Jeanne E. Crookham collection of Caldwell area photographs

Collection

Identifier: P1970-042

Staff Only

Content Description

Jeanne E. Crookham was the daughter in law of Frank Crookham, pioneer seed developer and founder of Crookham Seed company. Photographs are of the Caldwell area and include photos of Bill Leslie, a prominent rancher and Idaho pioneer and Howard Sebree, an early settler and Idaho developer who founded the 1st National Bank of Idaho, built the Saratoga Hotel in Caldwell and invested in the Interurban Trolley Line.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1902 - 1960

Extent

45 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Inventory

.115 Caldwell, Street scene, 1883
.116 Caldwell, Main street, 1906 by W.E. LeMaster
.117a,b Caldwell, 1910 flood
.118 Caldwell, Opening College Heights addition, 1910
.119 Caldwell, parade on Main Street, 1911
.120 Caldwell, Homesteaders Day Parade, June 6, 1912
.121a,b Caldwell, the Huree Theater taken prior to 1917, when theater burned
.122 Caldwell, Street scene, February 3, 1916
.123 Caldwell, Campfire girls in parade on Main Street, 1917 taken by W.E. LeMaster
.124 Caldwell, Panorama street scene with Caldwell band
.125 Caldwell, street scene
.126 Caldwell, Main street looking East
.127 Caldwell, R.R. tracks and flour mills
.128 Caldwell, Hunters, car, and birds in front of Caldwell Ice and Cold Storage Co.
.129 Caldwell, New Saratoga Hotel
.130 Caldwell, Odd Fellows Home
.131 Caldwell, Main Street, ca. 1937
.132 Caldwell, Methodist Church, ca. 1960
.133 Caldwell, Post Office, ca. 1960
.134 Caldwell, Caldwell Sanitorium
.135 Caldwell, uncovering old interurban line; top center: AI Myers, bottom center: Harry Froman, right: Al Sutton
.136 Caldwell, Caldwell High School Football Team, 1915
.137 Caldwell, Interior of Cigar Store, ca. 1910. Left to right: Bill Leslie, E. Campbell, Ed Adams, Lew Harding
.138 Caldwell, Interior, 1st National Bank of Caldwell, now Bank of Idaho, 1902. Left to right: Chas W. Pinney, Walter R. Sebree, Howard Sebree, AW Gipson, BF White, JH Gipson, George A. Dew. Photo by Tonkin
.139 Caldwell, Various automobile wrecks, around Caldwell, mostly 1920's. Mr. Myers, Mrs. Crookham's father was insurance agent
.140 Boise, Arthur Myers in front of unidentified store in Boise early 1900s
.141 Guyer Hot Springs
.142 Van Wyck, Main Street, ca. 1900
.143 Idaho City, Main Street with bucking horse, ca. 1920
.144 Homedale Ferry
.145 Twelve horse team hauling wool, 1919
.146 Early Buick
.147 McCall, Snowmobile made from airplane
.148 Henry Dworshak, U.S. Senator, at National Convention in Chicago, July 25, 1960
.149 Senator W. E. Borah and Governor H. C. Baldridge
.150 Governor C. A. Robins
.151 "Senator Borah Landing a trout at Payette Lake"
.152 Dewey, buring July 24, 1907
.153 Christening of Battleship Idaho, July 1917 - christened by Miss Henrietta Simons, granddaughter of Gov. Moses Alexander who is on the right
.154 Group of Sheepherders play musical instruments, guitars, and fiddles
.155 Caldwell, Egg day (Idaho Egg Co.). President Hoover at podium, William on right
.156 Caldwell, Steunenberg Hourse, date unspecified
.157 McCall, Elks Convention at McCall Inn, 1920's