Allen Publishing Company photograph collection, circa 1950

Overview of the Collection

Title
Allen Publishing Company photograph collection
Dates
circa 1950 (inclusive)
Quantity
160 Photographs
Collection Number
P0021
Summary
The Allen Publishing Company photograph collection contains portraits of George Albert Allen and members of the Allen family. As well as photographs of birds and miscellaneous photographs.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Dr. George Allen was a physician from Chicago, Illinois, who moved to Salt Lake City in 1921. In the late 1940s, his fascination with birds coalesced into the Allen Publishing Company, which produced The Pheasant Fanciers, Game Bird Breeders, and Aviculturist's Gazette, a publication devoted entirely to birds. He was also instrumental in establishing the Tracy Aviary, still in operation in Salt Lake's Liberty Park. Dr. Allen's home and its surroundings, Allen Park on 13th East in Salt Lake City, is still a local attraction. The collection consists of photographs of the Allen family, Allen Park, miscellaneous colleagues and friends of the family, many pictures of birds, other animals, and photographs taken during family vacations.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection is arranged topically.

Processing Note

Processed by Peter Schmid in 1988.

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Allen Publishing Company Records, (MS 0416).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Family, Birds and MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
1 1
Dr. George Allen
1 2
The Allen Family
1 3
Miscellaneous
  • 28: Unidentified man, negative only
  • 29: Unidentified man
  • 30: Cunningham
  • 31: F.G. Field
  • 32: Behle
  • 33: A.H. Maetzold, Walter L. Peterson, and P.H. Bryant, temporary chairman
  • 34: Sally Allen Gear, A.H. Maetzold, Mrs. Maetzold, Walter L. Peterson, Bryant, Ben C. Chester, Mrs. Henry L. Cremin, Mrs. Deviny, Mrs. Bryant
  • 35: Unidentified and George A. Allen Jr.
  • 36: Unidentified
  • 37: Unidentified woman looking at pheasant hat
  • 38: Mormon baptismal font
  • 39: Siah, taxidermist
  • 40: General Electric photo operation. Hanford Atomic Products operation
  • 41: Postcard of the signing of the United Nations Charter
  • 42-44: Unidentified
1 4
Allen Park
  • 45-50: Allen Park
1 5
Birds
  • 51-58: Unidentified
  • 59: Points on pheasant raising from a master breeder. Felicio M. Torregeosa and Walter V. Oakie
  • 60: Unidentified
  • 61: Moroccan Barbara Gambra
  • 62: Flamingo, San Diego Zoo
  • 63: Greater Scamp Drake at Lakewiew
  • 64-65: Unidentified
  • 66: Francolin grouse
  • 67: Unidentified
  • 68: "Fool" hen
  • 69: Wild turkeys near Crandalls, Middle Fork Salmon River
  • 70-78: Unidentified
  • 79: Blue grouse
  • 80-82: Unidentified
  • 83: Pair of breeder prairie chickens
  • 84: Emporer geese
  • 85: Unidentified
  • 86: Postcard of Canadian wild geese, Game Farm Zoo, McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania
  • 87: Unidentified
  • 88: Mr. Ijam, Farm Superintendent, packing pheasants for shipping
  • 89: Ringneck pheasant breeder field, Ozark Quail Farm, Carterville, Missouri
  • 90: Reeves pheasant, Ozark Quail Farm
  • 91-92: Tufted guinea-fowl and common domesticated guinea hen
1 6
Birds
  • 93: Hilderbrants male Francolin
  • 94: Pair of shorpes Francolin breeders
  • 95: Erckels and shorpes
  • 96: Grays bare?throated Francolin
  • 97: Indian Gray Francolin
  • 98: Erckels Francolins
  • 99: Indian black Francolin
  • 100: Shorpes Francolins
  • 101: Heuglins Francolins
  • 102: Chilean geese, Pearsons Bird Farm, Southbury, Connecticut, June 1952
  • 103: Lois Ross with bird
  • 104: Erckels Francolins
  • 105: Black Francolins
  • 106: Stuffed birds in showcase
  • 107: Cunningham in Woodenville
  • 108: Woodcock and young near nest, Blackwater Migratory Bird Refuge, Maryland
  • 109-13: Unidentified
  • 114: The lesser bird of paradise in Wassenaar Zoo, Holland
  • 115: Unidentified slide
  • 116-19: Oversize negatives only
  • 120: Taxidermy display at sportsmen show, Newark, 1958
  • 121-22: Champion game bird
  • 123-26: Unidentified bird displays
1 7
Animals
  • 127: Bison
  • 128: Wild pig
  • 129: Buck deer, Ark Wildlife Refuge at North Creek, New York
  • 130: Bighorn sheep, Canada, 1956
1 8
Miscellaneous
  • 131-37: Unidentified farm with pheasant growing pens
  • 138-39: Unidentified aviary
  • 140: Ed's lake
  • 141: Aerial view of unidentified farm
  • 142: Coronado Ferry, San Diego, California
  • 143: Horse race, Caliente, San Diego, California
  • 144: 30 kw stand-by power generator
  • 145: Unidentified, possibly an incubator
  • 146: Balboa Park, San Diego, California
1 9
Miscellaneous
  • 147: "Geodesic Dome"
  • 148: A typical visiter examines "pet of the week" at "Fairyland USA"
  • 149: Science center
  • 150: Paul F. Carel with family donkey
  • 151: Entrance to "Fairyland USA"
  • 152: Mother and ducklings
  • 153: In fairyland USA, "pet of the week"
  • 154: In fairyland USA, "Mister Walrus"
  • 155: In fairyland USA, duckling feeding
  • 156: In fairyland USA, Mallard Apartments
  • 157: In fairyland USA, Marcus, the Macaw on Robinson Crusoe's Island
  • 158: In fairyland USA, Naturalist
  • 159: In fairyland USA, "Home of Goosey Goosey Gander"
  • 160: The water monitor "Varanus Salvator. length: 7feet 10inches"
1 10
Allen Family
  • 161: Stephen, Susan (Stephen's wife), Dorothy, Lewis' Christina (granddaughter), Andrew (grandson)

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Game and game-birds--Photographs
  • Upland game birds--Utah--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Allen, George Albert--Photographs

Family Names

  • Allen family--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Group portraits--1953-1968
  • Photographic prints--1953-1968
  • Portrait photographs--1953-1968