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Boise (Idaho)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:

Panorama of Downtown Boise circa 1920s

 Collection
Identifier: P2022-010
Content Description

Three identical black and white panoramic photographs of the downtown Boise skyline taken from 10th Street and Idaho Street. Shows Idaho, 10th, and 11th streets circa 1920s

Dates: circa 1920s

Patrick Dowling papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0390
Summary

Certificate of citizenship and accompanying letter from the Second Judicial District Court, Boise, Idaho.

Dates: 1868-1877.

Photograph of G.H. Ah Fong Chinese Remedies and Herbs shop

 Collection — Box 1998
Identifier: P1998-008

Photos from Nez Perce County Historical Society and Museum

 Collection
Identifier: P2002-026
Content Description

The following items were brought to the Nez Perce County Historical Society and Museum by Paul Krause, Director of the Lewis Clark State College Library. The items are part of the "Talkington Museum" collection. The college no longer maintains a museum and were transferred to the Idaho State Historical Society. Images are of the Representatives of 12th Session of Idaho Legislators and the first building in Boise built in 1910.

Dates: Existence: 1913

Portraits by Charles Kingsley

 Collection
Identifier: P2001-007
Content Description

Miscellaneous portraits collected by David Porter Baker Pride, register of Land Office in Idaho in the 1880s.

Dates: Existence: 1880

Ranches - J.M. Bowman; photographer - Stevens, Caldwell, ID

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: .4
Content Description From the Collection:

Photographs are of the Bowman family and the Ashley Sign Company established in Boise in 1910. Also includes 19 tintype portraits.

Dates: Existence: 1910 - 1971

Robert Quick photographs

 Item
Identifier: P2017-002
Content Description

The bulk of images consist WWI Veterans at the Boise Veterans Administration Tuberculosis Hospital and grounds.

Dates: c. 1920

Roger B. McGinnis collection of "back to school" photographs

 Collection — Box 1982
Identifier: P1982-119
Content Description

This collection contains 16 black and white photographic prints related to "back to school" events in Boise, Idaho. Four images show a "Welcome Teachers" picnic at Julia Davis Park organized by the Boise Chamber of Commerce Education Committee. The remaining 12 images show children in a "Back to School" parade through downtown Boise, Idaho.

Dates: 1957-08 - 1958-08

Rupert Shaw photograph collection of Boise, Idaho buildings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: P1977-026
Content Description

This collection contains sixteen black and white photographic prints and nine black and white photographic negatives. The images are of buildings across Idaho, including residential houses in Caldwell and the post office in Pocatello, but primarily focus on stores and schools in Boise, Idaho.

Dates: 1940 - 1947

Sherm Perry photographs of Boise, Idaho jewelry merchants

 Collection — Box 1983.1
Identifier: P1983-034
Content Description

This collection contains five black and white photographic prints of businesses and businessmen of Boise, Idaho. Jewelry merchants William C. Perry and Constance W. Hesse are featured prominently, along with the interiors of their respective businesses. Also includes an image of the interior of Boise Ice Cream Company.

Dates: 1910 - 1925

Saint Luke's Hospital Auxiliary Historic Building Lithograph Collection Courtesy of Preservation Idaho

 Collection
Identifier: P2022-012
Content Description

Eight framed limited edition prints of lithographs of historic Idaho buildings

Dates: 1970s

Summers Funeral Home collection of Idaho related photographs

 Item
Identifier: P1960-072
Content Description

Miscellaneous Idaho photographs donated by the Summers Funeral Home.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1905 - 1920

Virgil Cary photograph of Hot Wells near Old Idaho Penitentiary

 Collection — Box 1977
Identifier: P1977-009
Content Description

This black and white photographic print shows a herd of deer feeding at Hot Wells near the Old Idaho Penitentiary during winter. The deer are grouped together in a field at the base of the Boise foothills which are covered in snow. Power poles and unidentified structures can be seen in the left-hand side of the image.

Dates: Winter 1948

Wesley Andrews collection of Idaho glass plates

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: P1963-211
Content Description

Collection of 289 negatives, mostly glass plates but with a fair proportion of cut film. These negatives were used in production of picture postcards up to the time that lithographed colored cards came in. Dated from early 1900s to late 1920s. Towns include Ketchum, Rexburg, Nampa, Rigby, Lewiston, Pocatello, Boise and Emmett.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1930

William Brumm collection of Boise related photographs

 Collection
Identifier: P1970-023
Content Description

Miscellaneous photographs of Boise, including the Old Penitentiary, the Boise Butcher Co. Ltd., Boise Jewelry Story and the Idaho Militia. The Old Penitentiary image is a glass plate negative.

Dates: 1900

Williams, John Cuthbert (1931-2021)

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1931-01-05 - 2021-05-21