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Boise (Idaho)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:

Boise - view of Capitol Boulevard circa 1950s

 Item
Identifier: P2022-005
Dates: 1950 - 1959

Boise Warehouse Crews

 Collection
Identifier: P2001-004
Content Description

Two images of warehouse crews, one being Falk's Wholesale Grocery. Crew members are identified on back of images.

Dates: Existence: 1910

Carol Bettis collection of Boise, Idaho families

 Collection — Box 1984.2
Identifier: P1984-109
Content Description

This collection contains eight black and white copy photographic negatives related to the Falk and Moore families of Boise, Idaho. Bertha Falk, Ernestine Falk, Alice Moore, and Laura Moore are all pictured. This collection also includes an image of the Coffin residence at Grove Street and 11th Street in Boise, Idaho.

Dates: 1880 - 1897

Carter Family photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P1999-015
Content Description

68 photographs of the Carter family of Carter Photography Studio. People identified. Other scenes include Table Rock, Park School students, Senator Borah's funeral.

Dates: Existence: 1906 - 1940

Charles O. Broxon

 Collection
Identifier: P2001-005
Content Description

Portrait of Charles O. Broxon from 1914-15, when he was editor of the Evening Capital News (Boise, Idaho).

Dates: Existence: 1914

Children's Home

 Collection
Identifier: P1999-023
Content Description

Group portrait of the Children's Home ca 1920s. Children with matron, Anna Anderson (Mrs. Anna Paulson).

Dates: Existence: 1920

Christine McPike collection of Boise parade photographs

 Collection — Box 1977.2
Identifier: P1977-075
Content Description

This collection contains five black and white photographic prints taken during a parade along 8th Street in Boise, Idaho.

Dates: 1931 - 1932

City of Boise photograph collection of Boise Mayors

 Collection
Identifier: P1964-074
Content Description

Collection of portraits of Boise Mayors from 1867 to 1961.

Dates: 1867 - 1961

Claire Belsher collection of Warm Springs photographs

 Collection — Box 1983.2
Identifier: P1983-126
Content Description

This collection contains 14 black and white photographic prints of individuals and locations associated with Warm Springs Avenue in Boise, Idaho. Subjects include several portraits of Moses Hubbard Goodwin, proprietor and operator of Goodwin Lumber Company, with Wilson family farm and water wheel, the Boise Natatorium, and the old Idaho State Penitentiary. Of particular interest is a shot of the Goodwin Lumber Company sawmill and mill pond.

Dates: 1870 - 1925

Crew digging ditch at Settlers Canal

 Collection — Box 1983.1
Identifier: P1983-035
Content Description

This black and white photographic print is a copy of a photograph showing a crew digging a ditch at Settlers Canal in Boise, Idaho during winter. David McMullan (right, dark shirt) and Mr. Hanson make up the first team. Ray Parker is driving the second team and Walter McMullan is driving the third.

Dates: 1900 - 1905

Cuddy family photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1966-070
Content Description

Photographs from the John Cuddy Collection (MS 170). Images of the Cuddy family and various Boise scenes. John Cuddy owned the Cuddy Flour Mill and Mercantile store in Rush Creek and Salubria, Idaho.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1905 - 1909

Davidson Family Photographs

 Collection — Box 1998
Identifier: P1998-019
Content Description

Images of the Davidson family in Shoshone, Sun Valley and various portraits of the family members. Including a portrait of the Boise High School Football team from 1911 or 1912.

Dates: 1911 - 1946

Davis family collection of historical Idaho photographs

 Collection — Box 1983.1
Identifier: P1983-037
Content Description

This collection contains 27 black and white photographic prints of buildings, landmarks, and activities across southern and central Idaho. Some subjects include sheep shearing, buildings and streets in Boise, Idaho, and the Kuna Cave.

Dates: 1890 - 1910

Dorothy King collection of Boise, Idaho area photographs

 Collection — Box 1983.1
Identifier: P1983-081
Content Description

This collection contains 13 black and white photographic prints of sites and buildings in the Boise, Idaho area. Images include the O'Farrell cabin, Spanish Village, the Idaho State Historical Museum, and various dwellings.

Dates: 1950 - 1959

Elizabeth Lack Scudder photographs of Chinese immigrants in Boise, Idaho

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P1971-156
Content Description

This collection contains 19 black and white photographic prints of members of the Chinese immigrant community in Boise, Idaho. Boise businessman Fong Foo Jeung (方富長), also known as Harry Fong, is featured heavily in this collection along with several of his immediate family members, including his first wife, Kwan Shee (方門關氏) also known as Gretta Fong. This collection also contains several portraits of unidentified individuals of Chinese descent.

Dates: 1910 - 1930

Floyd Posing collection of Laeta Jaques photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: P1982-063
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...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1925

Four-car train of Boise-Meridian-Nampa line of Boise Valley Railway Company - Boise, Idaho

 Collection — Box 1983.1
Identifier: P1983-016
Content Description

This black and white photographic print shows nine men on or around a four-car electric train owned by the Boise Valley Railway Company. This train has been identified as the Boise-Meridian-Nampa line, and is comprised of cars 200, 201, and 300.

Dates: 1907 - 1910

Frances Grabner collection of Boise, Idaho photographs

 Collection — Box 1984
Identifier: P1984-100
Content Description

This collection contains nine black and white photographic prints of scenes in Boise, Idaho, including a charity event for the Red Cross at the Aloha Apartments and Charles Lindbergh's flight to Boise on May 27, 1927. Members of the Gallet family are featured prominently

Dates: 1916 - 1927

Frank Coffin Holbrook collection of Coffin family photograph albums

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P1984-012
Content Description

This collection contains approximately 840 photographic prints relating to the family of Franklin R. Coffin. Prints are glued to pages across five albums and include black and white images and cyanotypes. Primary subjects include buildings and streets of Boise, Idaho, friends and family members of the Coffin family, trips to California and Yellowstone National Park, and the Boise Barracks.

Dates: 1870 - 1910

Fraser Herndon photos of barn on W. Sidney Coy residence

 Collection — Box 1977
Identifier: P1977-055
Content Description

This collection contains 20 color photographic negatives and a sheet of contact proofs. All images were taken at the W. Sidney Cole residence in Boise, Idaho before the barn was torn down in 1977.

Dates: ca. 1977