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Horace C. Myers photograph albums of Idaho scenery and the Swan Falls power plant

 Collection
Identifier: P1963-119

Content Description

Two photograph albums of photos taken by Horace C. Myers in 1901. Images are of Idaho scenery, mines, and Swan Falls Power Plant.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1901 - 1963

Creator

Extent

24 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Inventory

.15 Wedding photo of Helen Hays and Joseph H. Hutchinson
Photograph album (G-31) of Idaho Scenery and Mines taken by Horace C. Myers, March 1901:
.16a Boise River at Twin Falls
.16b Headquarters, Twin Springs Mining Co.
.16c Shoshone Falls
.16d Blue Lakes
.16e Snake River Approaching Twin Falls
.16f Twin Falls of Snake River
.16g Thousand Springs
.16h Snake River Canyon
.16i Mountain Scene - "From the Divide"
.16j Blue Jacket Copper Mine, Seven Devils Mountains
.16k Loading ore, Blue Jacket Copper Mine
.16l Decorah Copper Mine, Seven Devils Mountains
.16m Pine forest
.16n Payette Lakes
.16o Placer mining, probably Plowman Placer Claim, Idaho City
.16p Placer mining, Boise River
One book of photographs (G-32) of Swan Falls Power Plant taken by Horace C. Myers in March 1901:
.17a Power plant from north rim, looking downstream
.17b Snake River, looking upstream from north rim
.17c Completed dam and framework for power plant
.17d Nearly completed dam
.17e Completed dam and framework for power house, from downstream side
.17f Dam from south side of river
.17g Dam from south rim

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Topical

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Repository Details

Part of the Idaho State Archives Photograph Collections Repository

Contact:
2205 Old Penitentiary Road
Boise ID 83712 United States
(208) 334-2620