Clyde T. Hardy photograph collection, 1906-1958

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hardy, Clyde T., 1921-1998.
Title
Clyde T. Hardy photograph collection
Dates
1906-1958 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 box, (0.5 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_P0392
Summary
This collection consists of 158 photos which were taken and gathered by the head of the Geology Department, Dr. Clyde T. Hardy. Its contents include many aerial photos of Northern Utah and Southern Idaho, natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes, and geologic formations. Other images included are of Bryce, Yosemite, and Glacier National Parks taken in the early half of the 20th Century and photographs from Dr. J. Stewart Williams, the first Geology Department Head and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies.
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

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Clyde T. Hardy was born in Freemont, Ohio on April 23, 1921. He taught geology at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, from 1950 until his retirement in 1986. He served as Geology Department head from 1967 to 1982. He died October 13, 1998 in Logan, Utah.

Dr. J. Stewart Williams was the first Head of the Geology Department and later the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at Utah State University.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Clyde T. Hardy photograph collection consists of 158 photos which were taken and gathered by Dr. Hardy when he was head of the Geology Department at USU. Its contents include many aerial photos of Northern Utah and Southern Idaho, natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes, and geologic formations. Other images included are of Bryce, Yosemite, and Glacier National Parks taken in the early half of the 20th Century and photographs from Dr. J. Stewart Williams, who preceded Dr. Hardy in the Geology Department. Also included are a 1958 reel of "Super 8" motion picture film from the U.S. Department of Agriculture about volcanoes, and a 16mm reel of the Mauna Loa eruption of 1950.

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 Clyde T. Hardy photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: USU_P0392; Clyde T. Hardy photograph collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_P0392, USUSCA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed in March of 2010

Acquisition Information

The photos were given to Special Collections and Archives by the USU Geology Department. The photos were originally taken and collected by Dr. Clyde T. Hardy and Dr. J. Stewart Williams.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Greenhouse Interior, 1906-1958Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Greenhous Interior
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Box Folder
1 1
1:01:01: Greenhouse Interior
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1 2
Pictures of Stone Cutting and Manufacturing
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Box Folder
1 2
1:02:01: A large stone being cut in an industrial setting.
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1 2
1:02:02: Copy of P0392 1:02:01
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1 2
1:02:03: Man sculpting a large piece of stone.
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1 2
1:02:04: Large rotary saw cutting a finished stone beam.
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1 2
1:02:05: Smaller copy of P0392 01:02:04
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1 3
The Twins, Bluff, UT
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Box Folder
1 3
1:03:01: Torn picture of man looking at The Twins rock formation in Bluff, Utah.
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1 4
Aerials of Bear Lake, Northern Utah, Southern Idaho, and Delta, Utah areas
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Box Folder
1 4
1:04:01: Photo of an unknown river
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1 4
1:04:02: Picture of Cache Valley as seen from plane flying west over the Bear River Range.
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1 4
1:04:03: Paris, Idaho.
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1 4
1:04:04: Photo taken from south of Bear Lake, looking north.
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1 4
1:04:05: Unknown ridge and small town.
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1 4
1:04:06: Mountainside.
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1 4
1:04:07: Different angle of mountainside in P0392 01:04:06
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1 4
1:04:08: Dayton, Idaho.
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1 4
1:04:09: Mountains.
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1 4
1:04:10: Mountain with a valley.
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1 4
1:04:11: Large mountain plateau.
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1 4
1:04:12: Photo of Wellsville as seen from the Wellsville Mountains.
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1 4
1:04:13: Paris, Idaho.
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1 4
1:04:14: North east corner of Bear Lake, looking north.
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1 4
1:04:15: North east corner of Bear Lake, looking north.
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1 4
1:04:16: Photo of an unknown river
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1 4
1:04:17: North east corner of Bear Lake, looking south.
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1 4
1:04:18: Laketown, Utah.
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1 4
1:04:19: Photo taken from south of Bear Lake, looking north.
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1 4
1:04:20: Laketown, Utah.
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1 4
1:04:21: Laketown, Utah.
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1 4
1:04:22: East shore of Bear Lake
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1 4
1:04:23: Sand dunes near Delta, Utah.
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1 5
Glacier National Park
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Box Folder
1 5
1:05:01: West from Cut Bank Pass.
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1 5
1:05:02: Red Eagle Lake.
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1 5
1:05:03: Red Eagle Lake with an Indian Teepee on the shore.
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1 5
1:05:04: Possibly Going-to-the-Sun Mountain.
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1 5
1:05:05: Going-to-the-Sun Mountain.
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1 5
1:05:06: St. Mary Lake.
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1 5
1:05:07: St. Mary Lake.
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1 5
1:05:08: Trick Falls.
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1 5
1:05:09: Twin Falls, with 3 persons viewing the falls in the photo.
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1 5
1:05:10: Two Medicine Lake Outlets.
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1 5
1:05:11: Two Medicine Lake with a row boat pictured on shore.
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1 5
1:05:12: Two Medicine Lake
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1 5
1:05:13: Highway near Two Medicine Chalets with a vintage convertible automobile pictured.
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1 5
1:05:14: Glen Lake Pyramid Peak
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1 5
1:05:15: Pyramid Peak and Washboard Falls.
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1 5
1:05:16: Possibly Flinech Lake and Peak
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1 5
1:05:17: Mt. Reynolds and Glacier Lilies
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1 5
1:05:18: East from Alpine Park.
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1 5
1:05:19: Swift Current Lake
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1 5
1:05:20: Mt. Cannon.
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1 5
1:05:21: Morning Glory Lakes.
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1 5
1:05:22: Mt. Oberlin from Highway.
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1 5
1:05:23: Possibly south from Boulder Series
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1 6
Picture of Yosemite National Park
April 10, 1932
Box Folder
1 6
1:06:01: Yosemite Valley Photo
April 10, 1932
1 7
Bryce Canyon
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Box Folder
1 7
1:07:01: Torn Sleeved picture of the Throne of Zeus in Bryce National Park. Photo taken by Frank Beckwith, Delta, Utah.
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1 8
U.A.C. Relief Map of UTAH Dept of Geology Maps
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Box Folder
1 8
1:08:01: Relief Map of Utah. Made by the Utah Agricultural College (USU) Department of Geology. Planned and Constructed by Prof William Peterson.
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1 8
1:08:02 - 1:08:06: Duplicates of P0392 01:08:01
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1 9
Pictures of Canyon, Possibly Logan Canyon
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Box Folder
1 9
1:09:01: A dam with a road running parallel.
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1 9
1:09:02: Road.
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1 9
1:09:03: Canyon with a road running its length.
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1 10
Department of interior collection
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Box Folder
1 10
1:10:01: Aerial photo of Wellsville canyon taken over Wellsville looking south west toward Ogden and the Great Salt Lake.
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1 10
1:10:02: Photo of mountain ridges
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1 10
1:10:03: Photo of Lewiston, Utah.
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1 10
1:10:04: Photo of Weston, Idaho.
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1 10
1:10:05: Whitney, Idaho.
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1 10
1:10:06: A road.
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1 10
1:10:07: Plateaus of Southern Utah.
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1 10
1:10:08: Volcano Cones, near Flowell, near Fillmore, Utah
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1 10
1:10:09: Zion’s Canyon looking southwest.
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1 10
1:10:10: Photo of back side of Willard mountains, taken south of Mantua, Utah.
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1 10
1:10:11: A road.
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1 10
1:10:12: A river/irrigation dam outlet with 4 people pictured.
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1 10
1:10:13: A river/irrigation dam outlet with 4 people pictured.
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1 10
1:10:14: Aerial photo of fields and dirt roads.
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1 10
1:10:15: Aerial photo showing orchards and vegetation.
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1 10
1:10:16: Aerial photo showing orchards and vegetation.
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1 10
1:10:17: Aerial photo of an unknown town.
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1 10
1:10:18: Photo of Lewiston, Utah.
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1 10
1:10:19: Aerial of Cache Valley countryside.
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1 10
1:10:20: Aerial of Cache Valley countryside.
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1 10
1:10:21: Aerial of Cache Valley countryside.
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1 10
1:10:22: Aerial of mountains.
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1 10
1:10:23: Looking east at and over the Wellsville Mountains.
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1 10
1:10:24: Photo taken from Mt. Logan.
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1 10
1:10:25: Photo Willard Mountains looking northeast.
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1 10
1:10:26: Duplicate of P0392 01:10:25
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1 10
1:10:27: Photo of snow caped Willard Peak.
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1 10
1:10:28: Photo of road through countryside.
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1 10
1:10:29: Photo of road possibly in Cache Valley
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1 10
1:10:30: Photo of Wellsville Mountains.
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1 10
1:10:31: North end of Wellsville Mountains, over St. Petersburg, Utah.
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1 10
1:10:32: Photo of road through countryside.
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1 10
1:10:33: Photo with vegetation growing along the banks of a river.
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1 10
1:10:34: Fields
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1 10
1:10:35: Fields
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1 10
1:10:36: Photo of unknown reservoir.
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1 10
1:10:37: Photo of a small mountain ridge.
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1 10
1:10:38: Photo of mountain with a canyon visible.
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1 10
1:10:39: Photo of Franklin, Idaho.
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1 10
1:10:40: Mountains.
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1 10
1:10:41: Photo of Glendale Reservoir, East of Preston, Idaho.
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1 10
1:10:42: Mountains.
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1 10
1:10:43: Snow caped Willard Peak.
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1 10
1:10:44: South Cache Valley Mountains.
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1 10
1:10:45: Photo of the mouth of a canyon.
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1 10
1:10:46: Willard Mountains.
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1 10
1:10:47: Bear River as seen from Amalga, Utah.
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1 11
J. Stewart Williams collection/Southern Utah aerial images
1943-1952
Box Folder
1 11
1:11:01: Aerial photo, unidentified
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:02: Includes: Volcano Cones, near Flowell, near Fillmore, Utah
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:03: Includes: Volcano Cones, near Flowell, near Fillmore, Utah
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:04: Inclusive: Volcano Cones, near Flowell, near Fillmore, Utah
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:05: Inclusive: Volcano Cones, near Flowell, near Fillmore, Utah
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:06: Inclusive: Volcano Cones, near Flowell, near Fillmore, Utah
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:07: Fault line north of St. George
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:08: Fault line north of St. George
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:09: Gap, near Parowan?
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:10: Zion National Park. Great White Throne is in the upper left corner. Angel's Landing to right
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:11: Between Cedar Breaks and Kolob
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:12: Detail of 01:11:11, between Cedar Breaks National Monument and Kolob Canyons
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:13: Between Cedar Breaks National Monument and Kolob Canyons
1906-1958
1 11
1:11:14: Fault line north of St. George
1906-1958
1 12
Volcanic rock and activities
Consists of 31 images of volcanic rock and land-slides probably in Utah or Idaho as well as photographs of the Paricutin volcano (including eruptions) in Mexico including the San Juan Parangaricutiro Church.
1943-1952
1 13
Scenes from the San Francisco Fire and Earthquake, Phoenix Photo Co., Series 1 and 2
1906
1 14
Meteor Crater, Arizona (Barringer Crater), Fairchild Aerial Surveys.
February 1934
1 15
20 Black and White negatives from the US Forest Service of landslide, Quake Lake, and damaged buildings in Montana after eathquake at Hebgen Lake on August 17, 1959
1960

16mm motion picture film, "Mouna Loa Erupts," Hawaii Natural History Association, 1950Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Super 8mm motion picture film, "Volcano," U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Information, 1958Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Earthquake damage -- Montana -- Hebgen Lake
  • Landscape photography -- Utah
  • National parks and reserves -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs
  • Parks -- West (U.S.) -- Aerial views
  • Parks -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs.
  • San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs
  • Stone-cutting -- Photographs
  • Volcanic fields -- Idaho -- Photographs
  • Volcanic fields -- Utah -- Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Bear Lake Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Photographs
  • Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Photographs
  • Mauna Loa (Hawaii Island, Hawaii) -- Eruption, 1950
  • Southern Idaho -- Aerial views
  • Bear Lake Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Aerial views
  • Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Aerial views
  • Delta (Utah) -- Aerial views
  • Glacier National Park (Mont.) -- Photographs
  • Northern Utah -- Aerial views
  • Parícutin (Mexico) -- Photographs
  • Utah -- Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Motion pictures (Visual work)
  • Negatives (photographic)