Larsen Family photograph collection

Larsen Family photograph collection, 1905-1925

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Larsen Family
Title: Larsen Family photograph collection
Dates: 1905-1925 (inclusive)
19051925
Quantity: 3 boxes, (1 linear ft.)
Collection Number: UUS_P0006
Summary: Twenty-seven 4x5 glass plate negatives of Larsen and Ricks family members taken between 1905 and 1925. Most of the photographs were taken in Logan or Petersboro, Utah and include Lars Peter Larsen, Hanne Kristine Larsen, William Henry Larsen, Rhea Ricks Larsen, Christian Frederick Larsen, and Irene Ricks Bastow. Other photographs include the Alma Sonne home in Logan, the spillway out of second dam in Logan Canyon, and dead fish. The original negatives are in storage, but contact prints are available for viewing. These negatives are in fair condition although a few have flaking of the emulsion.
Repository: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions: Restrictions
No restrictions on use except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

The Larsen Family Photograph Collection consists of twenty-seven 4x5 glass plate negatives of Larsen and Ricks family members between 1905 and 1925. Most of the photographs were taken in Logan or Petersboro, Utah and include Lars Peter Larsen, Hanne Kristine Larsen, William Henry Larsen, Rhea Ricks Larsen, Fred Larsen, Christian Frederick Larsen, Irene Ricks Bastow, Cora Larsen Hammond, Paul Ricks Larsen, Carrie Ricks, Louella Larsen Rheinhardt, William H. Larsen Jr., and Claire Larsen Hammond. Other photographs include the Alma Sonne home in Logan, the spillway out of second dam in Logan Canyon, and dead fish.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

box one contains copy prints from the original glass-plate negatives. The negatives are housed in boxes 2 and 3. These negatives are in fair condition although a few have flaking of the emulsion.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Larsen Family Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: P0006; Larsen Family Photograph Collection; Photograph Collections; Utah State University Special Collections and Archives, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University.

Following Citations: P0006, USUSC.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in numeric sequence according to box and item.

Processing Note

Processed in March of 2001

Acquisition Information

donated to Special Collections in May 1992 by Mrs. Claire Larsen Hammond and her sister, Cora Larsen Johnston.

Acquisition Information

Donated to Special Collections in May 1992 by Mrs. Claire Larsen Hammond and her sister, Cora Larsen Johnston.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	1.01: Lars Peter Larsen and Hanna Larsen, their son Fred Larsen, and granddaughter Luella Larsen Rheinhardt	1910
	1.02: Fishermen with catch, probably near Petersboro. First man on left might be William Henry Larsen	1905-1925
	1.03: Fishermen with catch, probably near Petersboro	undated
	1.4: Unidentified group of pheasant hunters with their guns and bagged bird, near Petersboro	undated
	1.05: Two men with fishing poles in front of Lars Peter Larsen's cabin in Petersboro	undated
	1.06: Men stacking hay, probably at the Lars Peter Larsen farm in Petersboro	undated
	1.07: Unidentified group of young adults posing in the field, probably in Petersboro	undated
	1.08: Rhea Ricks Larsen, about seven years old.	undated
	1.09: Rhea and Carrie Ricks, as adults, with two unidentified women. Probably in the backyard of their Logan home at 100 South 240 East. Winter scene	undated
	1.10: Rhea and Carrie Ricks. Winter scene	undated
	1.11: Unidentified children playing in the snow. Taken in Logan looking east toward mountains	1905-1925
	1.12: Rhea and Cora Larsen as children, barely visible behind snow in Logan at 100 South 240 East	1918-1920
	1.13: Rhea and Cora Larsen as children, barely visible behind snow in Logan at 100 South 240 East, Logan	1918-1920
	1.14: Irene Ricks Bastow, as a young woman, standing in yard	undated
	1.15: Rhea Ricks Larsen standing in yard.	undated
	1.16: Rhea Ricks and child Carrie Ricks	undated
	1.17: Rhea Ricks Larsen and son Paul as an infant	undated
	1.18: Rhea Ricks Larsen and son Paul as an infant	undated
	1.19: Rhea Ricks Larsen and son Paul as an infant	undated
	1.20: Rhea Ricks Larsen and son William H. Larsen as an infant	1918
	1.21: Paul Ricks Larsen, as a toddler, crying on the porch of his Logan house at 100 South 240 East	1911
	1.22: Paul Ricks Larsen, as a toddler, on the porch with his father's (William Henry Larsen) tuba	1911
	1.23: Phoebe Ricks Wood (aunt to Claire Larsen) and Paul Ricks (?), standing in front of house	undated
	1.24: Claire Larsen, at about 18 months, sitting on a small rocking chair	1924
	1.25: The home of Alma Sonne at 400 North, just off Main Street, Logan. This home appears in Conway B. Sonne's A Man Named Alma	undated
	1.26: Unidentified group of young people, probably sitting on an old retaining wall in Logan Canyon	undated
	1.27: Spillway of the second dam in Logan Canyon	1905-1925
Box
2	Original 4x5 Glass-plate Negatives	1905-1925
3	Original 4x5 Glass-plate Negatives	1905-1925

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Ricks family -- Portraits.
Bastow, Irene Ricks, 1895-1989.
Larsen Family
Larsen family -- Portraits.
Larsen, Christian Frederick, b. 1876-1956.
Larsen, Hanne Kristine, 1858-1922
Larsen, L. P. (Lars Peter), 1862-1940 -- Portraits.
Larsen, Rhea Ricks, 1882-1966 -- Portraits.
Larsen, William Henry, 1883-1926 -- Portraits.
Merrill, Carrie Ricks, b. 1902 -- Portraits.

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