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Portraits

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Use as a form subdivision under names of individual persons who lived after 1400, individual families, classes of persons and ethnic groups for collections of portraits of those persons. Also use under names of individual religious and monastic orders and wars for portraits of persons associated with those orders and wars. For collections of art depicting persons who lived before 1400, use the subdivision [Art.]

Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:

Adell McMillan collection of Idaho legislator portraits

 Collection — Box 1982
Identifier: P1982-068
Content Description

This collection contains 14 black and white collodion photographic prints of members of the 1895-1896 Idaho House of Representatives. The portraits are mounted on 6.5" x 4" cabinet cards and were photographed by Myers Photography in Boise, Idaho. Ten of the prints are signed by the subjects.

Dates: ca. 1895

Alexander Family Photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P2002-015
Content Description

Images of the 11th Governor of Idaho, Moses Alexander and the Alexander family.

Dates: Existence: 1885 - 1963

Bill Bach and George E. Tonkin photographs

 Collection
Identifier: P1998-028
Content Description

This collection consists of the work of two Idaho photographers, George E. Tonkin and William Bach. The collection was given to the historical society by Mr. Bach.

The collection was divided between the two photographers: Box 1 - 10, George Tonkin: Box 1 - 8, negatives, gelatin dry plate Box 9 - 10, prints

Box 11 - 13, William Bach: Box 11 - 12, prints Box 13, negatives, acetate

Dates: 1899 - 1911; 1940 - 1950; Digitized: 2019

Blewett family photographs of Peter E. Engel

 Collection — Box 1983.1
Identifier: P1983-59
Content Description This collection contains 4 copy photographic prints of images relating to Peter E. Engel of Caldwell, Idaho. Subjects include several images of Engel himself, his residence in Caldwell, Idaho, and a portrait of his son-in-law, Karl L. Mann, who served as the manager of Gem County Abstract Company in Emmett, Idaho. These images were donated with nine tools that belonged to Engel that were given to the Blewett family by Mann. It is assumed these tools are stored in the Idaho State Museum...
Dates: 1882 - 1970

Boise State College collection of portraits

 Collection
Identifier: P1969-030
Content Description

Collection of portraits donated by the Boise State College (now Boise State University). Includes portraits of Clarence Darrow, F. H. Bradley, Denry Dworshak and Stanley A. Easton.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1867 - 1940

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

Casner and Graham Wedding Photos

 Collection
Identifier: P2002-019
Content Description

Wedding photographs of Idaho City residents, William Hill Casner and Elizabeth Bauchop Graham. Married on May 31, 1871 in Van Buren County, IA.

Dates: Existence: 1871-05-31

Charles Escher collection of portraits

 Collection — Box 1983.1
Identifier: P1983-015
Content Description

This collection contains five black and white photographic prints of judges and prominent Idaho politicians, including William E. Borah and Fred T. Dubois. This collection also features three portraits of unidentified judges.

Dates: 1900 - 1910

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

Charles Walter Alkire Spanish American War Portrait

 Collection — Box 1998
Identifier: P1998-017
Content Description

Black and white portrait of Charles Walter Alkire and friend in Manila during the Spanish American War in 1898.

Dates: 1898

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

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

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

Douglas J. Coleman photograph of Frank Post and the Coleman family with dog on rocky slope near Post Falls, Idaho

 Collection — Box 1982
Identifier: P1982-062
Content Description This black and white photographic print shows Frank Post (of whom Post Falls is named) seated on a rocky slope with the Coleman family and a dog. Two children are shown in the photograph, including a young girl whose face is blurry. Scope and Contents Bottom row (left to right): Tom Coleman, Ellis Coleman, Nettie Coleman, Mrs. Benham and her daughter (child in white dress). Top row (left to right): Jonh Coleman, Jim Coleman, Margaret...
Dates: ca. 1900

Duane Garrett Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P2012-001
Content Description

The Duane W. Garrett photograph collection spans several decades in the latter half of the 20th century. It is comprised of approximately 50,000 negatives with a few prints on a variety of subjects in and around the State of Idaho.

Dates: 1966-1995

Dwight Jensen collection of Medal of Honor recipients

 Collection — Box 1977
Identifier: P1977-040
Content Description

This collection contains five black and white photographic prints. Most of the images are of Medal of Honor recipients from the state of Idaho, but the collection also includes an aerial photograph of Mountain Home Air Force Base.

Dates: 1940 - 1960

Ednamae Loder photograph collection

 Collection — Box 1977.2
Identifier: P1977-115
Content Description

This collection contains fourteen black and white photographic prints of locations and people from the Boise, Idaho area, including Boise Depot, the residence of Cora E. Long, and portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Timan A. Johnson

Dates: Majority of material found within 1911 - 1914

El Korah Group Portrait, Payette, Idaho

 Collection
Identifier: P1999-007
Content Description

Group portrait of the 1920s Payette, Idaho El Korah Shrine.

Dates: Existence: ca. 1920

Five portraits of young women believed to be the daughters of Peter Sonna

 Collection
Identifier: P2022-002
Content Description

Individual portraits of five young women, believed to be the Sonna sisters, matted in one large frame. Daughters of Peter Sonna - Amelia Sonna, Susan (Lorena?) Sonna, Agatha Sonna, Mary Sonna, Anne Sonna

Dates: 1885-1905 Approximate date range inferred by age of Sonna sisters, however identification of women is not certain