A. J. Peters photograph collection

A. J. Peters photograph collection, circa 1900-1960s

Overview of the Collection

Title: A. J. Peters photograph collection
Dates: circa 1900-1960s (inclusive)
18951969
Quantity: 1.8 linear feet, (2 archives boxes) : 70 Photographic Prints
Collection Number: P0368
Summary: The A. J. Peters photograph collection contains portraits of A. J. Peters, photographs of buildings in Salt Lake City and Murray, Utah. The collection also contains photographs of national parks, some hand colored.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains portraits of A. J. Peters, photographs of buildings in Salt Lake City and Murray, Utah. The collection also contains photographs of national parks, some hand colored.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

A. J. (Arthur James) Peters was born in 1895 in Salt Lake City. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I, then married Rosa Ann Taylor in 1919. They lived in Murray, Utah, where he owned a photography studio. He served with the Murray Fire Department starting in 1931. He worked in Washington, D.C., from 1936 to 1941 as a photographer for the Public Health Service, and later worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Western Aerial Photographic Laboratory in Salt Lake City.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection is arranged topically.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Ruth Peters Logan in 1991.

Processing Note

Processed by Peter F. Schmid in 1991.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Photographs, 1930s-1960sReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	A. J. Peters Photograph number 1: Portrait with Mrs. Peters. Photograph number 2: Portrait as a young man. Photograph number 3-5: Portraits as an aerial photographer in World War I; in one he holds his camera. Photograph number 6: The bi-plane Peters flew in, shown flying. Photograph number 7: The same plane shown after it crashed. Photograph number 8: Formal portrait. Photograph number 9: With Mrs. Peters in Washington, D.C. Photograph number 10: Formal portrait, late 1960s.
1	2	Murray, Utah Photograph number 1: View of State Street looking north from between 4800 South and Vine Street (5300 South), circa 1900. View includes the Murray City Hall. Photograph number 2: Peters in front of the Christenson Photo Studio, 4905 South and State Street, circa 1922. View includes the Murray Electric Co. Photograph number 3-5: Carlisle Motor Co., Chevrolet dealer on the southwest corner of 4800 South and State Street, 1930s. Part of the Berry-Block Building, also includes oblique shot of a Piggly-Wiggly. Photograph number 6: Godfrey's Grove, gully and creek off of Vine Street (5300 South) near State Street.
1	3	Salt Lake City Views Photograph number 1: The Capitol Building. Photograph number 2-4: The Salt Lake City and County Building. Photograph number 5-6: The Salt Lake Temple. Photograph number 7-9: The Temple block, 1939 (?). Photograph number 10: Panorama of the Temple block, made up of similar perspectives 1:3:7-9, circa early 1940s
1	4	Utah Views Photograph number 1: View during sunset across the Great Salt Lake towards the Royal Crystal Salt Co. Photograph number 2: View of the south wall of Millcreek Canyon (?) during winter. Photograph number 3: View down a small road in Millcreek Canyon. Photograph number 4-5: Sundial Peak behind Lake Blanche in the Wasatch. 1:4:4 is hand-tinted. Photograph number 6: Lake in the Uintas (?). Photograph number 7-10: Mirror Lake in the Uintas. Paper printed on both sides; all hand-tinted except for 1:4:10 Photograph number 11-12: Bryce Canyon views. Photograph number 13: Back of Peters as he takes a photograph, in Bryce Canyon, ca. 1928. Photograph number 14: The Peters home in Richfield.
1	5	Glacier National Park Photograph number 1: The Prince of Wales Hotel on the coast Photograph number 2: An unidentified hotel in mountains.
1	6	Grand Teton National Park Photograph number 1: View of the Teton Range, including the Grand Teton
1	7	Yellowstone National Park Photograph number 1-3: The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River.
1	8	Unidentified Mountain Views, likely Glacier National Park Photograph number 1: Black and white photograph by A. J. Peters of a view of high, treeless mountains, possibly in Glacier National Park, Montana. Photograph number 2: Black and white photograph by A. J. Peters of a view of a mountain scene with a lake in foreground, possibly in Glacier National Park, Montana. Photograph number 3: "Trick Falls" on verso. This waterfall, today known as Running Eagle Falls, is in Glacier National Park, Montana
1	9	Washington, D.C. Photograph number 1: Formal portrait, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Photograph number 2: Snapshot of President and First Lady Roosevelt in a car. Photograph number 3: View of Tidal Basin, including Washington Monument Photograph number 4: Aerial view taken from the top of the Washington Monument, view is Northwest toward Interior Department campus, including Public Health Building where Peters worked. Photograph number 5: The Public Health Building where Peters worked.	1936-1941

OversizeReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
2	1	Landscapes Photograph number 1: Godrey's Grove, gully and creek off of Vine Street (5300 South), near State Street. Photograph number 2: Looking down a small road in winter, Big Cottonwood Canyon (?). Photograph number 3: Mirror Lake and Bald Mountain in the Uintas. Photograph number 4-8: Bryce Canyon views; 2:7 in hand-tinted. Photograph number 9: Zion Canyon from window in the Mount Carmel tunnel. Photograph number 10-12: Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. Photograph number 13: Tower Falls. Photograph number 14-15: Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River. Photograph number 16: Black and white photograph by A. J. Peters of a view of high, treeless mountains, possibly in Glacier National Park, Montana, Enlargement of P0368n01_08_001.

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