Minidoka County Historical Society collection of Minidoka County photographs

Collection

Identifier: P1970-183

Staff Only

Content Description

Photographs of the Minidoka County area, including Rupert schools, agriculture, and street views.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1909 - 1914

Extent

24 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Inventory

.1 Bucyrus dragline sideview digging draining near Rupert in August 1914
.2 Two-story buildings and cars on left, buggies, trees and street light on right. North side of square looking west, 1914
.3 Minidoka train station, train and depot in 1909
.4 Rupert Square facing south, Smith Meat Market, C.W. Pinney, Rupert Mercantile Co., etc on right, 1909
.5 Rupert Square facing west, teams and wagons on left of square, stores on right, 1909
.6 Rupert Square facing west side of square with path, young trees and stores in background. Horses and unidentified man in background. October 29, 1909
.7 Rupert Square facing south, west side of square. Buggies and trees on left, drugstore, and other buildings on right; group of men in center of street, 1914
.8 Rupert House, wooden 2-story frame building under construction. To be occupied by Merc. C. Rupert, October 1909
.9 Bureau of Reclamation Office building in Rupert, hip roof house, October 1909
.10 Lincoln High School in Rupert, east wing ground entrance under construction, October 1909
.11 Lincoln High School in Rupert, near completion, team and wagon on left, August 20, 1910
.12 Rupert Electrical High School, later name changed to Washington Jr. High. Exterior view of front of building, 1914
.13 Rupert Electric High School, view of switch panel, 1914
.14 Rupert Electric High School, view of electric heaters, 1914
.15 Rupert Electric High School, view of chemistry classroom with 11 students doing experiments, 1914
.16 Rupert Electric High School, view of a woodworking training room with 15 male students, 1914
.17 Rupert Electric High School, view of domestic (cooking) room, 1914
.18 Rupert, dredging machine digging a drain
.19 Rupert, 3 unidentified men standing in front of a building next to the Rupert Bank
.20 Rupert, Minidoka power house
.21 Rupert, Minidoka Damn, man in foreground unidentified
.22 Rupert, picking watermelons; 4 men in picture unidentified
.23 Rupert, harvesting potatoes; 2 men standing on horse drawn cart in background, 2 men on second cart, 1 man standing on ground, all unidentified
.24 Rupert, potatoes being harvested on the W.H. Rupert farm: "11 acres averaging 700 bu. acre" on face of potato. Horse drawn cart and men in background