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Boise (Idaho)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

Fred G. Bennett collection of Boise and Interurban Railway photographs

 Collection — Box 1977
Identifier: P1977-024
Content Description

This collection contains 12 black-and-white photographic prints, primarily of the Boise and Interurban Railway system, on which the donor, Fred G. Bennett, worked. Bennett is featured in several images.

Dates: 1910 - 1927

George P. Haley and family collection of glass plates and negatives

 Collection
Identifier: P1968-057
Content Description

Photograph collection of Dr. George P. Haley and family collected by Mrs. Alfred V. Johnson (her mother was the youngest daughter of Dr. Haley). Includes images of Dr. Haley in his office, the Haley family, and the Idaho State Penitentiary.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1922

George Strickler photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1970-140
Content Description

Photograph collection mostly taken by George H. Strickler, who was a motorcyclist and gunsmith. He worked for Morler's Cyclery in Boise. The photographs are not inventoried.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1930

Hip Sing Association Building

 Collection
Identifier: P2003-006
Content Description

Photoprints of the Hip Sing Association building in Boise, Idaho taken by the Idaho Statesman for the Centennial celebration in 1963. An image of Edna M. Allen, Harry Morrison's sister, is also included in the collection.

Dates: 1963