Anderson Photograph Studio archive

Anderson Photograph Studio archive, 1940-1975

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Anderson Photograph Studio (Preston, Idaho)
Title: Anderson Photograph Studio archive
Dates: 1940-1975 (inclusive)
19401975
Quantity: 2 boxes (186 items), (1 linear ft. )
Collection Number: UUS_P0252
Summary: Collection of photographs taken in the late 1940s to 1975 by Anderson Photograph Studio. Most are photographs taken around Preston, Idaho and Franklin County, Idaho. Subjects include various Preston High School groups and activities; civic, church, and social groups; a man-hunt from the 1960's; boy scouts; individual portraits; and various buildings and facilities such as the Franklin County Courthouse, Franklin Café, Mountain Bell building, O.K. Tire Shop, California Packing Company, and sugar beet factories.
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
Open to public research.
Languages: English.
Sponsor: Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Studio located in Preston, Idaho.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Anderson Studio photograph collection consists of 186 mostly unidentified images. These black-and-white photos date from the 1940s to the early 1970s and, with a few exceptions, were taken in and around Preston, Idaho. Included are images of agriculture, Preston High School activities, individual portraits, a man-hunt from the 1960s, accidents, the Preston sugar beet factory, boy scouts, civic and LDS Church groups, and Preston businesses.

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Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the Anderson Photograph Studio archive must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Anderson Photograph Studio archive, 1940-1975. (P0252). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized numerical by photo number.

Acquisition Information

These photographs were given to Newell Hart by Anderson Studio via Karol L. Anderson in 1975.

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Photographs , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	1:001-012: Automobile accidents, fires, and train wrecks	1945-1965
1	1:07: Train wreck	undated
1	1:013-017: Preston High School graduation groups including	1962
1	1:17: Preston High School Graduation	1962
1	1:018-024: Preston High School theatre productions	undated
1	1:025-026: Preston High School chorus	undated
1	1:027: Preston High School basketball including team of	1963
1	1:028-037: Preston High School football	undated
1	1:038-039: Preston High School reunion groups, classes of 1931 and 1944	undated
1	1:040-045: Miscellaneous portraits	undated
1	1:046: Open casket funderal for an infant	undated
1	1:047-048: Bean crops: a stringing machine and a school group visiting a bean farm	undated
1	1:049-078: Miscellaneous adult groups, including the Lions Club, men receiving Utah Power and Light safety awards, women cooking, LDS Church and civic groups. Some are undoubtedly educators	undated
1	1:079: Five fishermen with a large catch, probably salmon	undated
1	1:080-084: Pictures of a manhunt and two captured men (one of whom is African-American) and a cache of guns. Also a photograph of a First Security Bank of Idaho vault that appears to have been blown open, perhaps the cause of the manhunt	1965
1	1:085-088: Ceremony for the "Parking Meters Last Rites" on the steps of the Franklin County Court House	1956
1	1:089-092: Boy Scout (Explorer Scouts) activities, Troop 137	undated
1	1:093-097: Interiors and exteriors of Preston sugar beet factory including the Lime Kiln, Franklin County Sugar Co	undated
1	1:098-099: Man in a wheelchair, also using an iron lung[?]	undated
1	1:100-101: Irrigation canal and diversion dam, probably on the Bear River	undated
1	1:102-166: Copy prints of historic photographs, including several of Grace, Idaho around the turn of the century. Includes store interiors, family group portraits, basketball, wagons, early automobiles, dam building, civic groups, homes, bands, football, salmon, agriculture, and the Providence Ward School from	1902
1	1:167: Aerial view of Preston	1948
1	1:168: View of the Franklin County Court House	undated
1	1:169: View of the Franklin Café	undated
1	1:170: A Massey-Ferguson store	undated
1	1:171: Preston 4th Ward church under demolition	1963
1	1:172-173: Interiors of an auto garage	undated
1	1:174: A Massey-Ferguson store	undated
1	1:175: Mountain Bell telephone building	undated
1	1:176: View looking east in Logan, Utah, from west part of city toward mouth of Logan Canyon showing the O.K. Tire Shop in the foreground	undated
1	1:177-186: Miscellaneous scenes including Weston Canyon, agriculture, what appears to be a power station and a mining operation in the mountains	undated
2	2:01-02: Preston High School graduation groups	undated
2	2:03: Preston High School chorus	undated
2	2:04-06: Miss Franklin County and attendants	1962
2	2:07: Wedding portrait	undated
2	2:08: California Packing Co. plant	undated
2	2:09-10: Sugar beet factory views	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Corporate Names

Anderson Photograph Studio (Preston, Idaho)
Franklin County Courthouse (Preston, Idaho)--Photographs.
Preston High School (Preston, Idaho)--Photographs.
Utah State University. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. (contributor)

Geographical Names

Franklin County (Idaho)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs.
Franklin County (Idaho)--Photographs.
Grace (Idaho)--Photographs.
Preston (Idaho)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs.
Preston (Idaho)--Photographs.
Preston (Idaho)--Social life and customs--Photographs.

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