Montana Historical SocietyPhotograph Archives
Lot 006
Power, Charles B., 1868-1953
Power family photograph collection.
1872-1945
13 boxes
1215 photographic prints (includes 1 album with 200
photographic prints, 12 oversized prints, 1 framed print, 6 engravings, and 4
tintypes)
35 nitrate film negatives
Thomas C. Power (1829-1923) came to Montana Territory in 1866
and established a successful mercantile and transportation network in and around Fort Benton
serving miners, military posts, Indian tribes of the region, and local residents. In
partnership with others he developed a transportation network of steamboats along the Upper
Missouri as well as overland stage and freight routes. He moved his corporate headquarters
to Helena in 1878 and had an interest in politics that paralleled his diverse business
career. He was elected Montana's first senator, and during his six-year stay from 1890-1895
in Washington D.C., collected portraits of colleagues and officials with whom he worked "on
the Hill." His only son, Charles Benton Power, Sr. (1868-1953) inherited his father's
interests and pursued a variety of business enterprises including real estate, mining,
ranching, logging, oil exploration, and mercantile operations throughout the state and
region. The collection includes photographs of many of the business interests, including
steamboats on the Missouri, as well as portraits of family, friends and social events
enjoyed by extended family.
English
Thomas C. Power was born in Dubuque, Iowa, May 22, 1829, the son of Irish immigrants,
Michael Walsh Power and Catherine McLeer Power. He was raised on the family farm near
Dubuque. The eldest of four children, Power worked on the farm while completing basic
education courses offered in area schools. In his teens, Power attended Sissinawa Mound
College, in Wisconsin, where he studied science and engineering. After three years of
college course work, but without graduating, he returned to Iowa and taught in rural schools
near Peru, Iowa, during the years 1858-1860. In 1860, Thomas Power accepted a job with a
survey party for the federal government and spent the next four years surveying for
government and private firms in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and eastern Montana. In 1865,
he settled in Nebraska, first working as a carpenter, and, in 1865, he became a minor
partner in a wholesale merchandising firm supplying several frontier areas.
This investment, and his familiarity with the West, led him, in the following year, to
locate at Fort Benton, Montana, head of navigation on the Upper Missouri. With the stock of
goods he brought with him, he opened a general mercantile firm in the spring of 1867. His
younger brother, John Walsh Power (1844-1901), followed later that spring with more
inventory, and Power's initial company, T. C. Power and Brother, was formed.
T. C. Power's firm was ideally located. It traded with residents of the locality, the
military garrison, and Indian tribes of the region. As head of navigation on the Missouri,
Fort Benton also offered unique advantages of supply and served as the hub of a freighting
network to the towns and camps of the isolated Territory. Power rapidly exploited his
situation and, in 1868, began supplementary overland freighting operations while expanding
the range and quantity of his merchandise.
T. C. Power and Brother and the other large Fort Benton firm, I. G. Baker and Company,
dominated trade and freighting on the northern plains by the mid 1870's. A significant
portion of the business of these firms was in the fur and hide trade with Indians of the
region and other hunters, an involvement that coincided with the period of slaughter of the
northern buffalo herd. The hide trade, and, later, buffalo bones made up many of the down
river cargos in the 1870's and early 1880's.
The rapid expansion of the Power and Baker firms caused them to invest in the construction
of the river steamer "Benton", to supply goods for their operations and to carry gold,
silver, hides, and other products down river. This investment, in 1874, resulted in the
formation of the Fort Benton Transportation Company. In subsequent years other steamboats
were built or purchased to expand this facet of the trade. In the late 1870's, Power
purchased Baker's interest in the steamer line and continued its expansion until the firm
dominated the Upper Missouri commerce in the years remaining before railroads reached the
region and effectively ended river transportation. As an adjunct to his steamer and
freighting interests, Power, in 1879, formed the first of several stagecoach lines which
served much of northern and central Montana and, eventually, linked with the
transcontinental Northern Pacific Railroad at Billings.
While retaining his investments in the Fort Benton area, in 1878, T. C. Power settled
permanently in Helena, by then Territorial capital, and later State capital, and rapidly
emerging as the focus of Montana's finance and trade. Having centered his business interests
at Helena, Power became active in the capital's economic, political, and social life. He
maintained several commercial firms, built and operated the American National Bank, and
speculated in real estate and regional mining companies.
T. C. Power's entrepreneurial interests were extremely broad. He founded or invested in
over ninety-five companies in the course of his active career. During the period 1880-1920,
in addition to major interests in merchandising and transportation, he invested in cattle
and sheep ranching; real estate throughout the northwest; lumbering; coal mining; electric
power generation; hotels; automobile distributing; military and reservation supply;
agricultural implement sales; banking; grain milling; municipal water supply; metals mining;
oil; and irrigation.
In addition to the T. C. Power Company with headquarters in the Power Block in Helena,
companies in which Power invested included the Judith Mercantile and Cattle Company in
Fergus County, organized as the Judith Cattle Company in the summer of 1878 by T. C. Power
and Brother, J.H. Knight, and H.P. Brooks; T. C. Power and Brother Lumber; Power Mercantile;
Power Motor Car Company in Helena, Montana; the Sun River Stock and Land Company; the N.S.
Ranch; Crown Butte Ranch; the PN Ranch with G.R. Norris; Escallier Sheep Company; Power
Implement Company in Bozeman, Montana; Power-Morgan Company in Choteau, Montana;
Power-Wilson Company Garage; Belgrade Company, Ltd.; and the Trident Store Company.
An interest in politics paralleled Power's diverse business career. A lifelong Republican,
he was an active supporter of the Territorial and State party, as well as contributing to
and involving himself in national party affairs. He served as a delegate to the abortive
1884 Constitutional Convention, but chose not to run for the 1889 Convention which resulted
in Montana's statehood. Power was defeated in the first state gubernatorial election, in
1889, by Joseph K. Toole, the Democratic candidate.
In 1890, Power was selected by the divided First State Legislative Assembly as one of four
senators, two from each party, to fill Montana's two seats in the nation's upper house.
Power and the other Republican chosen, Wilbur Fisk Sanders, were seated by the
Republican-controlled U.S. Senate over the bitter opposition of the Democratic contenders.
Power's service in the Senate, 1890-1895, was creditable, with concentration on the State's
major interests: the free coinage of silver; irrigation; the disposal of the public domain;
and the wool tariff. T. C. Power's one term in the Senate ended his active involvement in
politics.
Thomas C. Power married Mary G. (Molly) Flanagan at Dubuque, Iowa, in 1867, just prior to
traveling to Montana. The couple had one son, Charles Benton Power. Mary Flanagan Power died
in 1920. T. C. Power, still in active control of his varied financial interests, died at
Helena, Montana, March 16, 1923.
In addition to Thomas C. Power and John Walsh Power, Michael Walsh Power and Catherine
McLeer Power had two daughters who also moved to Montana from their native Iowa. Their older
daughter, Sarah Power (1848-1935), remained unmarried. Their younger daughter, Josephine
Power (1856-1904), married Thomas L. Martin. Josephine Power Martin and Thomas L. Martin had
one son, Leo Martin, born in 1888. He became a Jesuit priest. John Walsh Power married
Nellie T. Kelly in 1883. They had one son, John Merlin Power (1888-1940). His mother died in
1888 and his father in 1901. John Merlin Power was raised by Aunt Sarah Power, T. C. Power's
sister. She also raised Leo Martin after his parents died.
Charles Benton Power, Sr. was born at Dubuque, Iowa, November 9, 1868. His early life was
spent at Fort Benton, Montana, center of his father's financial interests. He moved to
Helena with his family in 1878. There he completed his early education in the public
schools. In 1888, C. B. Power received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown College,
Washington, D.C., and later completed a supplemental Bachelors degree and a law degree at
Columbia University, in 1891 and 1893.
C. B. Power returned to Helena, Montana, after completion of his education and entered the
practice of law. He joined his father, in 1895, in the management of the Power business
interests in Montana and the northwest. As an educated and handsome single gentleman, C. B.
Power was active and popular in Helena society. In 1923, after his father's death, Power
succeeded to ownership and operation of the remaining firms. During his business career, C.
B. Power's interests remained primarily in merchandising and real estate, but he also
invested in oil, hotels, agriculture and mining.
C. B. Power married Mabel Lamey Larson, niece of Margaret Moran Larson, in 1902. Mabel
Agnes Lamey was adopted by Peter Larson (1849-1907) and his wife, Margaret Moran Larson
(circa 1860-1924). C. B. Power and Mabel Larson Power had three children: Margaret Mary
(1903-1954), who married twice and became the Countess of Carrick; Charles Benton, Jr.,
(1906-1931) also a graduate of Georgetown College; and Jane Elizabeth (1911-1988). Jane
Power married Thomas D. Tobin in 1939. The couple had three children, Judith, Benton, and
Jane.
Mabel Power died in 1918. In 1944, C. B. Power was remarried to Pauline Ely. He died in
Helena, November 15, 1953, and Pauline died in 1971. Jane Power Tobin died in Helena in
1988.
Residences occupied by The T. C. Power family in Helena include 106 Benton, 432 Dearborn
and 604 Harrison. The C. B. Power family resided at 309 N. Ewing, 642 Dearborn, later
occupied by the Jane Power Tobin family.
The photographs in the Power family photograph collection cover a broad range of interests
and activities, spanning the years 1872-1945. The photograph collection represents not only
some of the business investments and properties; it also documents family, friends and
social life in Montana at the turn of the century.
The photographs are arranged by subject, beginning with the family in alphabetical order,
each file also sorted chronologically. Subjects following Power family include Power
connected Business Enterprises, Ranches, and Residences. General topics include Animals,
Children, Cities and Towns, Forts and Fortifications, Groups, Houses, Indians of North
America, Landscapes, Portraits of Men, Mining, Monuments and Memorials, Recreation,
Transportation, U.S. Senators, Universities and Colleges, Portraits of Women, and
Yellowstone National Park.
Many of the photographs in this collection are attributed to specific photographers or
photographic studios and lists of these photographers and/or studios follow. However,
numerous photographs are unattributed and are not listed.
Photographs in the collection are the work of the following Montana photographers:
Maud Davis Baker, Helena (4 photographs)
Barry (1 photograph)
R.H. Beckwith, Helena (4 photographs)
Bundy & Train, Helena (3 photographs)
S.J. Culbertson, Helena (2 photographs)
W.H. Culver, Benton (1 photograph)
W.H. Culver, Lewistown (2 photographs)
Dan Dutro, Fort Benton (1 photograph)
M.A. Eckert, Helena (1 photograph)
Eklund, Havre and Benton (6 photographs)
Hildore C. Eklund, Great Falls (4 photographs)
Great Falls Photo & View Company (3 photographs)
Grigsby, Livingston (1 photograph)
Haynes & White, Helena (1 photograph)
Jansrud, Helena (1 photograph)
Jorud, Helena (4 photographs)
Keller, Helena (1 photograph)
Lawson, Helena (6 photographs)
Lowry, Helena (2 photographs)
R.A. McKay (1 photograph)
J.W. Meiers, (1 photograph)
J.W. Moriarty, Helena (5 photographs)
Murr & Company, Great Falls (3 photographs)
Edward M. Reinig, Helena (13 photographs)
C. Owen Smithers, Butte (1 photograph)
Sproule & Keller, Helena (1 photograph)
Sunbeam, Helena (3 photographs)
Taylor, Helena (10 photographs)
W.H. Taylor, Helena (1 photograph)
Titter Studio, Great Falls (1 photograph)
Photographs in the collection are the work of the following non-Montana photographers:
Alwan & Co., NY (3 photographs)
Anderson, NY (2 photographs)
H. Anlon, Worcester (1 photograph)
Baumann, New York (1 photograph)
C.M. Bell, Washington, D.C. (88 photographs)
J.H. Bilbrough, Dubuque, Iowa (3 photographs)
Bowdoin, Washington, D.C. (2 photographs)
Brady, Washington, D.C. (1 photograph)
Bushnell, San Francisco (1 photograph)
Campbell Studio, New York (4 photographs)
Coulter (1 photograph)
Dana, NY (4 photographs)
G.W. Davis, Washington, D.C. (1 photograph)
De Strelecki, NY (1 photograph)
W.H. DeGraff, Bismarck, ND (1 photograph)
W.H. Degraff, Washburn, ND (1 photograph)
A.E. Dumble, Rochester, NY (1 photograph)
Elander, Chicago (1 photograph)
Elite Studio, Iowa City, Iowa (1 photograph)
The Falk Studio (3 photographs)
Filson & Son, Steubenville, O. (1 photograph)
F.B. Fiske, Fort Yates, ND (28 photographs)
C.M. Gilbert, Washington, D.C. (1 photograph)
Hanlon, Worcester (1 photograph)
Harrison, Chicago (1 photograph)
Haynes, St. Paul (1 photograph)
Heiller, Washington, D.C. (2 photographs)
Histed (3 photographs)
Holland & Roberts, Boston (1 photograph)
Holmboe, Bismarck (5 photographs)
George S. Hoyt, Louisville, KY (5 photographs)
Johnson, Salt Lake (1 photograph)
Johnson Bros., Washington, D.C. (1 photograph)
Johnson, Georgetown, D.C. (1 photograph)
L.D. Judkins, Bismarck, D.T. (1 photograph)
Kelley, NY (1 photograph)
A.C. Killius, (7 photographs)
W.G.C. Kimball, Concord, NH (1 photograph)
Kirkland, Cheyenne, WY (1 photograph)
A. Liebert, Paris (1 photograph)
Long's Studio, Seattle (1 photograph)
Loryea, Spokane (1 photograph)
Henri Mannes, Paris (1 photograph)
Moreno & Loper, NY (1 photograph)
Morrison, Chicago (1 photograph)
Morse, San Francisco (1 photograph)
Mosher, Chicago (1 photograph)
Mould Studio, Dubuque, Iowa (1 photograph)
Milt Mumslow, (1 photograph)
The Northland Studios, Chicago (1 photograph)
O'Neil, New Bedford, Mass. (1 photograph)
Pach Bro's., NY (2 photographs)
Charles Parker, Washington, D.C. (24 photographs)
Parkinson's, NY (1 photograph)
Philips Studio (1 photograph)
Edgar E. Phipps, NY (1 photograph)
Photographie Modern, Trouville (1 photograph)
J. Pienaar (1 photograph)
Pirie MacDonald, NY (1 photograph)
A.H. Poole & Co., Waterford (2 photographs)
Raymond & Stafford, Minneapolis (1 photograph)
Rice, Washington, D.C. (1 photograph)
Ricordo (1 photograph)
Rider & Barnard, Chicago (1 photograph)
Dave Risk, Kansas City, Missouri (1 photograph)
H. Rocher, Chicago (2 photographs)
Root, Chicago (2 photographs)
Roots Gallery, Dubuque, Iowa (3 photographs)
Ryder, Syracuse, NY (1 photograph)
Sarony, NY (3 photographs)
Schutz (1 photograph)
Sours, Denver (1 photograph)
Stein & Roesch, Chicago (1 photograph)
T.M. Swem, St. Paul (1 photograph)
Thomas & McLain, Cascade, Iowa (1 photograph)
D.P. Thompson, Kansas City (1 photograph)
Varney, Chicago (2 photographs)
Veeder, Albany, NY (1 photograph)
Richard Walzl, Baltimore (1 photograph)
G. Edwin Williams, Los Angeles (1 photograph)
E.G. Williams & Bro., NY (1 engraving)
The photographs are arranged by subject and organized into the following 23 subject-based
series: Series I. Power Family, Series II. Flanagan Family, Series III. Larson Family,
Series IV. Power Family Business Enterprises, Series V. Power Family Ranches, Series VI.
Power Family Residences, Series VII. Animals, Series VIII. Children, Series IX. Cities and
Towns, Series X. Forts and Fortifications, Series XI. Groups, Series XII. Houses, Series
XIII. Indians of North America, Series XIV. Landscapes, Series XV. Men, Series XVI. Mining,
Series XVII. Monuments and Memorials, Series XVIII. Recreation, Series IXX. Transportation,
Series XX. U.S. Senators, Series XXI. Universities and Colleges, Series XXII. Women, Series
XXIII. Yellowstone National Park.
Collection is open for research.
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Photograph Archives
collections and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses.
Written permission must be obtained from the Photograph Archives before any reproduction
use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in its
collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization
from the copyright owners.
Power family photograph collection. Lot 007. [Box and folder number]. Montana Historical
Society Photograph Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
The photographs were transferred from the Archives, MC 55, in two separate transfers,
accessions PAc 76-42 and PAc 77-71; and from MC 55a, in two separate transfers, accessions
PAc 89-44, and PAc 2003-15. Three duplicate photographs of Power family members were also
donated in PAc 89-112. These five accessions were combined to form this collection.
The collection was reprocessed by Jennifer Jeffries Thompson in 2006.
26 photographs were transferred and stored with previously cataloged images:
Charles A. Lindbergh in Helena, 1927 (940-220), John X. Beidler (940-844), Birdseye view
of Belgrade, MT (940-970 to 971, 2 different views), John B. Brondel (941-245), J. Schuyler
Crosby (941-642), Col. W. W. Delacy (941-931), Anton M. Holter, 1910 (942-824), Martin
Maginnis (943-724), Martin Maginnis (943-726), Fellows D. Pease (944-301), Charles B. Power,
Sr., Steve Carpenter, Norman B. Holter, R. Lee Word, and Clarence J. Kinna (944-178),
Charles B. Power, Sr., 1888 (944-431), John W. Power, engraving (944-432), Thomas C. Power
and son (944-433), Thomas C. Power (944-436), Sen. Walsh, C. B. Power and others at Rock Art
(945-496), Sen. Walsh, C. B. Power and Jane Power (945-500), Scene of the Great Judith Basin
murder (948-744), T. C. Power residence (954-011), T. C. Power residence (954-014), T. C.
Power residence (954-015), Montana Club Annual Dinner, December 30, 1911 (M900-175),
Pioneers of Bannock City (PAc 74-100), Nathaniel Ford driving floral-decorated carriage (PAc
74-104.241GP [Oversize]), Presentation of flag at St. Helena Cathedral (PAc 74-104.359GP
[Oversize]), Wilder Post Office (PAc 94-13.31), Men in automobile (PAc 94-13.115), Men in
front of log saloon (PAc 94-13.120), Tree planting ceremony at Home of the Good Shepherd,
Helena (PAc 94-34.2), Norman B. Holter (Lot 3, bx. 3, fl. 4), and Edwin O. Holter (Lot 3,
bx. 1, fl. 17).
2 undated prints of an all-male dinner function at the Montana Club were transferred to
the Jorud Collection
2 cased images were transferred to the cased image collection:
Unidentified portrait of a man wearing bow tie, vest, and jacket (C-989-004, ambrotype),
and Unidentified portrait of a man with mustache (C-989-005, daguerreotype).
68 stereographs, including views of steamboats and T. C. Power buildings, the majority by
F. Jay Haynes, were transferred to the stereograph collection.
2 postcards transferred to the postcard collection: views of the Van Orsdel Methodist
Episcopal Church in Havre, and the St. Helena Cathedral.
See the Thomas Charles Power papers, 1868-1950, MC 55, and Charles Benton Power papers,
1868-1970, MC 55a, for related materials. Biographical information was taken from MC 55
biography, personal interviews, and MHS library research including biographical reference
books, county histories, and vertical files.
This collection is indexed under the following headings. Researchers desiring materials
about related topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.
Larson, Margaret Moran.
Martin, Josephine Power,
1856-1904.
Martin, Leo Thomas, 1888- .
Martin, T. L.
Power, Catherine W. McLeer.
Power, Charles Benton Sr.,
1868-1953.
Power, Charles Benton Jr.
Power, John Merlin, 1888-1940.
Power, John Walsh, 1844-1901.
Power, Mabel Lamey Larson, d. 1918.
Power, Margaret Mary.
Power, Mary Flanagan (Mrs. T. C.
Power).
Power, Sarah E., 1848-1935.
Power, Thomas C. (Thomas Charles),
1839-1923.
Tobin, Jane Power d. 1988.
Fort Benton Transportation Company.
Georgetown College.
Agricultural Implements -- Trade and
manufacture.
Carriages and Carts -- Montana.
Children -- Montana.
Fortifications -- Montana.
Grocery Trade.
Hardware Stores.
Houses -- Montana.
Indians of North America -- Montana.
Landscape -- Montana.
Legislators United States.
Lumber Trade.
Military Bases -- Supplies and stores.
Mines and Mineral Resources --
Montana.
Missouri River -- commerce.
Ranches -- Montana.
Recreation.
River steamers -- Montana.
Women -- Montana.
Transportation.
Fort Benton (Mont.)
Fort Yates (N.D.)
Helena (Mont.)
Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D.)
Yellowstone National Park.
Photographs
City and Town Life.
Colleges and Universities.
Native Americans.
Montana.
Sports and Recreation.
Transportation.
Detailed description of the collection
Series I
Power Family
1 / 1
Celia McNulty (portrait of Celia, 1st cousin of Thomas
C. Power)
undated
1 / 2
Catherine W. McLeer Power (portrait of Catherine, wife
of Michael Walsh Power)
undated
FR-1
Charles Benton Power, Sr. (framed tinted portrait of
C. B. Power, Sr. as a young boy)
circa 1873
1 / 3
Charles Benton Power, Sr. (including portrait as a
child, [circa 1873]; portraits, 1888 and [1898]; C. B. Power driving a carriage with
black coachman, Nathaniel Ford, sitting in back, [circa 1898])
circa 1873
1888
1898
1 / 4
Charles Benton Power, Sr. (portraits of C. B.
Power)
1917
1925
circa 1930
M—1
Charles Benton Power, Sr. (standing alongside garden
of dahlias)
circa 1935
1 / 5
Charles Benton Power, Sr. (with Mick, the bulldog in
yard of Power residence, 642 Dearborn, [circa1935]; with Gin Rickey, a collie-wolf
dog, and Dewey Smith at Rock Creek Lodge, 1944; Dewey Smith, 1944)
circa 1935
1944
1 / 6
Charles Benton Power, Sr. family (group portraits of
C. B. Power, John Merlin Power and Leo Martin who are all cousins, 1896; and same
group with dog, Chief, 1896)
1896
1 / 7
Charles Benton Power, Sr. family (includes C. B.
Power, Sr., Margaret, and Mabel Power on steps and in yard of the Larson residence,
304 N. Ewing)
circa 1905
1 / 8
Charles Benton Power, Sr. family (includes C. B.
Power, Mabel Power, Mrs. J.W. Stewart, Miss Margaret Stewart, photographs taken by D.
E. Hares; group view on a promenade; also of a bullfight in San Sebastian, Spain,
Easter Sunday)
1913
1 / 9 - 1 / 10
Charles Benton Power, Sr. family (trip to San
Sebastian, Spain, included C. B. Power, Mabel Power, Mrs. J. W. Stewart, Miss Margaret
Stewart, photographs taken by D. E. Hares; and of bullfight, Easter
Sunday)
1913
1 / 11
Charles Benton Power, Sr. family (includes C. B.
Power, Mabel Larson Power, and their children, Margaret and Jane Power, Sarah Power,
Whitney Smith, Gordon Lamey, landscape around and including Rock Creek
Lodge)
circa 1914
1 / 12
Charles Benton Power, Sr. family (includes Charles B.
Power, Sr. and Mabel Larson Power in Costa Rica)
1916
1
Charles Benton Power, Sr. family (includes Margaret
Power, C. B. Power, Jane Power, C. B. Power, Helen Kessler, boys playing, views of
Dearborn residence, Rock Creek Lodge, Gates of the Mountains, perhaps Dempsey-Gibbons
fight, and Block P Mine in Hughesville) [200 photographs]
circa 1920-1930
1 / 13
Charles Benton Power, Sr. family (includes C. B.
Power, Sr., Jane Power, Howard Bourman, and Rose Netange (family maid) fishing at Rock
Creek reservoir)
1922
1 / 14
Charles Benton Power, Sr. family (includes Benton
Power, C. B. Power, Jane Power, John M. Power, his sons Jack and Tom Power, and others
including Thomas J. Walsh at Rock Creek Lodge, 1926; views of Rock Creek Lodge,
1926)
1926
M—2
Charles Benton Power, Sr. with others (group of men
and women in front of church doors in New York)
circa 1890
2 / 1
Charles Benton Power, Sr. with others (includes Mrs.
Van Buren Holmes, N.B. Holter, C. B. Power, Rolla Watson eating and
drinking)
circa 1896
2 / 2
Charles Benton Power, Sr. with Others (includes Ray
Church, Bill Ferguson, David Hilger, Nicholas Hilger, J. Fox King, J.H. Marlow, C. B.
Power, John M. Power, Charles Stewart and others at Gates of the Mountains, 1926;
Governor Roy E. Ayers, A. Beardsley, Jack Dempsey, and C. B. Power, 1940)
1926
1940
2 / 3
Charles Benton Power, Jr. (portraits)
circa 1909
1910
1918
circa 1924
1925
2 / 4
Charles Benton Power, Jr. family (portrait of Benton
with an unidentified woman, probably his nursemaid, [circa 1909]; portraits of Benton
with Margaret Power each wearing bib overalls and holding buckets and shovels, [circa
1909]; outdoor photograph of Benton and Jane Power with Billy Bach, 1917; portraits of
Benton and Jane Power, [circa 1918])
circa 1909
1917
circa 1918
2 / 5
Jane Power (includes portraits of Jane, [1911];
portrait and proofs, 1913)
1911
1913
2 / 6
Jane Power (includes Miss Peoples holding Jane, [circa
1911]; Jane in wheelbarrow, on side walk, and sitting on ground, [circa
1912])
1911
1912
2 / 7
Jane Power (includes Jane in carriage, with toys, with
friends and governess on steps or on walk in front of residence, probably on North
Ewing)
circa 1912
2 / 8
Jane Power (includes portrait of Jane reading a book,
[circa 1918]; portraits of Jane wearing lace-cape dress and locket, and same view
tinted, [1918]; views of Jane around Dearborn Street residence, on horseback, and in
front of garage behind Dearborn Street residence, [circa 1919]; in front of
garage,1925)
circa 1918-1919
1925
2 / 9
Jane Power (includes Jane with her dog "Mick", 1925;
with her father, C. B. Power, 1925; and of her Irish Setter dog, undated)
undated
1925
2 / 10
Jane Power (includes portraits)
undated
circa 1932
1936
2 / 11
Jane Power Tobin family (Jane Power Tobin with her
children, Judith and Benton)
1943
2 / 12
John Merlin Power (portraits of J.M. Power, son of
J.W. Power, 1890; with dog, 1896)
1890
1896
2 / 13
John Merlin Power with Others (J. M. Power with Leo
Martin, 1905; Power wearing angora chaps with G. W. Fields, Sr. of the PN Outfit at
Judith Landing [circa 1910]; and with son [John "Jack" Power, circa 1916]; group
portrait of men, including John M. Power, standing in front of Montana Oil Company
tanks, 1918)
1905
circa 1910
circa 1916
1918
2 / 14
John Walsh Power (portrait of J. W. Power, T. C.
Power's brother)
circa 1890
2 / 15
Josephine Power Martin (portrait of Josephine, T. C.
Power's youngest sister, [circa 1880]; group view of Josephine with her son Leo
Martin, John Merlin Power, son of John Walsh Power, and Sarah Power, T. C. Power's
other sister, 1896)
circa 1880
1896
2 / 16
Leo Thomas Martin (portrait of Leo, son of Josephine
Power Martin)
1890
2 / 17
Tom [Martin] (portrait; married to Josephine Power
Martin)
1885
M—3
Mabel Lamey Larson (portrait as a young girl with
long, dark hair)
circa 1890
2 / 18
Mabel Lamey Larson Power (portraits of Mabel, wife of
C. B. Power, Sr., seated in chair with foot resting on pillow, and Mabel standing in
long, dress coat, 1909; portraits of Mabel with pearl choker, 1909; portraits of Mabel
wearing string of pearls, [circa 1912])
1909
circa 1912
2 / 19
Mabel Lamey Larson Power family (includes group
portrait of Mabel with her brother, Gordon Lamey, and her sister, Sadie
Lamey)
circa 1885
2 / 20
Mabel Lamey Larson Power with Others (includes
portrait of Mabel with Lewis Babcock, [circa 1887]; with an unidentified woman with
hat, [circa 1898]; and with Mrs. Marlow, Mrs. Porter, and others in automobile in
California, 1912)
circa 1887
circa 1898
1912
2 / 21
Mabel Lamey Larson Power with Others (view of Mabel
with Helen Kessler and Benton Power at Rock Creek Lodge, 1917; Mabel with group on
lawn and of Mabel alone on the same occasion; taken by her daughter, Margaret, the
last photograph of Mabel before her death, May 1918
1917
1918 May
3 / 1
Margaret Mary Power (portraits of Margaret, daughter
of C. B. and Mabel Power, 1904; views of Margaret indoors, on front porch with others,
and in baby carriage, [1904])
1904
3 / 2
Margaret Mary Power (includes Margaret in backyard and
playing in sand)
1905
3 / 3
Margaret Mary Power (portrait of Margaret with ermine
muff, [1907]; three similar portraits of Margaret with short hair, one of which she is
reading a book, [1908]; Margaret on the beach with Bessie who was Aunt Margaret's
maid, and another unidentified woman, 1910; portrait with Bessie, [1909]; and Margaret
on her pony "Buster" at Ewing Street residence, circa 1912)
1907-1910
1912
3 / 4
Margaret Mary Power (portrait of Margaret with long
hair, [1917]; "Chink", Margaret's Chow dog, in backyard of Dearborn Avenue residence,
1925; Margaret standing in front of striped awning, [1930])
1917
1925
1930
3 / 5
Mary (Molly) Flanagan Power (includes portraits of
Mary, Mrs. T. C. Power, [circa 1872] and 1919)
circa 1872
1919
3 / 6
Sarah E. Power (portraits of Sarah, T. C. Power's
sister,1905; group portrait including Sarah, Mary Power, and other women, in yard
alongside the [Broadwater Hotel, circa 1910])
1905
circa 1910
3 / 7
Thomas C. Power (includes portraits, [circa 1872],
1895; engravings for Joaquin Miller's History, [circa 1895]; T. C. Power in top hat,
1894; T. C. Power in derby hat, [circa 1905])
circa 1872
1894
1895
circa 1905
3 / 8
Power family (group view includes Mary Flanagan Power
(Mrs. T. C. Power), Margaret Power, Sarah Power seated in horse-drawn,
floral-decorated carriage; driven by black coachman, Nathaniel Ford)
circa 1908
3 / 9
Power family (family picnic includes T. C. Power, Mary
Flanagan Power, C. B. Power and Mabel Larson Power, Margaret Power, Benton Power,
Sarah Power, T. L. Martin)
circa 1909
3 / 10
Power family (family picnic includes T. C. Power, Mary
Flanagan Power, C. B. Power and Mabel Larson Power, Margaret Power, Benton Power,
Sarah Power, T. L. Martin on a picnic)
circa 1909
3 / 11
Power family (includes T. C. Power with his
grandchildren, Benton Power, [1909]; with Benton and Jane Power at Rock Creek Lodge,
[1913])
1909
1913
Series II
Flanagan Family
3 / 12
Flanagan family (includes Mary Flanagan, mother of
Mrs. T. C. Power, undated); Grace Flanagan, [circa 1910]
undated
circa 1910
3 / 13
Flanagan - McNamara family (portraits of Kate Flanagan
McNamara, Letty Flanagan McNamara, Michael McNamara, and [unknown first name]
McNamara)
undated
Series III
Larson Family
3 / 14
Margaret Moran Larson (includes portraits of Margaret,
Mrs. Peter Larson and adoptive mother of Mabel Larson Power, with roses, [circa 1905];
with hat and fur-trimmed jacket, [circa 1910]; and with others at tea in Paris, [circa
1912])
circa 1905
circa 1910
circa 1912
M—4
Moran Larson (portrait of Margaret in elegant
gown)
circa 1905
3 / 15
General J. W. "Jack" Stewart (portrait of Jack, Mabel
Larson Power's brother-in-law who was married to Mabel's sister, Elizabeth; standing
in uniform with long boots and walking stick)
undated
3 / 16
Margaret Mary Stewart (portrait of Margaret, niece of
Mabel Larson Power, in white, ruffled dress)
circa 1900
3 / 17
Peter Larson (studio portrait)
circa 1900
Series IV
Power Family Business Enterprises
4 / 1
Carriages (includes view of two Weisenhorn carriages,
Fort Benton, with Union Hotel in background)
circa 1890
4 / 2
Garages (exterior views of Pondera Valley Auto Company
Garage/Power-Wilson Company Garage, Conrad, [circa 1918]; and T. C. Power Motor
Company Garage, Helena, with cars lined up outside, [circa 1920])
circa 1918
circa 1920
4 / 3
Hardware and Implement Companies (interior and
exterior views of Belgrade Company, Ltd. including dry goods, grocery, hardware &
office departments; exterior view Belgrade Company cottages, [all circa 1913]; views
of Belgrade Tile Works showing rows of tile culverts, 1912; interior view of Power
Implement Company, Bozeman, 1916; and exterior view of Power-Morgan Co. showing
flatbed truck, Choteau, undated)
undated
1912
circa 1913
1926
4 / 4
Lumber Companies (exterior view of Local Lumber Co.,
Chinook, showing stacks of lumber, horse-drawn wagons, undated; exterior views of
Boorman Mercantile Co., Collins, the dry lumber building, office with horse-drawn
wagons outside, [1910]; exterior view of T. C. Power & Bro. Lumber, Fort Benton,
[l907-1915]; exterior views of office, warehouse, and dry shed of Holter-Boorman
Lumber. Co., Great Falls, with men and wagons posing in front of buildings,
[1907-1915]; exterior of Boorman-Power Lumber & Implement Co., [perhaps Vaughn]
showing dry shed and another building with horse-drawn implements outside, undated;
exterior views of stacked lumber, Boorman Lumber Co., place and date not
known)
undated
1907-1915
4 / 5
Mercantile Companies (includes exterior view of Bogy
Mercantile Company, a brick building dated 1900, Chinook; plows, wagon wheels stored
at side of building, undated; interior view of Bogy's, Chinook, showing rows of food
items and other merchandise, and sign "Winter Rye for Sale", 1912; exterior view of
Power Mercantile Co., Lewistown, [circa 1915]; interior view of Power Mercantile Co.,
Lewistown, showing millinery and bolt cloth, [circa 1915]; interior of Trident Store,
Trident, showing men behind counter and a little girl; stocked shelves of canned
goods, undated; interior of Judith Basin Mercantile Company, Utica, showing dry goods,
1909)
undated
1900
1909
1912
circa 1915
4 / 6
Offices (T. C. Power Company including "Old Power
Company Office" with T. L. Martin and E. F. Cameron, [circa 1915]; Power Building and
Annex in Helena, 1915; Steamboat Block, [circa 1915]; building in Minneapolis owned by
T. C. Power, [circa 1925])
circa 1915
circa 1925
4 / 7
Power's Nurseries (includes President Cosgrove and
others visiting the nursery and planting a tree in Waterford [state
unknown])
1926
M—5
Steamboat "Benton", Fort Benton Transportation Company
(opposite landing at Fort Benton, pulling across river to landing; first boat built by
T. C. Power & Bro. at Pittsburgh)
circa 1878
4 / 8
Steamboats (includes "Benton" ways in Bismarck, ND,
[circa 1890], and at Fort Yates, ND, 1911; photograph of a painting of the "Benton";
Benton Packet Company's "Deapolis" on Missouri River, [circa 1907]; and "Expansion" at
Standing Rock Agency, [circa 1907], and at Washburn Landing,1907)
circa 1890
circa 1907
1911
4 / 9
Steamboats (includes Benton Packet Company's "Frayne"
with steam shovel on barge, 1911; "Frayne" on ways at Washburn, ND, [circa 1904-1910];
"Gros Ventre" at Standing Rock Indian Agency, 1909; on ways of Bismarck, ND, 1910; and
launching of Block P "Gros Ventre" on Benton Packet Company ways at Bismarck, ND,
[circa 1904-1910]; Block P's "Helena" beneath railroad bridge as train is crossing,
Bismarck, ND, [circa 1885]; photograph of a painting of "Benton" passing Citadel Rock;
"O.K." docking probably at Judith Landing near the PN Ranch, 1907; and "T. C. Power"
at wharf, [circa 1885])
circa 1885
1904-1911
M—6
Steamboat "Scarab", Benton Packet Company (profile of
ship in river with American flag, men in pilot house, and men on deck)
undated
4 / 10
Steamboats (includes multiple steamboats on ways or in
water; Fort Benton Transportation Company "Rosebud", "Eclipse", "Missouri", and others
near railroad bridge, Bismarck, ND, [1883-1887]; Benton Transportation Company
"Bismarck" and unidentified boat unloading at Fort Yates, N.D., [1885-1904]; Benton
Packet Company boats "Weston" in river, "Expansion", "Washburn" and "Frayne" on ways
at Washburn, N.D., [circa 1904-1910]; Benton Packet Company, "Deapolis", "Washburn",
"Benton", "Frayne", "Gros Ventre", "Expansion" on ways in winter near railroad bridge,
Bismarck, N.D., 1914; Benton Packet Company boats "Washburn", "Frayne", "Benton"
unloading at Washburn, N.D.,[1904-1915])
1883-1887
1904-1915
Series V
Power Family Ranches
5 / 1
Crown Butte Ranch (exterior of log cabin with chairs
on porch)
undated
5 / 2
Escallier Ranch [Escallier Sheep Company, Cascade]
(includes views of sheep and scenery)
undated
5 / 3
Lepley Ranch (includes barn, outbuildings, log corral,
and two men walking)
1907
5 / 4
N.S. Ranch [Sun River Stock & Land Co.] (includes
groomed Aberdeen Angus Cattle, ranch buildings, and landscapes showing Square
Butte)
1909
5 / 5
[N.S. Ranch] Sun River Stock and Land Co. (includes
Aberdeen Angus cattle owned by T. C. and C.B Power and of unidentified ranch
hands)
undated
MM-1
Power-Norris Ranch, Judith Mercantile and Cattle
Company, panoramic view showing confluence of Judith and Missouri Rivers
undated
5 / 6
Power-Norris Ranch, Judith Mercantile and Cattle
Company, Judith Landing (includes view of ranch, cattle fence across river, chuck
wagon, picketed horses, hand-pulled passenger ferry; C. B. Power with Bill Deaton in
an automobile, all undated; all-white horses with riders perhaps including Bill
Deaton)
1909
5 / 7
Power-Norris Ranch, Judith Mercantile and Cattle
Company, Judith Landing (includes views of Judith River showing washed out head gate,
irrigation ditches under construction; ranch site near the Judith River)
circa 1910
5 / 8
Power-Norris Ranch, Judith Mercantile and Cattle
Company, Judith Landing (includes views of livestock, ranch buildings at a distance,
tents and river views, [circa 1910]; cowboys herding cattle, post-1918)
circa 1910
post-1918
5 / 9
Power-Norris Ranch, Judith Mercantile and Cattle
Company, Judith Landing (includes views of the [former John Murphy] cattle ranch,
"79", purchased by Power-Norris; dike, flood ditch, meadow, Belgard and Dry
Creek)
undated
5 / 10
Power-Norris Ranch, Judith Mercantile and Cattle
Company, Judith Landing (includes views of ranch buildings and house, original
warehouse, and cattle)
undated
5 / 11
Power-Norris Ranch, Judith Mercantile and Cattle
Company, near Crooked Creek (includes C. B. Power and G.R. Norris resting on ground
near wagon; PN outfit, wagon and tents)
undated
5 / 12
Stanley Ranch [perhaps Hughesville] (includes view of
Billy Williamson on a horse in front of log structure)
undated
5 / 13
Sunnyside Ranch, Sun River Stock and Land Co., Sun
River (includes views of ranch house and of Sun River)
1903-1904
5 / 14
Unidentified ranch land (includes road leading to
ranch buildings; grazing land; moonlight view of water; cowboys herding
cattle)
post-1918
Series VI
Power Family Residences
6 / 1
Charles Benton Power, Sr. residence (Rock Creek
Lodge)
1910
6 / 2
Charles Benton Power, Sr. residence (642 Dearborn,
Helena, featuring snow-covered yard, woman with small dog, undated; 642 Dearborn,
Helena, in snow taken by Benton Power shortly before his death in 1932)
undated
M—7
T. C. Power residence (604 Harrison, Helena, featuring
young trees in boulevard, dirt street, trolley car rails, and neighboring
house)
undated
6 / 3
T. C. Power residences (includes 106 Benton Ave.; 604
Harrison Ave. taken from Power St. side featuring young girl with umbrella; 604
Harrison Ave. residence and carriage house, taken from Power Street side)
undated
Series VII
Animals
6 / 4
Elk (includes herd of approximately 25 elk in front of
rocky outcropping)
undated
M—8
Large fish (mounted Tarpon or Silver King with
unidentified man standing alongside with rod and reel in hand)
undated
Series VIII
Children
6 / 5
Barry Holliday (Barry, adopted son of Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Holliday, riding a tricycle and posing in yard)
1929-1930
6 / 6
Unidentified (studio portraits of boy leaning on
wicker chair; and of girl with wide-brimmed hat and flowers)
undated
Series IX
Cities and Towns
6 / 7
Bismarck, North Dakota (exterior view of a bank built
in 1882; photograph taken after an earthquake)
undated
6 / 8
Fort Benton, Montana (includes documentation of damage
to "rip-rap" along the Missouri after flood and also showing some of the buildings
facing the river)
1908
6 / 9
Fort Benton, Montana (includes exterior of old
Catholic Church; buildings facing the river; and bluffs opposite the town)
undated
6 / 10
Great Falls, Montana ("winterless winter", straw hat
parade showing women in bathing suits on a float; governor's reception committee
consisting of F.A. Fligman, Byron Yates, and C. B. Power in lead car)
1926
6 / 11
Helena, Montana (interior view of Sacred Heart
Cathedral decorated for the wedding of C. B. Power and Mabel Larson, 1902; St. Helena
School classroom with Jane Power and classmates, spring, 1922; views of Broadwater
Hotel in snow, 1932; Vigilante Parade in Helena with model of Kentucky Derby winner
"Spokane", 1938)
1902
1922
1932
1938
6 / 12
Meaderville, Montana (interior view of Rocky Mountain
Café showing bar, back bar, and spittoons)
1938
6 / 13
Rocky Point, Montana (view showing log buildings,
saloon; stacked wood, wagon boxes, ox teams and wagons; men wearing military tunics
and mosquito netting; body of water)
circa 1885
6 / 14
St. Ignatius, Montana (interior of the Church of St.
Ignatius, by J.W. Meiers)
1940
6 / 15
Wolf Creek, Montana and Unidentified Location
(exterior view of Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus showing parked car in foreground
and crowd of people outside of church, [1917]; Tulip Mayflower float and pilgrims,
unidentified location, post-1918)
1917
post-1918
Series X
Forts and Fortifications
6 / 16
Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota (birds eye view of
fort and nearby water landing)
undated
6 / 17
Fort Benton, Montana (includes bastion and remains of
other buildings)
undated
Series XI
Groups
6 / 18
Group (group of men and women in front of building, I.
G. Baker and U.S. Present Wilson identified)
circa 1914
6 / 19
Pioneers' Meeting (includes Jimmy Austin, I.P. Baker,
C. B. Power, Sr., Randall Reid, Grand Union Hotel, fort, and stage coach loaded with
passengers including Gov. J. E. Erickson, Col. James T. Stanford, Dave Hilger, C. B.
Power, and Miss May Flanagan at Fort Benton)
1926 July
6 / 20
Social Gatherings (includes large group outdoors, no
date; interior portrait of (back row, l-r) Steve Carpenter, Edwin O. Holter, Norman B.
Holter; (front row, l-r) May Franklin, Bella Sharp, Ella Blaine, undated; tintype of
three couples, men wearing ladies' hats, may include May Franklin and Edwin Holter, no
date; M. Boggs, E.C. Boom, Florence Burke, J.L. Ming, at Picnic Canyon, Gates of the
Mountains, 1895)
undated
1895
M—9
Unidentified Group (women in formal dress and men,
some in uniform, seated at a dining table in a large, mirrored room)
circa 1920
Series XII
Houses
6 / 21
Urban House (includes two-story white frame house with
shutters and yard; oiling can and toy on step)
undated
Series XIII
Indians of North America
6 / 22
Fort Yates, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, North
Dakota (includes man on bucking white horse, 1910; Sioux dancers, [post-1918]; rodeo
rider Moses White, undated; and other rodeo events, [post-1918]; men herding cattle by
moonlight; [post-1918]; funeral procession of George Halsey, 1923; by F. B.
Fiske)
undated
1910
post-1918
1923
6 / 23
Fort Yates, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, North
Dakota (McLaughlin Fair views of bronc rider; by F. B. Fiske)
post-1918
6 / 24
Fort Yates, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, North
Dakota (includes views of parade and Sioux dancers at Standing Rock Fair, [post-1918];
novelty (foot) race, [post-1918]; and howling coyote, undated; by F. B
Fiske)
undated
post-1918
6 / 25
Fort Yates, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, North
Dakota (views of rodeo riders including Gilland on bareback; Ironeyes on rearing
horse; J. Bear, bareback rider on white horse; and pony race; by F.B.
Fiske)
post 1918
6 / 26
Fort Yates, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, North
Dakota (views of wrestling and boxing events showing competitors, spectators, and
officials in an outdoor, informal arena; by F. B. Fiske)
undated
6 / 27
Red Tomahawk (includes portrait of Sioux chief Red
Tomahawk with feathered headdress on a calendar on mount, 1924; group photograph
including Red Tomahawk, Col. Foster, North Dakota Governor Walter Maddock, Major
General Charles P. Summerall, and Francis Zane, 1928)
1924
1928
Series XIV
Landscapes
7 / 1
Cascade Range, Washington (includes Mt. Baker Lodge
and Mt. Baker; Table Mountain; Mt. Shukstrom; Mt. Storm King; Solduc Woods and Solduc
Burn; The Pillars, Sekia; boat coming into Bellingham)
1924 June/July
7 / 2
Hay Stack Butte (near Augusta)
1932
7 / 3
Little Missouri (includes open plains, river cuts
identified as "Little Mo", automobile and dirt road; antelope in distance; house,
outbuildings, stacked wood and gate belonging to W. H. Hanson; taken by Frayne Baker
of North Dakota)
1924
7 / 4
Little Missouri (includes fence posts, range land,
badlands, rocky outcroppings, river identified as "Little Mo."; taken by Frayne Baker
of North Dakota)
1924
M—10
Mission Range (snow capped peaks)
1920
7 / 5
Rock Art (near Rock Creek Lodge)
circa 1920
7 / 6
Sun River Area (Sun River U.S. Government Petroleum
Reserve and detailed descriptions)
undated
Series XV
Men
7 / 7
W. Amory, 1880; A. H. Beattie, undated; [P.B.] Bird,
undated; James F. Blaine, undated; Steve Carpenter, undated; Steve Carpenter with
Clarence J. Kinna, undated
undated
1880
7 / 8
Rt. Rev. Monsignor Victor Day (includes view of
Victoria Falls, Rhodesia, and Taj Mahal)
1928
7 / 9
William Dixon, Jr., undated; Thomas P. Fenlon, 1916;
W. K. Flowerree, undated; Edwin O. Holter, 1887; Norman B. Holter, 1891; Andy Johnson,
a Missouri River steamboat captain, undated; signed portrait of Conrad Kohrs, no
date)
undated
1887
1891
1916
7 / 10
Charles A. Lindbergh (includes Mayor Percy Witmer and
Lindy in motorcade in Helena)
1927
7 / 11
Gov. Alf M. Landon with his father, John M. Landon, no
date; Harry S. Lehr, 1893; William H. Lyon, undated; J. C. Marr, 1912; Augustus
MacDonald, 1890; Len McCullough, undated; Franklyn Nichols, a black corpsman, [circa
1945])
undated
1890
1893
1912
circa 1945
7 / 12
George M. Rand, undated; "Rex" from St. Louis, no
date; Louis P. Sanders, [circa 1897]; P.E. Studebaker, undated; W.D. Symmes of the
Power Mercantile Co. in Lewistown, undated; John Thorburn, undated; James Grover
Tougas, undated
undated
circa 1897
7 / 13
W. G. Veazey, [circa 1890]; Bruce Wallace, undated;
Rolla B. Watson, 1891; Portus B.Weare, undated; Frank G. Welsh, undated; Fred West
sitting on hood of ambulance, [circa 1917]; S. A. Willis, undated
undated
circa 1890
1891
circa 1917
7 / 14
Robert Lee Word (includes portrait with polka-dot tie,
1888; front view with stick pin in tie, undated; profile in tuxedo, 1890; Word with
two women, probably [Belle] Word and another sister, undated)
undated
1888
1890
8 / 1
Men - Unidentified Portraits- Military (includes man
with long-belted tunic, sash, boots and gloves, possibly Civil War era, taken by a
Bloomington, Illinois, photographer; portraits of WWI-era soldiers, one wearing a
hat)
undated
8 / 2
Men - Unidentified Portraits - Montana (Montana
pioneer wearing Deer Lodge Pioneer badge, [1913]; man inspecting a ledger in a store,
[circa 1900]; older man sitting in front of ivy-covered door, undated; unidentified
portraits by Helena photographers, undated)
undated
circa 1900
1913
8 / 3
Men - Unidentified Portraits (man with top hat; man
with heavy chain and watch fob; man with mustache; Catholic clergyman; man with white
mustache; man on deck of ferry or steamboat)
undated
8 / 4
Groups (left to right, G. Stuart, W. F. Sanders, [?]
Steel, J. R. Sweeney, undated; W. LeGrand Cannon, T. Noyes, J. L. Ming, 1891; W.
LeGrand Cannon, J.L. Ming, 1891; All-Industry Montana Poultry School featuring Homer
Huntington, Arthur Todd, Dave Ross, Harry Johnson
undated
1891
8 / 5
Unidentified Groups (includes Catholic clergy in front
of a church, undated; men on porch of log structure, Beaver Creek, 1904)
undated
1904
Series XVI
Mining
8 / 6
Block P Mining Company (includes views of mine,
buildings, ore car and other equipment, men; located in Hughesville,
Montana)
circa 1920s
8 / 7
Block P Mining Company (includes office, concentrating
mill, and pigs; some views in winter; located in Hughesville, Montana)
circa 1920s
8 / 8
Tunnels, trestle, and cuts (includes cuts named
Andersen, Summit, Maliff, Milam, and Udberg; shows equipment resembling a steam shovel
and construction)
1924
8 / 9
Unidentified (dismantled buildings in
snow)
undated
Series XVII
Monuments and Memorials
8 / 10
Captain John Mullan Trail, 1853-1855 (postcard of
monument, location unknown, circa 1916)
1853-1855
circa 1916
Series XVIII
Recreation
8 / 11
Rail car excursion C. B. Power, Sr. with friends on a
private rail car excursion; includes Amelia "Amy" Lieber and Louise
Lieber)
circa 1900
8 / 12
Rail car excursion C. B. Power, Sr. with friends on a
private rail car excursion; includes 2 black attendants, Amelia "Amy" and Louise
Lieber, Richard Austin Harlow and Josephine Maud Barnaby Harlow, Mrs. Floyd Jones,
tent, train, and tracks)
circa 1900
9 / 1
Rail car excursion C. B. Power, Sr. with friends on a
private rail car excursion; includes group fishing dressed in hip boots and swimming
suits, hats and gear; rail car, tent and stream)
circa 1900
9 / 2
Rail car excursion C. B. Power, Sr. with friends on a
private rail car excursion, includes group fishing, dressed in hip boots and swimming
suits, hats and gear; rail car, tent and stream)
circa 1900
9 / 3
Rail car excursion C. B. Power, Sr. with friends on a
private rail car excursion; includes group on horseback playing polo, and rail
car)
circa 1900
9 / 4
Rail car excursion C. B. Power, Sr. with friends on a
private railcar excursion; includes group target shooting; rail car and
tent)
circa 1900
Series IXX
Transportation
9 / 5
Freight wagons (loaded tandem wagons pulled by three
horse teams alongside warehouse; imprint on back "George S. Hoyt, Louisville,
KY")
undated
9 / 6
Wagons and automobiles (horse-driven wagons and
automobiles fording river in winter)
post-1918
9 / 7
S.S. City of New York (photograph of painting of ship
crossing the Atlantic; T. C. Power, family and friends, crossed in this ship in
1889)
undated
Series XX
U.S. Senators
9 / 8
Portraits (includes Nelson W. Aldrich; J. B. Allen;
William B. Allison; B. Bate; James H. Berry; Joseph C. S. Blackburn; C. S. Brice;
Matthew C. Butler; Isaac Bassett; Henry W. Blair; R. Blodgett)
1890-1895
10 / 1
Portraits (includes D. Coffery; W. Call; J. Camden; J.
Cameron; J. Carey, J. Carlisle; L. Casey; W. Chandler; F. Cockrell; R. Coke; A.
Colquitt; S. Cullom)
1890-1895
10 / 2
Portraits (includes J. Daniel; C. Davis; H. Dowes; N.
Dixon; J. Dolph; F. Dubois; G. Edmunds; W. Everts; C. Farwell; C. Faulkner; C. Felton;
W. Frye)
1890-1895
10 / 3
Portraits (includes J. Gallinger; J. George; C.
Gibson; J. Gordon; A. Gorman; G. Gray)
1890-1895
10 / 4
Portraits (includes E. Hale; W. Hampton; H.
Hansbrough; I. Harris; President Benjamin Harrison; J. Hawley; G. Hearst; A. Higgins;
D. Hill; F. Hiscock; G. Hoar; E. Hunton)
1890-1895
10 / 5
Portraits (includes J. Ingalls; J. Irby; James K.
Jones; John P. Jones; J. Kyle)
1890-1895
10 / 6
Portraits (includes C. Manderson; J. McMillan; J.
McPherson; R. Mills; J. Mitchell, J. Morgan, J. Morrill; Levi P. Morton,
Vice-President)
1890-1895
10 / 7
Portraits (includes A. S. Paddock; J. Palmer; S.
Pasco; H. B. Payne; W. Peffer; B. W. Perkins; R. Pettigrew; O. Platt; R. Proctor; J.
Pugh; M. Quay; M. Ransom)
1890-1895
11 / 1
Portraits (includes W. Sanders; P. Sawyer; J. Sherman;
George Shoup; J. Spooner; W. Squire; L. Stanford; W. Stewart; F.
Stockbridge)
1890-1895
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Portraits (includes H. Teller; D. Turpie; Z. Vance; G.
Vest; W. Vilas; D. Voorhees)
1890-1895
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Portraits (includes E. Walthall; F. Warren; W.
Washburn; E. White, J. Wilson, E. Wolcott)
Series XXI
Universities and Colleges
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Georgetown College (group portraits including C. B.
Power, A.J. Donlan, Monsignor Spratt, Father Clark, and other classmates at Georgetown
College, 1888; and of Georgetown College, [circa 1888])
circa 1888
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Georgetown College (portraits of C. B. Power's
classmates at Georgetown College including T. V. Bolan; Harry Butler; William Dwyer;
Erin Dahlgren; Father Donlan; Thomas C. Fitzpatrick)
1887-1888
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Georgetown College (portraits of C. B. Power's
classmates at Georgetown College including Daniel J. Gravy; James Gray; John
Junghasse; George Kearney; J. W. Kearny, Jr.; (unknown first name) Singleton; A.
Masters McDonell; D. J. McLaughlin; James P. Montgomery; W. P. D. Moross)
1887-1888
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Georgetown College (portraits of C. B. Power's
classmates at Georgetown College including A. E. Shoemaker; Maurice Spratt; tintype of
James Taylor and James Gray; James Taylor; tintype of 3 unidentified
classmates)
1887-1888
M—11
Georgetown College (includes group of Georgetown
College class of 1929 with Charles Benton Power, Jr., 1925)
1925
Series XXII
Women
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Helen M. Ashby, undated; Miss Batchelor, undated;
Louise Blaine (Haymarket Theatre of Chicago; photographed by Morrison), undated;
"Carrie" with kid gloves and flowered hat, undated; Helen P. Clarke, undated; Isabelle
Cory, 1890, 1892, undated
undated
1890
1892
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Frankie DeBois (portraits of Frankie with plumed hat,
1897; seated on fur-draped chair, undated); Josie C. Fox, undated; May
Franklin,1893
undated
1893
1897
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May Hoit, 1892, 1892, 1896; Maud Van Buren Holmes,
[circa 1894]; Clara Holter, undated; Mathilde Kessler (includes portrait of Mathilde
with fur muff and plumed hat, 1900; portraits of Mathilde wearing large locket, no
date)
undated
1892
circa 1894
1896
1900
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Mrs. Leighton, undated; Blythe McCormick (includes
Blythe with horse "Kentuck", undated; with two-wheeled cart pulled by "Baby Doll", no
date; with pony "Pete" in lot with surrounding stables, undated); Augusta Warner
Miller, 1890; Addie Morton Murphy wearing feathered hat, 1898, and wearing boa, no
date; Frances Murphy, undated, and Frances Murphy (Tait) with daughter holding doll,
in hammock, and dog alongside, undated)
undated
1890
1898
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Sadie Sutton, undated; Anne B. Thompson, 1888; Ella
Blaine Thompson (includes portrait with plumed hat, 1895; seated in ornate chair,
[circa 1898]; with daughter Alice, [circa 1898] and 1902)
undated
1888
1895
circa 1898
1902
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Gwenllian M. Vaughan-Rhys (includes Gwen in baby
carriage, 1927; Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan-Rhys, 1927; Trevor Vaughan-Rhys, dog and coal
sign, 1927; Gwen, 1938 and 1945)
1927
1938
1945
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Julia Veazey, undated; [Belle] Word, undated; Lucille
and Winifred Wyard, 1890
undated
1890
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Women - unidentified portraits by Helena photographers
(includes portrait of two women with flowered hats by Bundy and Train, 1888; portraits
by Lawson, 1888, undated; by Taylor, undated; woman in ornate wicker chair by Sproule
and Keller, undated)
undated
1888
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Women - unidentified portraits by photographers from
New York, Washington, and Wyoming (woman with crucifix necklace, Campbell Studio, New
York, [circa 1920]; portrait of woman with fur hat, Husted Studio, New York, 1903;
older woman with child, Lockwood & Gamsby, Spokane, Washington, undated; portrait
by Kirkland of Cheyenne, Wyoming, undated)
undated
1903
circa 1920
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Women - unidentified portraits and photographers
(tintype of women with fans; woman with parasol; tinted photograph of woman in
checkered suit wearing a hat; two women with hats)
undated
Series XXIII
Yellowstone National Park
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Yellowstone National Park - Tourists (includes Frances
and Caroline Thornton, Lt. and Mrs. Hickman, Mrs. Forbes, Wade Forbes, William
Holliday, Dr. Ruick; and C. B. Power; also shows stagecoach and wooden road at Golden
Gate, picnic lunch at Will Dixon's Camp, Devil's Punch Bowl, and Minerva
Terrace)
1899
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Yellowstone National Park - Tourists (includes Frances
and Caroline Thornton, Lt. and Mrs. Hickman, Mrs. Forbes, Wade Forbes, Wm. Holliday,
Dr. Ruick, Frances Murphy, and C. B. Power; also shows tourists on donkeys with
building in background at Mammoth Hot Springs, stagecoach with passengers, carriage in
front of erupting geyser, group at Yellowstone Lake)
1899
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Yellowstone National Park - Views (includes buffalo,
bear, Minute Man Geyser, Virginia Cascades, and Yellowstone River)
1899
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Yellowstone National Park - Views (includes Fall of
the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone River, Liberty's Cap, Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel,
Fire Hole River)
1899