Benjamin Sylvester Lafferty postcard collection
Collection
Identifier: P1970-090
Content Description
Postcards mementos from the donor's grandfather's grocery store in Harrison, Idaho. His name was Benjamin Sylvester Lafferty and he came to the panhandle area around 1880. He was an Irish immigrant and his wife Wilhelmina Scheweekman was a German immigrant. They raised 7 children, one of whom was Albert Lafferty who had the tugboats on Coeur d'Alene until his death about 1957. Postcards are of Rathdrum, Harrison, and Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Dates
- Creation: 1908 - 1909
Extent
4 Postcards : col. ; 10 x 15 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Inventory
.1 Rathdrum, the Idaho, Washington, and Northern Railroad Depot, 1909
.2 Boise, the State Capitol (in Boise) about 1908; from an architects drawing
.3 Harrison, scene of the Saint Joe River; the postcard reads, "Beautiful Shadowy Saint Joe River, Spokane's Summer Resort"; about 1909. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles
.4 Idaho Falls, street scene, Broadway Street, published by W.A. Baker and Co. about 1909
.2 Boise, the State Capitol (in Boise) about 1908; from an architects drawing
.3 Harrison, scene of the Saint Joe River; the postcard reads, "Beautiful Shadowy Saint Joe River, Spokane's Summer Resort"; about 1909. Published by M. Rieder, Los Angeles
.4 Idaho Falls, street scene, Broadway Street, published by W.A. Baker and Co. about 1909
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Geographic
- Language of description
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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
public.archives@ishs.idaho.gov
2205 Old Penitentiary Road
Boise ID 83712 United States
(208) 334-2620
public.archives@ishs.idaho.gov