Newell Hart photographs, 1880-1990
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Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Newell Hart photographs
- Dates
- 1880-1990 (inclusive)18801990
- Quantity
- 3 boxes, (2.5 linear ft.)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0251
- Summary
- Photographs and negatives mainly from Franklin County, Idaho from the 1880s to the 1960s. These photos consist of people, buildings, and events in and around Preston, Idaho, many of which are original albumen and collodion prints.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to public research.
- Languages
- Collection materials are in English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical Note
Newell Hart (1913-1983) was a Preston native and local historian. He served an LDS mission in Minnesota and Montana and founded the Hart Music Comany in Preston in 1939. He edited and published the Cache Valley Newsletter and was a frequent contributor to the The Preston Citizen. His books include Home Town Album, Bear River Massacre, Cache Valley Dance Halls, and Hometown Sketchbook. He was instrumental in the restoration of the Oneida Stake Academy in the 1970s. In 1977 he was awarded a certificate of Commendation for his outstanding contributions to the history of Southeastern Idaho and Northern Utah.
In 1938 he married Ruth Cuttler and the couple would have four children.
Content Description
The Newell Hart photograph collection consists of 200+ images mostly from Franklin County, Idaho from the 1880s to the 1960s. Hart collected some of these images for his published photographic history, Home Town Album. These photoss consist of people, buildings, and events in and around Preston, Idaho, many of which are original albumen and collodion prints. Other images appear to be items he picked up at random or photos that came from the Anderson Studio in Preston and include Preston High School students and activities, classroom scenes, athletics, family snapshots, the Franklin County Courthouse, Monument Valley, Scandinavian postcards, and Central and South American cities. Some of the high school photos were cut out in the shape of letters.
Includes albumen prints and silver gelatin or collodion printing-out papers, 30 x 34.5 and smaller.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
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 Newell Hart photographs must be obtained from the Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Newell Hart photographs, 1880-1970. (P0251). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Numeric Order, undated
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Description: 1:01:01: The Cherryville band at the first Idaho Day. Franklin, IdahoDates: 1910Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:01:02: Peter Jorgensen, Mark Jorgensen and Brian Wilcox with beet topper invented by C.J. Jensen,Dates: 1913Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:01:03: Preston Opera HouseDates: 1962Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:02: Miss Blenda Peterson, Preston telephone operator. Photograph by Frank Marsh Photo & View ArtistDates: 1905Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:03: Blenda PetersonDates: 1905Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:04: William M. Daines, Hugh S. Geddes, and Junius C. Jensen, first bishopric of the Preston Second WardDates: 1902Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:05: Cabinet card photograph, young men playing cards in a studio set-up. Photograph by Elijah Cutler, Traveling PhotographerDates: 1890-1899Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:06: Anderson Lumber on north Main Street, Preston. Photograph by Lea Bevins, Photo ArtistDates: 1905Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:07: Interior of Anderson Lumber Company with LaVal and Daniel Crawford. Preston, IdahoDates: 1920Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:08: Oregon Shortline Railroad Engine 203 at PrestonDates: 1899Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:09: Cabinet card wedding portrait of Lee and Mary R. HowellDates: 1903Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:10: Cabinet card portrait, Fred Bosworth and sonDates: 1905Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:11: Gus Peterson, father of E.G. PetersonDates: 1910-1919Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:12: Cabinet card portrait, William Lowe Young. Photograph by Frank Marsh, Photo & View ArtistDates: 1890-1899Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:13: Unidentified Clifton residentsDates: 1913Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:14: Unidentified Clifton residentsDates: 1916Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:15: Lafe Hendersons threshing outfitDates: 1910-1919Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:16: The Silver Cornet Band in CliftonDates: 1913Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:17: Oneida County Courthouse, MaladDates: 1900Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:18: Real photo postcard, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Baker at Pocatello's semi-centennial celebrationDates: 1934Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:19: Unknown School, probably in IdahoDates: 1890-1899Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:20: Leah and Lila McQueen, Cub RiverDates: 1913Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:21: Ern Porter's WPA crew building Preston High School's first football stadiumDates: 1930-1939Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:22: Charlie Pinson with bike and his electricians rigDates: undatedContainer: Box 1
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Description: 1:23: Charlie Pinson and Leonard Hillstead in a 4th of July parade in PrestonDates: 1909Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:24: Exterior view of Webster Groceries, FranklinDates: 1890-1899Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:25: Boxer "Battling (Boga) Lamoreaux,"Dates: 1925-1929Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:26: Mabel Chatterton, Prestons first telephone operatorDates: 1903Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:27: Margaret Ann Davis Kershaw at son's grave, Preston cemeteryDates: 1900Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:28: Grace SmithDates: 1920-1929Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:29: O.L. Packer house, PrestonDates: 1900Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:30: Portrait, Jim Geddes, Hugh S. Geddes, and unidentified manDates: 1905Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:31: N.T. Wigren & Son blacksmith shop, unknown locationDates: 1890-1899Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:32: Unidentified boat dockDates: 1900Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:33: Cabinet portrait, Sadie Eames Tippets. Photograph by Elijah Cutler, Photograph and Color ArtistDates: 1890-1899Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:34: Professor C.J. Engars with All-Girl Orchestra, including Maggie Merrill, Jennie Waver, Edna Packer, Kirrie Benson, and Elizabeth KershawDates: undatedContainer: Box 1
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Description: 1:35: Telephone operator Arlene Wilkenson Hampton, Franklin, IdahoDates: 1912Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:36: Middleweight boxer Jack BargerDates: 1932Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:37: Kirrie Benson, Mac McIntosh, Myra Weaver, and Amos Bishop and others lounging at Cub RiverDates: 1914Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:38: UPRR Inter-Ocean grain elevator at Preston train stationDates: 1920Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:39: Prestons Main Street looking north showing United States Tires and Peterborg-Nash Motor CompanyDates: 1921Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:40: "Coyote Pete," boy with coyoteDates: 1910-1919Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:41: Preston's Main Street looking south showing William Thornton No.9 Drugs and Preston Implement CompanyDates: 1921Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:42: The 1924 Hokmah Club, Preston High SchoolDates: 1924Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:43-47: Historic homes in Preston. Photographs by Gene AndersonDates: 1981Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:48-53: Miscellaneous snapshots from Nephi L. Larsen, including a sheep camp and the N.L. Larsen body shopDates: 1945Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:54-69: Miscellaneous Preston High School photographs, mostly athletics including football, track & field, tennis and basketballDates: 1920-1939Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:70: Cherryville Band in a parade, probably in PrestonDates: 1910Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:71: Group of men dressed as Indians in an early July 24 celebrationDates: 1910Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:72: The Oneida Stake Academy, Preston,Dates: 1910-1919Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:73: Weaver family portrait, four womenDates: 1880-1889Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:74: Portrait, Whitehead family including Joe and Florence Whitehead, Annie Monson Whitehead, Dave Lewis, Annie Whitehead Lewis Gilbert. Photograph by N. Degn, Preston, IDDates: 1906Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:75: Threshing in CherryvilleDates: 1880-1889Container: Box 1
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Thomas O. Nelson WWII-Era photographs given to Newell Hart by Blair Seamons in, April 1977
Container: Box 1
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Description: 1:76: Military badge of T.O. Nelson with imageDates: undated
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Description: 1:77: 4x5 black and white negative of T.O. NelsonDates: undated
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Description: 1:78-81: Studio portraits of T.O. NelsonDates: undated
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Description: 1:82-106: Snapshots of airplanes, airports, and soldiers in Brownsville Texas, the Panama Canal Zone, Veracruz Mexico and Montevideo Uruguay. Includes an image of the Albrook Officers Club, the Casino Rambla Hotel, and a newspaper clipping in Spanish describing a humanitarian air-drop by the Red Cross in South AmericaDates: undated
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Oversize, undated
Container: Box 2
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Description: 2:01: World War I draftees from Franklin CountyDates: 1917
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Description: 2:02: Father and son outing of the Oneida Stake Academy at Willow FlatDates: 1924
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Description: 2:03: Group portrait of LDS Great Britain Mission membersDates: 1910
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Description: 2:04: Oneida Stake Academy classDates: June 1898
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Miscellaneous, undated
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Description: 3:01:01-3:01:09: Franklin County Courthouse photos taken during its construction inDates: 1939Container: Box 3, Folder 1
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Description: 3:02:01: Female instructor with childrenDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 1
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Description: 3:02:02: Female instructor with childrenDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:03: Man dribbling basketballDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:04: High school students examining papersDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:05: Male and female typing instructors at deskDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:06: Students outside school in snowDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:07: Male high school student in darkroomDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:08: Male high school student opening door for female student
duplicate of 3:02:19.
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Description: 3:02:09: Group of high school music studentsDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:10: Classroom sceneDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:11: Two male high school studentsDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:12: Male and female typing instructors with typewritersDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:13: Two female high school students sewingDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:14: High school students playing basketball.Dates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:15: High school band practiceDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:16: Trainer with high school athleteDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:17: Female high school graduateDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:18: Male and female high school students talkingDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:19: Male high school student opening door for female student
duplicate of 3:02:08.
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Description: 3:02:20: Two female high school studentsDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:21: Female instructor with childrenDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:22: High school band studentsDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:23: Male and female students talkingDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:24: Man sitting on small scooterDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:25: Female instructor at deskDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:26: Male high school drawing studentsDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:27: Young girl with tricycleDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:28: High school students looking at photographsDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:29: Couple posed outside home in the snowDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:30: Young woman holding babyDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:31: Two men and young womanDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:32: Color photograph of two men and two women beside lakeDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:33: Young girl kneeling in front of houseDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:34: Young man with map instructing children.Dates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:35: Two girlsDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:36: Young boy and girl, "Shirley & Billy."Dates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:37: Woman reading Life magazine, "This one was taken in Ninas and Waynes place."Dates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:38: Two women with baby standing next to carDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:39: Man and woman with babyDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:40: Partial photograph of woman holding two babiesDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:41: Boys skiingDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:42: Three young men in suitsDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:43: Downtown Preston in snowDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:44: Boys crossing bridge in snowDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:45: Young womanDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:46: High school students talkingDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:47: Two women (one with crutches) and one man with three dogsDates: 1910Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:48: Group of people sitting on porchDates: 1915Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:49: Partial photograph of man and woman with crutchesDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:50: Young man and woman standing outside homeDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:51: Women and children on the beachDates: 1920-1929Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:52: Women and children on the beachDates: 1920-1929Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:53: Woman with child, "Jennie and Gay."Dates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:54: Women and children on the beachDates: 1920-1929Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:55: Young womanDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:56: Young football playersDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:57: Young man cooking on open fireDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:58: Three young womenDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:59: Young man opening doorDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:60: Young men and women at a formal dinnerDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:61: Drama productionDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:62: Young man in bedDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:63: High School bandDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:64: High School bandDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:65: High School basketball gameDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:66: Young men outside schoolDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:67: High school football gameDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:68: High school football gameDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:69: Football playerDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:70: High school typing classDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:71: High school Chemistry(?) classDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:72: Students in libraryDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:73: Classroom sceneDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:74: Classroom sceneDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:75: Young woman with luggage standing outside carDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:76: Man with two students talking on telephoneDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:77: Young man fishingDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:78: High school bandDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:79: Man and woman holding branchesDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:80: Female students in costumeDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:81: Two women, "Momma & Aunt Maggie,"Dates: 1920-1929Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:02:82: Unknown building, probably not in PrestonDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: 3:03:01-3:03:16: Images of the "Official Advertising Car - Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce - Carlsbad Caverns" with two girls and a man taken in Monument Valley and surrounding area (including rock formations and arches) in Arizona and UtahDates: 1920Container: Box 3, Folder 3
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Description: 3:04:01: E.L. "Dick" RomneyDates: 1930-1939Container: Box 3, Folder 4
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Description: 3:04:02: Clyde Dartan, E.L. Romney, and Homer C. SharmerDates: 1917Container: Box 3, Folder 4
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Description: 3:04:03: Ernest Lowell RomneyDates: 1917Container: Box 3, Folder 4
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Description: 3:05: Postcards from Norway, EkebergbanenDates: 1918Container: Box 3, Folder 5
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Description: 3:06:01: Three women, "Daniel" written on verso sideDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 3:06:02: Young woman with baby standing next to "Drop Films Here" boxDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 3:06:03: Newly-built homeDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 3:06:04: Concrete bridgeDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 3:06:05: 4x5 black and white negative of homeDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 3:06:06: Preston High School under construction, negativeDates: August 3rd, 1939Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 3:06:07: Preston High School under construction, negativeDates: August 3rd, 1939Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 03:06:08: Preston Sr. High School under construction, negativeDates: 1939Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 03:06:09: Preston Sr. High School under construction, negativeDates: 1939Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 03:06:10: Franklin County Court House under construction, negativeDates: 1939Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 03:06:11: Franklin County Court House under construction, negativeDates: 1939Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 03:06:12: Franklin County Court House under construction, negativeDates: 1939Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 03:06:13: Franklin County Court House under construction, negativeDates: 1939Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 03:06:14: Franklin County Court House under construction, negativeDates: 1939Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 03:06:15: Unidentified man, negativeDates: 1939Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: 03:07:01: Newell Hart on a roof with video cameraDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 7
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Description: 03:07:02: Three workers on drill platformDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 7
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Description: 03:07:03: Aerial view of Bear River [?]Dates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 7
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Description: 03:07:04-05: Riverside view, Bear River [?]Dates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 7
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agricultural implements--Idaho--Franklin County.
Geographical Names
- Franklin County (Idaho)--History--Photographs.
- Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah)--Photographs.
- Preston (Idaho)--History--Photographs.
Form or Genre Terms
- Albumen prints.
- Collodion prints.
