 100 South 240 East, Logan
    Dates: 1918-1920
  • Description: 1.14: Irene Ricks Bastow, as a young woman, standing in yard
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.15: Rhea Ricks Larsen standing in yard.
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.16: Rhea Ricks and child Carrie Ricks
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.17: Rhea Ricks Larsen and son Paul as an infant
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.18: Rhea Ricks Larsen and son Paul as an infant
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.19: Rhea Ricks Larsen and son Paul as an infant
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.20: Rhea Ricks Larsen and son William H. Larsen as an infant
    Dates: 1918
  • Description: 1.21: Paul Ricks Larsen, as a toddler, crying on the porch of his Logan house at 100 South 240 East
    Dates: 1911
  • Description: 1.22: Paul Ricks Larsen, as a toddler, on the porch with his father's (William Henry Larsen) tuba
    Dates: 1911
  • Description: 1.23: Phoebe Ricks Wood (aunt to Claire Larsen) and Paul Ricks (?), standing in front of house
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.24: Claire Larsen, at about 18 months, sitting on a small rocking chair
    Dates: 1924
  • Description: 1.25: The home of Alma Sonne at 400 North, just off Main Street, Logan. This home appears in Conway B. Sonne's A Man Named Alma
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.26: Unidentified group of young people, probably sitting on an old retaining wall in Logan Canyon
    Dates: undated
  • Description: 1.27: Spillway of the second dam in Logan Canyon
    Dates: 1905-1925
  • Description: Original 4x5 Glass-plate Negatives
    Dates: 1905-1925
    Container: Box 2
  • Description: Original 4x5 Glass-plate Negatives
    Dates: 1905-1925
    Container: Box 3

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Subject Terms

  • Ricks family -- Portraits.
  • Bastow, Irene Ricks, 1895-1989.
  • Larsen Family
  • Larsen family -- Portraits.
  • Larsen, Christian Frederick, b. 1876-1956.
  • Larsen, Hanne Kristine, 1858-1922
  • Larsen, L. P. (Lars Peter), 1862-1940 -- Portraits.
  • Larsen, Rhea Ricks, 1882-1966 -- Portraits.
  • Larsen, William Henry, 1883-1926 -- Portraits.
  • Merrill, Carrie Ricks, b. 1902 -- Portraits.
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