Descriptive Summary
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Photograph Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: 435 797-8248
Fax: 435 797-2880
Email: scweb@usu.edu
UUS_P0359
Napper family.
Napper family photograph collection
1895-1905
4
boxes
1 linear ft.
216 images from the family of Cyrus E.
and Mary Jane Napper. Most of the images were taken in Logan and Logan Canyon, Utah,
although a few appear to be from Salt Lake City. Included are photographs of downtown
Logan, the Logan Temple, Utah State University, bridges, parades, and members of the Napper family. Although
most of the people in the photographs are not identified, Cyrus E., Mary Jane, Harry
Felix, Doud Byron, Eiffel May and George C. Napper are probably included in the
collection. The pictures were most likely taken by Harry Felix and his father Cyrus E.
Napper between 1895 and 1905. Includes the original glass plate and nitrate negatives.
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research. Nitrate negatives have been removed from
this collection and placed in Cold Storage Box 4. Patrons must request to view
these negatives 3 hours in advance.
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents
from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of
copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Napper family photograph collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Napper family photograph collection, 1895-1905. (P0359). Utah State University. Special
Collections & Archives Department.
Harry Felix Napper gave the original negatives to his son Hale H. Napper who loaned them
to USU art professor R.T. Clark for copying. After the death of Hale Napper, Mr. Clark
deposited them with Special Collections and Paul Napper of Pocatello deeded them to the
library.
Register completed by Aleene Jones, April 2007.
Biographical Note
Cyrus (Cy) Edmund Napper, son of Charles and Susanna Napper, was born September 24,
1855 in Birmingham England. Cyrus came to Logan in 1873 and soon became involved in the
drug business as a clerk. Around 1900 he opened his own drug store which had good
success. In January of 1876 he married Mary Jane Hale, an early handcart pioneer of
Cache Valley, originally from New Jersey. Cyrus and Mary Jane Napper were the parents of
10 children who reached adulthood: Charles Edmond, Doud Byron, Harry Felix, Eiffel May,
William Roy, Marsden Mark, George Cyrus, Ruby Irene, Sidney Alfred and Russel Hale.
Harry Felix was born February 24, 1882. He was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad
from 1906 to 1952 as a brakeman and conductor.
Organized numerical by photo number.
The Napper Family Photograph Collection consists of 216 images from the family of Cyrus
E. and Mary Jane Napper. Most of the images were taken in Logan and Logan Canyon
although a few appear to be from Salt Lake City. Included are photographs of: Downtown
Logan, the Logan Temple, the Cache County Courthouse, the Hercules Power Plant, the Logan Tabernacle, Brigham Young College, the Woodruff School, Utah State University, the Cy Napper drug store, bridges, parades, and the Napper
family (especially children and babies). The images
were most likely taken by Harry Felix and his father Cyrus between 1895 and 1905. There are references to the Spanish American war of 1898.
Although most of the photographs were not identified, Cyrus E., Mary Jane, Harry Felix,
Doud Byron, Eiffel May and George C. are probably included in the collection.
Images
Napper,
Cyrus Edmund, 1855-1907--Photographs.
Napper,
Harry Felix, 1882-1957--Photographs.
Napper family -- Photographs.
Logan
(Utah)--Photographs.
Logan Canyon
(Utah)--Photographs.
Cache Valley
(Utah and Idaho)--Photographs.
Main Street
(Logan, Utah)--Photographs.
Container List
1
1
1:01:01
Trinity Methodist Church at Main and Center
Street, looking southeast. Harris Bros. Organs, Pianos in background.
1905
1
1
1:01:02
Main street in Logan, looking north
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1
1
1:01:03
Sales wagon for "Cache Knitting Works" on Main
Street in Logan
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1
1
1:01:04
Main Street in Logan, looking south from 1st
North
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1
1
1:01:05
Woman standing near door of log cabin. Garden in
foreground
undated
1
1
1:01:06
Unidentified family (possibly Cyrus E.) sitting
outside of wood frame home
undated
1
1
1:01:07
Unidentified young woman
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1
1
1:01:08
Three unidentified young women
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1
1
1:01:09
Doud Bryon Napper
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1
1
1:01:10
Harry Felix Napper
undated
1
1
1:01:11
George Napper?
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1
1
1:01:12-13
Ethel (Eiffel) Napper
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1
2
1:02:01-03
Logan-Hyde Park-Smithfield canal spillway.
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1
2
1:02:04
Logan bell tower with courthouse in the
background
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1
2
1:02:05
Logan LDS Temple taken from Main Street.
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1
2
1:02:06
Parade in Salt Lake City?
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1
2
1:02:07
Union Roller Mills in Logan
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1
2
1:02:08
Store on Main Street in logan?
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1
2
1:02:09
Two women on boardwalk on Main Street in Logan.
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1
2
1:02:10
Board advertising "Wall Paper Painting Glazing..."
with dog
undated
1
2
1:02:11
Horse and buggy
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1
2
1:02:12
Wooden tower or fort
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1
2
1:02:13
Salt Air resort?
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1
3
1:03:01-02
Hercules Hydro-Power Plant at mouth of Logan
Canyon
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1
3
1:03:03
Overview of south end of Logan
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1
3
1:03:04
West Building of the Brigham Young College under
construction
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1
3
1:03:05
Old Main without tower at Utah State University.
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1
3
1:03:06
Building in Salt Lake City?
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1
3
1:03:07
Street scene in Salt Lake City?
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1
3
1:03:08
Deseret Mills in Logan
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1
3
1:03:09
Troops drilling in field behind center street
depot in Logan
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1
3
1:03:10
Group of men standing near "Recruits" poster. Same
building as 1:02:08
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1
3
1:03:11-12
Ice falls in canyon
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1
3
1:03:13-16
Horse and Buggy on Cache Valley Bridges.
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1
3
1:03:17
Probably Doud Byron or Charles Edmund Napper?
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1
3
1:03:18
Unidentified young girl between two large
dogs
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1
4
1:04:01
Two men on a irrigation flume, possibly the
Logan-Hyde Park-Smithfield canal
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1
4
1:04:02
Logan LDS Temple
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1
4
1:04:03
Mountain scene, Logan Canyon?
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1
4
1:04:04
Unidentified man, Logan Canyon?
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1
4
1:04:05
Young women on Main Street in Logan
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1
4
1:04:06
Two women outside Cyrus Napper drug store.
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1
4
1:04:07-08
Women with children camping in a tent.
undated
1
4
1:04:09
Two unidentified boys
undated
1
5
1:05:01
Hercules Hydro-Power Plant at mouth of Logan
Canyon
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1
5
1:05:02
Cyrus Napper with Shoshone Indians probably at
Fort Hall, Idaho. 1. Tom Edmo, 2. Chas Deepwater, 3. Percy Edmo, 4. Canker
Johnson, 5. Jonnie Gibson, 6. Geo Edmo, 7. Chief Arimo, 8. Cye E. Napper.
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1
5
1:05:03-04
Trinity Methodist Church at Main and Center Street
Logan, Utah.
1905
1
5
1:05:05
Logan bell tower with Cache Courthouse in
background
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1
5
1:05:06
Logan street scene, at the "Smith and Cummings
& Co. Printers" building
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1
5
1:05:07
Two women, dressed for a patriotic celebration in
downtown Logan
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1
5
1:05:08-09
Three unidentified young women
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1
5
1:05:10
Three unidentified young women and unidentified
man
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1
5
1:05:11
Unidentified man in hat and long coat. Note with
negative: "He use to sing and play on stage with Henry F. Napper."
undated
1
6
1:06:01
Logan LDS Temple from downtown
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1
6
1:06:02
Bear River Canyon
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1
6
1:06:03
Crates of peaches in a garden
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2
2:01
Boys fixing a bike
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2
2:02
Float in a Logan Parade
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2
2:03
Girls walking in winter
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2
2:04
Older man and boy on a porch
undated
2
2:05
Box Elder County Courthouse
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2
2:06
Boy posing for the camera
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2
2:07
Young men and women outside of Old Main
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2
2:08
Man walking outside a stone building
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2
2:09
Boy with bike in snow
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2
2:10
Three girls walking to school?
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2
2:11
Three boys posed in winter
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2
2:12
Small house, probably in Logan
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2
2:13
Woodruff School(?)
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2
2:14
Logan Tabernacle
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2
2:15
Boy leading two horses
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2
2:16
Cache County Courthouse in Logan
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2
2:17
Large home, probably in Logan
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2
2:18
Small home, probably in Logan
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2
2:19
Negative with multiple images, baby and man
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2
2:20
Logan Tabernacle
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2
2:21
Small child with bird
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2
2:22
Boy on wooden swing
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2
2:23
Man with bike
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2
2:24
Cache County Courthouse in Logan
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2
2:25
Negative with multiple images, man and woman and baby
undated
2
2:26
Negative with multiple images, baby
undated
2
2:27
Logan LDS Temple
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2
2:28
USU, model barn next to Old Main
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2
2:29
Brigham Young College East Building
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2
2:30
Small home, probably in Logan
undated
2
2:31
Negative with multiple images, baby
undated
2
2:32
Boys and girls posed for the camera
undated
2
2:33
Negative with multiple images, boys "goofing"
undated
2
2:34
Two men and a boy
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2
2:35
Two women and man on porch of small home, probably in Logan
undated
2
2:36
Four children in doorway
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2
2:37
Entrance to large brick home
undated
2
2:38
Wood-frame house
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2
2:39
Woodruff School in Logan
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2
2:40
Men in front of stone home
undated
2
2:41
Children's theater
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2
2:42
Christmas tree
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2
2:43
Two boys posing for the camera
undated
2
2:44
Boy spanking another boy
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2
2:45
Woman posed in front of home
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2
2:46
Cache County Courthouse in Logan
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2
2:47
Boys playing in the snow
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2
2:48
Children posed on a ladder
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2
2:49
Two women doing chores
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2
2:50
Boys stuck in wooden wheel
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2
2:51
Boys posed for the camera
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2
2:52
Three boys with American flags
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2
2:53
Two girls and boy posed for the camera
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2
2:54
Man with horse in snow
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2
2:55
Children in formal clothes posed for camera
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2
2:56
Parade float, 1776-1898
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2
2:57
Small children posed for the camera
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2
2:58
Boys goofing off
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2
2:59
Brigham Young College Campus
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2
2:60
Hercules Power Plant in Logan Canyon
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2
2:61
Bear River Canyon
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2
2:62
Methodist Church on the southeast corner of Main and Center
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2
2:63
View looking south to "The Island" and Providence
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2
2:64
Bear River Canyon, with railroad trestle
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2
2:65
Group of men in front of tent with shovels
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2
2:66
Stone church or school
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2
2:67
Hercules Power Plant in Logan Canyon
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2
2:68
Waterfall from canal or spring, probably Logan Canyon
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2
2:69
Small brick home
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2
2:70
Children with bottles
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2
2:71
View of Downtown Logan looking north?
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2
2:72
Logan Temple
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2
2:73
Men and boys next to a tent with shovels
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2
2:74
View of store interior
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2
2:75
Men in two-wheel wagon
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2
2:76
Girls and horses
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2
2:77
Girls and women posed for the camera
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2
2:78
Two small children and horses
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2
2:79
Negative with multiple images, small girl
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2
2:80
Family examining a burned structure
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2
2:81
A tree in blossom
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2
2:82
Boy on a wooden swing
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2
2:83
Baby with bird in a cage
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2
2:84
Group of men in front of tent with shovels
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2
2:85
Horses and barn
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2
2:86
Man and bike
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2
2:87
Two coys
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2
2:88
Girl with bike
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2
2:89
Burned structure behind fence
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2
2:90
Boys playing cards with guns
undated
2
2:91
Girls on a wooden swing
undated
2
2:92
Older man on porch
undated
2
2:93
Boys with catch of fish
undated
2
2:94
Negative with multiple images, baby
undated
2
2:95
Young boy and girl
undated
2
2:96
Cache County Courthouse
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2
2:97
Backside of Cy E. Napper drug store
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2
2:98
Soda fountain in Napper store?
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2
2:99
Young man with trombone
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2
2:100
Boy outside of home with bike
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2
2:101
Girl posed for the camera
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2
2:102
Man posed outside home
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2
2:103
Woman and man posed outside home
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2
2:104
Woman and baby posed outside home
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2
2:105
Cache County Courthouse
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2
2:106
Boy and girl on tandem bike
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2
2:107
Cy Napper? posed for the camera
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2
2:108
Negative with multiple images, children and baby
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2
2:109
Negative with multiple images, child and woman
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2
2:110
Two women and baby in carriage
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2
2:111
Negative with multiple images, children
undated
2
2:112
Negative with multiple images, baby
undated
2
2:113
Negative with multiple images, children and dolls
undated
2
2:114
Children and woman next to fence
undated
2
2:115
Negative with multiple images, children and babies
undated
2
2:116
Negative with multiple images, children
undated
2
2:117
Children posed for camera
undated
2
2:118
Children with brooms and axe
undated
2
2:119
Woman at the counter in store
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2
2:120
Negative with six images, children and the Cache County Courthouse
undated
2
2:121
View of Nibley Hall under construction, Brigham Young College
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2
2:122
Children and man in wagon
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2
2:123
Negative with multiple images, boy
undated
2
2:124
Two girls with little girl in a small wagon
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2
2:125
Cache County Courthouse
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2
2:126
Three girls
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2
2:127
Logan LDS Temple
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2
2:128
Negative with multiple images, boy
undated
2
2:129
Logan LDS Temple
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3
3:01
Boy in a boat
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3
3:02
Smith Cummings Co. parade float
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3
3:03
Boy, Guy Fawkes mask
undated
3
3:04
Children with a wooden swing
undated
3
3:05
Tea party with dolls
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3
3:06
Man with saw
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3
3:07
Negative with multiple images, girl, man and children
undated
3
3:08
Negative with multiple images, man, woman, and babies
undated
3
3:09
Negative with multiple images, woman
undated
3
3:10
Boys playing with guns
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3
3:11
Girls hair
undated
3
3:12
Men in front of house
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3
3:13
Girls in snow
undated
3
3:14
Children in a barn
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3
3:15
Man posed in suit
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3
3:16
Negative with multiple images, man
undated
3
3:17
Children in front of home
undated
3
3:18
Children with toys
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3
3:19
Family on front porch
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3
3:20
Women's Dorm/Forestry building, Utah State University campus
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4
4:01
Cyrus Napper and employees, Pioneer Drug Store, Logan
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4
4:02
Cyrus Napper and a group of Bannock/Shoshone including Chief Arimo (See 1-05-02), probably at Fort Hall. Also includes Tom Edmo, Chas Deepwater, Percy Edmo, Canker Johnson, Jonnie Gibson, Geo Edmo.
undated
4
4:03
Cyrus Napper outside of drug store in Logan, "William Driver and Sons. Drugs Wines & Liquors"
1880-1889