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Collection 2453, MtBC, us
Cole Family
Cole Family Photograph Album
circa 1915-1930
1 item
The Cole Family Photograph Album includes pictures of the
Albert, Rilla, Cora, Essa, Roy, relatives, and friends posing on the Cole farm and
neighboring farms in the Dry Creek Area. A few images are of farming activities and rural
school children. Other identifiable locations of the snapshots include Bozeman, Montana at
Gallatin County High School and Montana Hall on the campus of Montana State College;
Belgrade, Montana; and Yellowstone National Park.
Collection materials are in English
Historical Note
Albert S. Cole, his wife Rilla and children Cora, Essa and Roy were a farm family living
along Dry Creek, a few miles north of Belgrade, Montana. They arrived at this location
sometime before 1900 (listed in 1900 census), and farmed considerable acreage as shown by
early Gallatin County property owners maps.
The Cole Family photograph album was assembled by an unknown member of the family and
includes pictures of the Albert, Rilla, Cora, Essa, Roy, relatives, and friends posing on
the Cole farm and neighboring farms in the Dry Creek Area. A few images are of farming
activities and rural school children. Other identifiable locations of the snapshots include
Bozeman, Montana at Gallatin County High School and Montana Hall on the campus of Montana
State College; Belgrade, Montana; and Yellowstone National Park. Dated photographs are
between 1915 and 1930. One 1930 photograph is possibly of Ruth and Emmett Breeden, early
residents of Bozeman, Montana.
This collection is open for research.
The Cole Family photograph album was purchased from Sally MacNamara of Sheridan, Oregon by
the Montana State University Library on September 27, 2003.
This collection was processed 2009 April 28
Breeden, Emmett
Breeden, Ruth
Cole family-Photgraphs
Cole, Albert S., d.
1953-Family-Photographs
Gallatin County High School
(Bozeman, Mont.)-Photographs
Montana Hall (Bozeman,
Mont.)-Photographs
Montana State
University--Bozeman-Buildings-Photographs
Belgrade
(Mont.)-Photographs
Bozeman
(Mont.)-Photographs
Yellowstone National
Park-Photographs
College
buildings-Montana-Bozeman-Photgraphs
Farm life-Montana-Gallatin
County-Photgraphs
High
schools-Montana-Bozeman-Photgraphs
Rural children-Montana-Gallatin
County-Photgraphs
Photograph albums-Montana-Gallatin
County
Colleges and
Universities
Elementary and
Secondary Education
Parks and
Playgrounds
Montana
Bozeman
Photographs