UUS_p0612.xml Guide to the Compton Prints photograph collection 1900-1980 Compton Prints photograph collection1900-1980 Finding aid/Register created by Risha Price Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
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UUS_P0612 Compton's Studio. Compton Prints photograph collection 1900-1980 3 boxes 1.25 linear feet The Compton Print collection consists of mounted Compton photographs from Box Elder County including houses, public building, Main Street of Brigham City, Brigham City Businesses, individual and family portraits, landscape views, dams, and mining locations and materials. Many of the images are from the "C-boards" in the Compton Studio collection P0313. Material in English

Processed by Risha Russon in April of 2016

Donated by the Compton Family

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

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

Permission to publish material from the Compton Prints photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Initial Citation: USU_P0612; Compton Print photograph collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_P0612, USUSCA.

 Historical Note

Alma W. Compton, Sr. was born in England on September 21, 1856. He and his siblings moved to Ogden, Utah in 1868, their parents joined them a year later. His opportunities for schooling were meager and he worked in a broom factory before apprenticing himself to Ogden photographer J.W. Christensen in 1882. In 1883 he rented a photo outfit and traveled through Brigham City, Cache Valley, and around Malad, Idaho. He settled in Brigham City and rented the studio of Jens C. Gasberg (Brigham City's first photographer) before building his own studio in 1884. In 1886 Compton married Jane Emeline Dalton in the Logan Temple. The couple would have four children who survived to adulthood. On January 28, 1901 the studio became the Compton's Art & Music Company and moved to the location they would use until the studio closed in 1994. He died on March 16, 1931.

Alma W. Compton, Sr. was born in England on September 21, 1856. He and his siblings moved to Ogden, Utah in 1868, their parents joined them a year later. His opportunities for schooling were meager and he worked in a broom factory before apprenticing himself to Ogden photographer J.W. Christensen in 1882. In 1883 he rented a photo outfit and traveled through Brigham City, Cache Valley, and around Malad, Idaho. He settled in Brigham City and rented the studio of Jens C. Gasberg (Brigham City's first photographer) before building his own studio in 1884. In 1886 Compton married Jane Emeline Dalton in the Logan Temple. The couple would have four children who survived to adulthood. On January 28, 1901 the studio became the Compton's Art & Music Company and moved to the location they would use until the studio closed in 1994. He died on March 16, 1931.

Mathew Compton was born on November 16, 1892. He served in the military during WWI and returned to run the studio with his father after the death of Alma W. Compton, Jr. Mathew was instrumental in forming the American Legion of Utah in 1919 and was active in Brigham City commercial organizations. He married Pearl Peters on February 21, 1921 in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. They would have four children one of whom (Mathew Glenn) took over the studio in 1967.

The Compton Print collection consists of mounted Compton photographs from Box Elder County including houses, public building, Main Street of Brigham City, Brigham City Businesses, individual and family portraits, landscape views, dams, and mining locations and materials. Many of the images are from the "C-boards" in the Compton Studio collection P0313.

Compton Studio photograph collection P0313

The prints in this collection were removed from the Compton Studio photograph collection P0313

 Photographs Compton, Alma W. (Alma Walter), 1856-1931. Compton, Alma Walter, 1889-1919. Compton, Matthew Joseph, 1892-1967. Compton, Matthew Glenn, 1923-1999. Compton's Art & Music Company. Business enterprises--Utah--Box Elder County--Photographs. Historic buildings--Utah--Box Elder County--Photographs. Agriculture--Utah--Box Elder County--Photographs. Brigham City (Utah)--Photographs. Box Elder County (Utah)--Photographs. Studio portraits--Utah--Box Elder County. Mounted Compton Prints 1900-1980 1 01:01:01 View of City Block 1900-1980 1 01:01:02 View of Field and Buildings in background 1900-1980 1 01:01:03 "Washakie Elwood" 1900-1980 1 01:01:04 "Washakie Elwood" 1900-1980 1 01:02 "First Adobe House Built in Brigham" 1962 1 01:03 People in Front of House 1900-1980 1 01:04 Brigham City Home 1900-1980 1 01:05 "Lundall Home North of Brigham" 1900-1980 1 01:06 "Scott Jensen's Home on East Forest Street Built by Henry Steed" 1900-1980 1 01:07 untitled 1900-1980 1 01:07:01 "Old Thatch Cottage Brigahm Box Elder County Utah" 1900-1980 1 01:07:02 "Looking West from Tabernacle in Brigham City" 1900-1980 1 01:07:03 Houses and Surrounding Buildings Along Dirt Road 1900-1980 1 01:08 "The Day of the Baine Wagon Trucking in Early Days" 1900-1980 1 01:09 "Window" Two People on Horseback 1961-1968 1 01:10 "Perry Flood in June" 1896 1 01:11 "Float Fourth of July Home" '4 July 1981 1 01:12 "Perry Flood" June 1896 1 01:13 Brigham City Tabernacle likely Fourth of July Celebration with picture of Grover Cleveland at Front of Room circa 1896 1 01:14 Sheep Grazing 1900-1980 1 01:15 Sheep Grazing 1900-1980 1 01:16 Possibly Float for Fourth of July Celebration circa 1896 1 01:17 Wagons, Horses, and People on Road Area 1900-1980 1 01:18 Men with Horses and Wagons 1900-1980 1 01:19 Men in Camp with Tents and a Wagon 1900-1980 1 01:20 Sheep on Road with Men on Horseback and Wagon 1900-1980 1 01:21 Women at the Bottom of Cliffs 1900-1980 1 01:22 "Willard Canyon Box Elder County, Utah" 1900-1980 1 01:23 Looking down at Town in a Valley from Cliff 1900-1980 1 01:24 "North Brigham" 1900-1980 1 01:25 Pond 1900-1980 1 01:26 "Bird Refuge" 1900-1980 1 01:27 Birds, at Bird Refuge? 1900-1980 1 01:28 "Looking West Toward Brigham from Mountains" 1900-1980 1 01:29 House by Small Creek 1900-1980 1 01:30 People on Cliff Side 1900-1980 1 01:31 untitled 1900-1980 1 01:31:01 Boys in Window of Second Story Building 1910 1 01:31:02 Aerial View of Brigham City Main Street 1900-1980 1 01:31:03 North Main Street" Brigham City 1900-1980 1 01:31:04 Brigham City Train Station 1900-1980 1 01:31:05 LDSC 1888 Building--Likely a School House 1900-1980 1 01:31:06 Studebaker Bros Wagons and Carriages, Construction on Street Area 1900-1980 1 01:31:07 "William Hendricks Home" 1978 1 01:32 Kitchen Area 1900-1980 1 01:33 Grave of Joseph R.B. Son of Joseph and An Blackburn 1900-1980 1 01:34 Machinery on Train Tracks 1900-1980 1 01:35 School House or Church Building in Brigham City 1900-1980 1 01:36 "Old Central School 1901" 1900-1980 1 01:37 "The Old Central School" 1900-1980 1 01:38 "In Window R. W. Fryer Livery Feed and Sale Stable" 1900-1980 1 01:39 "Ice Cream and Merry Go Round sign in Front of Building located on Main Street" 1900-1980 1 01:40 Aerial View of Brigham City Main Street 1900-1980 1 01:41 "East Side Main Street Brigham Box Elder County Utah" 1900-1980 1 01:42 "Central School 1901" School Building with Students and Faculty in Front--Group Photograph 1900-1980 1 01:43 "Boothe and Pierce Store South of Court House on Main Street Brigham City Utah" 1900-1980 2 02:01 "Central School Building" 1900-1980 2 02:02 Aerial View of Brigham City Main Street 1900-1980 2 02:03 "Brigham--Sarah Squires Home on Corner Hillam Home Old Post Office Built" 1900-1980 2 02:04 "Looking South from First Security Bank" 1900-1980 2 02:05 Men, Women, and Children in Front of House 1900-1980 2 02:06 "In Window Lindals Thatched Home on North Main Street Brigham Utah" 1900-1980 2 02:07 Artistic Rendering of Houses and Roads 1900-1980 2 02:08 Artistic Rendering of Houses and Roads 1900-1980 2 02:09 "Brigham Main Street Looking North Sarah Squires Home Hillam Home" 1900-1980 2 02:10 Man in Horse Drawn Cart with Children on Street 1900-1980 2 02:11 "Beginning the Work of the First Cement Sidewalks in Brigham City on Corner of Forest Street and Main Street" 1900-1980 2 02:12 "Scene at the Baker Mine North East of Brigham--Mined Silver, Lead, and Silica" 1900-1980 2 02:13 "Bear River Canyon and Electric Power Plant and Pipe Line Box Elder County Utah" 1900-1980 2 02:14 Mining or Other Structure in Pond 1900-1980 2 02:15 Man at Structure with Wheels and Levers--Likely for Mining or Electric Plant 1900-1980 2 02:16 Electricity Dam 1900-1980 2 02:17 Likely Electricity Plant Structure 1900-1980 2 02:18 "Bakers Mine North of Brigham Utah" 1900-1980 2 02:19 Water Gate near Building--Likely for Power Plant or Mining 1900-1980 3 03:01 untitled undated 3 03:01:01 Woman with Infant undated 3 03:01:02 Portrait of Family of Six undated 3 03:01:03 Small Child in Lace Dress undated 3 03:01:04 Couple, Likely in Wedding Clothes undated 3 03:01:05 Small Child in Dress undated 3 03:01:06 Man in Suit and Tie undated 3 03:01:07 Portrait of Woman undated 3 03:01:08 Portrait of Woman undated 3 03:01:09 Portrait of Man in Suit undated 3 03:01:10 Woman with Infant undated 3 03:01:11 Portrait of Three Children undated 3 03:01:12 Portrait of Couple undated 3 03:01:13 Couple with Man Holding Papers undated 3 03:01:14 Portrait of Six Children undated 3 03:01:15 Portrait of Four Children One with a Horse Toy undated 3 03:01:16 Two Women with Guitar undated 3 03:02 untitled undated 3 03:02:01 Portrait of Seven Children Including "Callie Koford and Hansen" undated 3 03:02:02 Mature Couple undated 3 03:02:03 Mature Couple undated 3 03:02:04 Portrait of Three Young Men Including "Frank Bowering, Norman Lee, and Victor Madsen" undated 3 03:02:05 Portrait of Three Young Men Including "Frank Bowering, Norman Lee, and Victor Madsen" 1982 3 03:03 untitled undated 3 03:03:01 Portrait of a Couple undated 3 03:03:02 Portrait of Two Children undated 3 03:04 untitled undated 3 03:04:01 Portrait of Couples in Chairs undated 3 03:04:02 Portrait of Four People, Likely Two Couples undated 3 03:04:03 Portrait of Small Child on Seat undated 3 03:05 untitled undated 3 03:05:01 Portrait of Young Woman undated 3 03:05:02 Portrait of a Couple Man in Uniform undated 3 03:05:02a Postcard from Mrs. Dorothy Wates to Pvt. Willis C. Watts Jr. undated 3 03:05:02b Postcard from Jess and Wanda to Pvt Willis C. Watts Jr. undated 3 03:05:02c Postcard from Blanche to Erma Adams undated 3 03:05:03 Portrait of Man in Suit undated 3 03:05:04 Portrait of Young Man in Suit undated 3 03:06 untitled undated 3 03:06:01 "Brigham City Second Grade Leona Stokes--Teacher Miss Mary Jenson" 1908 3 03:06:02 Young Child with Arrow undated 3 03:07 untitled undated 3 03:07:01 "The Boy Scouts and Motion Pictures" at Opera House undated 3 03:08 untitled undated 3 03:08:01 "Bradley Carver" in Uniform undated 3 03:08:02 Written Composition by Bradley Carver at age 13 1945 December- 3 03:09 untitled undated 3 03:09:01 "Nellie Jensen and Lena Thompson" undated 3 03:09:02 Three Women in a Shop undated