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This collection consists of the work of two Idaho photographers, George E. Tonkin and William Bach. The collection was given to the historical society by Mr. Bach.

The collection was divided between the two photographers: Box 1 - 10, George Tonkin: Box 1 - 8, negatives, gelatin dry plate Box 9 - 10, prints

Box 11 - 13, William Bach: Box 11 - 12, prints Box 13, negatives, acetate

Content Description This black and white photographic print shows Frank Post (of whom Post Falls is named) seated on a rocky slope with the Coleman family and a dog. Two children are shown in the photograph, including a young girl whose face is blurry. Scope and Contents Bottom row (left to right): Tom Coleman, Ellis Coleman, Nettie Coleman, Mrs. Benham and her daughter (child in white dress). Top row (left to right): Jonh Coleman, Jim Coleman, Margaret...

Content Description This collection contains more than 1,400 black and white photographic prints documenting the life of Laeta Jaques, a resident of Boise, Idaho from 1901-1915 and again from 1935-1975. Albums G-99, G-100, and G-107 contain images of family and friends of Laeta during her second marriage to Rothert R. McBride, an undertaker from Des Moines, Iowa. Albums G-101 to G-105 are comprised of ephemera from trips Laeta took throughout the state of California. Albums G-106 and G-108 contain images of...

Content Description Portraits of Robert and Rosa Newman Grostein, and Aaron Kuhn and Leah Grostein Kuhn, Jewish families from Lewiston, Idaho. The portrait of Aaron and Leah Grostein Kuhn was taken in 1884 on their wedding day. According to the Lewiston Teller of May 15, 1884, Leah Grostein Kuhn was the first Jewish woman to have been born and married in Idaho Territory. Aaron Kuhn was president of the Traders National Bank, the Spoken and Eastern Trust Company, the Davenport National Bank, and the Bonner...

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Images of the Hawley family (Governor James H. Hawley, 1847-1929). Includes images from Governors' Conferences, the Spanish-American War, and a Boise parade.

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Family photographs of the Lambson and Campbell families. Joseph Milton Campbell was born in Clarksville, Pennsylvania on May 16, 1852 and moved to Boise in 1900. Mrs. Campbell (Maggie H. Dunbar) was born in Prairie City, Illinois in April 12, 1858.