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Bingham Canyon photograph collection, 1913-1972

Overview of the Collection

Title
Bingham Canyon photograph collection
Dates
1913-1972 (inclusive)
Quantity
161 Items
Collection Number
P0780
Summary
The Bingham Canyon, Utah photograph collection includes images of the people, community, buildings, mine and events of the area.
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
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Content Description

This collection includes photographs regarding the history of Bingham Canyon and the Bingham mine. This collection includes 21 black and white 8x10 photographs, 10 black and white 5x7 photographs, 121 small black and white photographs, 1 color 8x10 photograph, 8 small color photographs, and 1 photocopy of a newspaper clipping.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in topical order.

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Ken Sanders Rare Books in 1998.

Processing Note

Processed by Kristi Pace in 1999.

Separated Materials

See also the Bingham Canyon audio-visual collection (A0557) located in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Images of the Bingham Mine

    • 1-3: Views of Bingham Copperfield, early 1900s
    • 4: Main Street Bingham, 1930s
    • 5: Greek camp at Copperfield, June 19, 1943
    • 6-9: Views of Bingham Copperfield, August 21, 1957
    • 10-14: Various unidentified photographs of the mine and mining, 1950s

    Dates: Early 1900s-1950s
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Images of the Bingham Mine

    • 15-20: Photographs documenting the aftermath of an accident in the Copperfield in 1928
    • 15: Shows course taken by rocks in end car and marks the place where a grader was struck
    • 16: Shows course taken by rock in going over B and G dump and the county road about 50 feet below B & G track
    • 17-20: Various unidentified scenes relating to the accident
    • 21: Gulch across from Bingham High School
    • 22: Upper Town
    • 23: Tram going up and down
    • 24: Empty tracks for the tram
    • 25-26: Unidentified views of the mine
    • 27-29: Views of the mine, March 1972
    • 30: View of canyon
    • 31: Snowy mine (color)

    Dates: 1928-1972
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Rail Cars

    • 32: Ore car
    • 33-34: Men standing on back of rail cars on tracks
    • 35: Man connecting hoses on end car
    • 36: Empty tracks and wrecked car

    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Bingham City public buildings

    • 37-43: Views of Bingham City Hall, 1970s
    • 44-46: Destruction of Bingham City Hall, 1972
    • 47-48: Side view of Bingham City Hall, Tourist information building in the background
    • 49-50: Tourist information building
    • 51-52: Bingham City Post Office, before demolition, 1972
    • 53-54: Bingham City Fire Hall, before demolition, 1972
    • 55: Front facade of Gimmel Club building
    • 56: Gimmel Club building and tram, 1975
    • 57-58: Bingham City Cemetery
    • 59-60: View looking down at Bingham City Civic Center, 1961

    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Bingham City Businesses

    • 61: The Big 4 Club and Copper Shop, Jim Xanthos proprietor 1969
    • 62-65: Bingham Grocery, Pete Dimas proprietor, 1972
    • 66-68: Canyon Motor Co.
    • 69: Gas Station across from Bingham Clinic
    • 70-74: Street with Bingham Meat Co.
    • 75-77: Street with Bingham Club
    • 78-79: Street with AG Food Stores

    Dates: 1960s-1970s
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: Bingham Hospital and Gardens

    • 80: Dr. Richards in Bingham Hospital
    • 81: Emergency room in Bingham Hospital
    • 82-84: Hospital Gardens
    • 85-87: Patient Gardens above Bingham St. Marks Hospital, 1946
    • 88-92: Nurses in Hospital Gardens
    • 93-95: Hospital Gardens
    • 96-100: Men in the Patient Gardens
    • 101-103: Steps behind hospital upper patio garden, 1947

    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: Bingham City Events

    • 104-105: Galena Day antics, 1936
    • 106: Bingham Dedication of Bingham Memorial in Lead Mine, 1972

    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: People of Bingham City

    • 107-108: Catherine Goris
    • 109: Ted and Nickey Dimas at Dimas= Grocery Store, 1968
    • 110: The Gray family, 1979
    • 111-115: Unidentified portraits of women
    • 116-119: Unidentified portraits of women with the hospital in the background
    • 120-123: Unidentified pictures of men and boys
    • 124-125: Group portrait of a gun club, 1951
    • 126-129: Unidentified family photos

    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: Mae Stillman Obituary

    • 130: Photocopy of Mae Stillman obituary, 1993

    Container: Box 1, Folder 9
  • Description: Demolition of buildings

    • 131: Demolition of no. 2 Firehouse
    • 132-136: Demolition of Post Office, August 1972
    • 137: Demolition of Standard Garage
    • 138-140: Demolition of UTCO building
    • 141-146: Demolition of unidentified buildings

    Container: Box 1, Folder 10
  • Description: Unidentified buildings and houses of Bingham City

    • 147-150: Various unidentified buildings
    • 151-156: Various unidentified houses
    • 157-161: Various views of unidentified streets and buildings

    Container: Box 1, Folder 11
  • Description: Bingham Canyon, cabinet card
    Container: Box 1, Folder 12
  • Description: Bingham Canyon

    • 1: Street view with cars and business including the Bingahm Club and Bingham-Evans Drug
    • 2: Highland Boy Community House
    • 3: Bingham city hall and police station
    • 4: Copper trading post, street view
    • 5: Bingham Fire Hall
    • 6: Bingham residential area
    • 7-10: Bingham areas near the mine

    Container: Box 1, Folder 13
  • Description: Oversize

    • Muddly Gulch, hand-tinted

    Container: Box 2, Folder 1

Finding aid created by Kristi Pace.
1999 (last modified: 2018)

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