NTDPG130 Guide to Fran Rader photograph collection Rader (Fran) photograph collection Finding aid prepared by Amy Thompson University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 2023
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-04-13. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Fran Rader photograph collection Rader, Frances Marian PG 130 2 cubic feet 1860-1998 Mounted photographs of Lewiston and vicinity, towns, peoples, activities; also correspondence, clippings English .

Photographs of Lewiston and vicinity, towns, peoples, activities. Images were mounted to oversized shiny coated boards with double-sided tape that was starting to fail, with most photos coming loose. Multiple images could often be found on one page. All photos that could be removed from the boards were removed and all images on each page were placed in individual archival folders. Sometimes subjects spanned multiple pages, but to keep with the original order, only photos from each page were placed in one folder. Photos that could not be removed from the backing were trimmed to fit with their corresponding folder. Oversized photos are housed in an oversized box, as noted in the inventory. Some of the photos have handwritten notes on the back giving the description or where the photo originated, such as Engstrom's Studio, but many are unlabled. A few had captions pasted on the boards, those captions were written on the back of the images. For many of the images, it is unknown who the photographer is, or why they were organized as they were.

The collection also contained some correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photocopies of illustrations.

Collection is open for research.

Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Fran Rader was born in Lewiston, Idaho on 3 July 1920. After graduating from Lewiston High School in 1938, she attended Lewiston State Normal School (now Lewis Clark State College) for one year before leaving to attend the International School of Photography at Winona Lake, Indiana. After traveling around the U.S. and Canada, Fran returned to Lewiston to work at the Engstrom Photography Studio before opening her own, Fran Rader's Studio, also in Lewiston, primarily taking family, group, wedding, and senior pictures. In addition to photography, Fran was also a sculptor and painter. In 1994, she suffered a stroke affecting her right side so she taught herself to create left handed. Fran passed away 27 November 2007.

Materials were received from Fran's son, Leo Rader, in 2003 (MA 2003-08).

Source: "Frances Marian Rader, 87, Clarkston, Wash." Lewiston Tribune, Dec 5, 2007 Updated Apr 12, 2011.

 Lewiston (Idaho) Photograph collections Photographers Photographs Scrapbooks Photographs Taft at Fifth Street Park and old Band stand 3 items Greenburg collection undated 1 1 Mobilization of Lewiston Clarkston Boy Scouts 6 items 24th anniversary. Includes partial lists of names 10 February 1934 O.S. 2 Canoe Camp, Lewis and Clark Cache Monument 5 items Includes photo of an adz tool, a portrait of Meriwether Lewis, and a photo of the monument over the grave of Captain Lewis undated 1 3 Lewiston Main Street and Captain E.D. Pierce 2 items Engstrom collection; main street appears to be unpaved and covered in snow 1860 1 4 Haying by Horse Power 3 items Includes list of names identifying people in one image and at Reuben Ranch undated 1 5 Harvesting in Idaho 2 items Horse-drawn harvesting undated 1 6 Engstrom Collection 2 items Photo of parade float and Shrine Circus poster undated 1 7 Cherry Blossom Parade 2 items Engstrom collection 1925-1935 1 8 Group Photos 2 items People on edges of ship "Twin Cities"; people in a forested setting undated 1 9 Group Photos - School? 2 items People standing in front of unknown buildings undated 1 10 High School 3 items Copy of a photo of the building; people in a hallway infront of a statue and trophy case 1927 1 11 Old Lynch, Asotin, WA 1 item A man holding the reigns of a horse, wooden buildings in the background undated 1 12 Spengler's Bread, Kleen-Maid Bread, Lewiston Bakery and Cracker Factory, Lewiston Businesses 3 items Photos of the exterior of buildings, including one with people with horsedrawn carriages with caption "man with apron is Adam C. Spengler" and one with delivery and other vehicles 1910 1 13 Lewison Business, Town 5 items Bell and Bollinger Royal Restaurant, Engstrom Collection; Forth of July Parade, Lewiston; aerial view; copy of Luna House Hotel Register page; "Spring comes to Main Street, Lewiston" snow on unpaved roads with people riding on horses undated 1 14 The Lewiston Teller 1 item Copy of the front page of the Lewsiton Teller 4 October 1883 1 15 Hank Vaughn and Jim Williams 3 items Portraits undated 1 16 The Luna House 4 items Portrait of owner and photos of building and town 1867 1 17 Grain Elevators 4 items Oversized color prints of grain elevators and hills reflecting on the Snake River 1980 O.S. 18 Old Main Street, Lewiston 2 items Shows cars driving and parked along sidewalks infront of buildings. Photos by Ellis, numbered 2251 and 2258 1940 1 19 Harvesting 8 items Horse-drawn and mechanical equipment undated 1 20 Aerial View 3 items Aerial views of Asotin, WA, one from Stephens Photo, one from Brantner Photo, and one unmarked 1915 1 21 Main Street, Clarkston, WA 4 items Unknown phototographer image No. 2, Ellis Photo number 226?, two color prints showing copies of the same historical image undated 1 22 Old Sixth Street, Clarkston 1 item Lewiston-Clarkston Improvement Company, Asahel Curtis 1889 1 23 Manning's House, Clarkston, WA 2 items J.C. Shackelford, Angie Shackelford Schn... text cut off 1916 1 24 Lewiston Hill 6 items Postcards showing Lewiston and Clarkston and surrounding hills. Most marked Crippen. undated 1 25 Clarkston and Lewiston 4 items The confluence, taken from a glass negative of Burns Grey; Clarkston 6th Street, looking north, George Day; Looking down the Snake from Swallows Nest; Main Street Lewiston before pavement 1900 1 26 Bollinger House 3 items People standing on wooden sidewalks infront of buildings, dirt roads. One business labeled Royal Dining Parlor undated 1 27 America's Favorite, Tom Moore 1 item People standing on unfinished brick wall, under construction undated 1 28 Golden Grocery 1 item People standing on wooden sidewalks infront of buildings, dirt roads and horse-drawn carriage undated 1 29 Bell and Bollinger 2 items People standing on wooden sidewalks infront of buildings, dirt roads. Also interior view of dining room undated 1 30 Waha General Store 1 item People standing on front porch of building, horse-drawn carriage in front, dirt road undated 1 31 Street Car on Main Street in Lewiston, ID 1 item Oversized black and white print, showing horse-drawn carriages, vehicles, and trolly on paved street undated O.S. 32 Lewiston Clarkston Fair 4 items Two images of Dill and Spengler in the 50 Yard Dash, 10-13-10, photo by Burns; "The Speed Kings" October 24 & 25, 1915; stone memorial in the shape of Idaho for the Nez Perce War 1910-1931 1 33 Portrait 1 item Unknown man with beard and hat undated 1 34 President Taft's Visit to Lewiston 5 items Images of train on tracks and at station with people on platform and cars nearby; Taft and others on platform infront of crowd, Turner written on back undated 1 35 Catholic Church 3 items Two group photos of children with nuns and priests; copy of image of church building undated 1 36 Freighting to Mines 2 items Copy of photo of St. Joseph Hospital; copy of horse-drawn wagon chain undated 1 37 Water Front 2 items Copies of images of the Snake River, one showing a bridge with houses and buildings beyond, one a steamboat ith buildings and houses undated 1 38 Business Section from Hill 2 items Copies of images showing businesses, one with a dirt street with a horse and wagon and people. undated 1 39 Opera House 2 items Copies of images showing a theatre and Main Street looking east undated 1 40 Bollinger Hotel Bar 2 items View of interior showing counter and exterior with people on sidewalk and horse-drawn carriage on dirt street infront of building. undated 1 41 Bollinger Hotel 2 items Two views of the exterior, one with dirt streets and a large tree on the corner, the other with paved streets and old cars parked next to the sidewalk and a smaller tree on the same corner undated 1 42 Fifth Street Grade before Pavement 2 items Photo of a man walking next to a covered wagon pulled by oxen and a plat map of the City of Lewiston 1875 1 43 Lewiston Mercantile Co. Wholesale Grocers 1 item Exterior view of building with people and horse-drawn carriages out front undated O.S. 44 Parade 3 items Floats in the "Down with the Kaiser" parade. See also folder 48. undated 1 45 WWI Drill 3 items Men lined up or in formation, some wooden rifles undated 1 46 Lewiston 2 items People watching a train cross a bridge over a river; people out in front of the Children's Home undated 1 47 Kaiser Parade 3 items Red Cross and other patriotic floats. See also folder 45. undated 1 48 Workers 2 items Men standing in front of a railroad engine and the Vineland Nurseries Grafting Room building undated 1 49 Visit to Greenburg 2 items President Taft (?) waving from train; people in an automobile undated 1 50 Aerial View of Clarkston 1 item "Up in the Air" with Burns, Lewiston undated O.S. 51 Grade Aerial View, Asotin, WA 1 item View of city and hills undated 1 52 Logging Train 1 item Men standing in snow next to railroad engine undated 1 53 Grangeville Jersey House 2 items Horse-drawn pack trains, one on a dirt street in front of a building, one on a hillside undated 1 54 Wreck at Arrow 2 items People near damaged railroad cars, Northern Pacific 83222; at Arrow Junction near Culdesac; Arthur Collection undated 1 55 King Pine Giant White Pine 1 item White Pine King p. 79 - A835. Men sawing a large tree in a snowy forested area 1911 1 56 Logging Operations Whip Saw 2 items Men using a large saw and loading logs onto a train during the winter. Engstrom Collection undated 1 57 Giant White Pine 1 item Largest white pine in a forested setting undated O.S. 58 Three PFI Men 1 item Cully Bing, Lloyd Gilson, Dris Holman, standing infront of a doorway to a log building with a sign saying "Florence" above the door. 1942 1 59 Elk City Mine 2 items View of mining buildings on hillside and Florence Post Office. Engstrom Collection undated 1 60 Mission Creek 1 item Drawing (?) by unknown artist undated 1 61 School Kids and Teachers 2 items Younger children in front of school building; young women infront of building with brick smokestack beyond undated 1 62 State Normal School 2 items Copy of a photo of the building and "Homeless Homecoming" group photo undated 1 63 Business Section from Hill 2 items Copies of images showing downtown and Weisgerber Block undated 1 64 Steele Post Office 2 items Horse-drawn carriage traveling down main street; horse-drawn carriage and person infront of post office building undated 1 65 Frank Taylor and His 75 Mule Pack Train 3 items Mule Pack Trains traveling down dirt streets through towns, including Grangeville. Engstrom Collection undated 1 66 The River of No Return 4 items Shows hillsides, farm/residential buildings, Salmon River Canyon, Adams Camp - R.G. Bailey and son Bob, author of the River of No Return 1933 1 67 Elk City Post Office 2 items Two views of men outside the post office and hotel. Engstrom Collection undated 1 68 Lewiston Idaho Flood 6 items Two views of the flooded river, sketch of the Lewiston State Normal School - present day library at Lewis Clark State College, three views of Tammany Oil Drilling Company 1947 1 69 Mining 3 items Images show placer mining, sluice box mining using a gold mining rocker, and a Chinese Rocker developed around 1863 for gold mining undated 1 70 Mining Scenes 3 items Men on a raft in a river, a view of Dixie, ID, and early mining tools undated 1 71 Year of the Big Snow 2 items Early mines, showing depth of snow surrounding railroad tracks. Engstrom collection. undated 1 72 Florence, Idaho 2 items View of an entrance to a mine and sheep grazing in town undated 1 73 Band 1 item View of a parade down mainstreet in Juliaetta undated 1 74 Town of Juliaetta, Idaho 2 items Panoramic views showing the town and hillsides undated 1 75 Boats 6 items Photo, caption and article about the wreck of the steamboat Annie Faxan, copy of newspaper photo of the steamboat Lewiston, panoramic view of the confluence, and a photo of the Both Grist Mill from the Engstrom Collection undated 1 76 Old Court House, Mount Idaho 5 items Copy of a photo of the Old Courthouse in Mount Idaho, a photo of Fort Lapwai Schools in 1897, a copy of a photo of an unknown Main street, a photo of an unknown hotel with people standing on sidewalk, a color photo of a log building, taken by Fran Rader 1897 1 77 School Boys 2 items Two panoramic group photos. Most people identified undated O.S. 78 School Children 2 items Two panoramic group photos. Most people identified undated 2 79 School Boys 2 items Two panoramic group photos. Most people identified undated O.S. 80 School Boys 2 items Two panoramic group photos. Most people identified undated O.S. 81 Potlatch Mill 1 item Shows exterior of mill with water in the foreground undated 2 82 Looking East 3 items Looking East from rock crusher, January 9, 1917, no. 180; Dry Kilns, 10-14-26, no. 138; Dry Kinls, 10-30-1926, no. 155 1917-1926 O.S. 83 Old WWP Dam East Lewiston 4 items Photo and postcard showing dam, postcard showing view of Lewiston from the Spiral Highway, panoramic view of the confluence 1927-1933 2 84 Flood of 1947 6 items Various views of flooded fields and swolen rivers, also a copy of a newspaper clipping showing aftermath of a flood in 1894 1947 2 85 Photos 3 items Panoramic views showing the river, railroad and fields, and a railroad, road, and residential area 1926 O.S. 86 Boatbine House 3 items Panoramic views showing construction of the lumber mill and people and cars in front of wooden buildings 1926 O.S. 87 Construction 3 items Panoramic views showing construction of the lumber mill 1926 O.S. 88 Power Plant Site and Stacker 3 items Panoramic views showing construction of the lumber mill 1926 O.S. 89 Power Plant Site 3 items Panoramic views showing construction of the lumber mill - Clearwater Timber Company plant and dry kilns 1926 O.S. 90 Power Plant Construction 3 items Panoramic views showing construction of the lumber mill - Clearwater Timber Company plant and dry kilns 1926 O.S. 91 School Days 2 items A group photo of a teacher and all the children possibly in front of the school house and a composit page of portraits from the Culdesac High School class of 1933 including a list of names identified 1933 2 92 116th Cavalry in Lewiston 5 items Group photos of soldiers, most identified 1938 2 93 Webster School 3 items Group photo of Miss Cassidy's 6th grade with identifications, and group photo of adults and children, possibly a reunion, with identifications 1931 2 94 Correspondence and Miscellaneous Boats and Rivers - Extras 1 folder A letter and enclosed photos and photocopies of photos sent to Fran Rader by Don and Pat Davis 1997 2 95 On The River 1 folder Photos, clippings, and other materials related to the Davis family 1922-1996 2 96 Various Photographs 1 folder Includes photo titled Mayor Braddock kills first elephant in No. Ida.; R.H. Wallace & Co. Real Estate; family group portraits; Olympic Laundry; apple packing at White Bros and Crum Wholesale Fruit, Aunt Babe 2nd from left; Jamboree Group from Region Eleven, Spokane, WA, 7-13-29; Ed Otten, CCC group photo undated 2 97 Anne Bollinger in Concert 1 folder Programs for Anne Bollinger concerts 1948-1962 2 98 Correspondence 1 folder Envelops included with letters. Also one photo and one postcard 1987-1996 2 99 Clippings 1 folder 1941-1998 2 100