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.

14 postcards of various Boise scenes, including construction of a dam, camping, and Saint Luke's Children Hospital. All are unidentified. Also includes 80 negatives of Canada scenes including Hudson's Bay Company, railroads, and Treaty Day. All are unidentified.

Various negatives of greeting cards. Listed are the Christmas specific postcards. The collection includes more than are listed.

Collection includes postcards of various Mt. Home and Boise scenes, ca. 1910; photographs of Rocky Bar area, 1959; Stock certificates of Idaho National bank of Boise, Idaho, 1907; Lucky Strike Mining Co., 1913 ; Owyhee River Copper Co., 1938. All of which had been in donors family for several years.

Collection contains Valentine cards from Boise, Idaho. One has a small fanfold of pictures of Boise structures and scenes. Cards were sent from Orville Miller.

Postcards of Weiser pioneer, Russell Newman and Ike Kiser of Weiser. The collection also includes a photographic print of the Oregon Trail memorial bridge in Boise from 1931 and a mounted reproduction drawing from W.H. Jackson of Old Fort Hall.