Identifier |
052_000075 |
Source |
000075 |
Title |
General Store, Idaho |
Subject |
Presbyterian Church--Idaho; Presbyterians--Idaho; Presbyterian Church--Missions; Presbyterian Church--Sunday schools; Sunday schools--Idaho; Missions to Latter Day Saints; Stores, Retail--Idaho; Post office buildings--Idaho; Latter Day Saints--Idaho |
Spatial Coverage |
Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.) |
OCR Text |
Show This photograph is of a general store. This is a long and narrow frame building with a roof that slopes to the back of the structure. There are signs indicating a post office and an office on the left. There is a chimney and a stove pipe on the roof and a flagpole behind or on top of the building. There is a fence with a gate to the left of the building leading to a wood pile and a small shack. In front of the general store is an old car. There are two men and three women in front of the store. The men are wearing jackets and pants, and the women are wearing dresses and coats. There are also two dogs in front of the store. On the right side of the photograph are two horse drawn wagons, with two horses per wagon. In front of the horses are two children in dark clothes. The area in front of the store is dirt, and there appears to be tracks indicating a dirt road in the front of the photograph. In the foreground of the photograph are bushes or weeds, and the sky appears to be overcast. |
Further Information |
The photograph is in good condition, except for worn corners. On the back the following information is handwritten in pencil: "In the Mormon Area in the work of the Sunday-school missionary. A great "dry-farm sections were developed so quickly that settlements grew up in a few days. D E Crane store and Post Office in the great Snake River Desert." |
Funding |
The Westminster College digital archives project is partially funded by the Masonic Foundation of Utah. |
Publisher |
Westminster College |
Type |
Image |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2006, Westminster College. All rights reserved. |
Holding Institution |
Westminster College |
Source Physical Dimensions |
Archival TIFF 3000 x 4600 |
Source Resolution |
400ppi |
Display Dimensions |
JPEG: 640 x 480 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
Scanning Device |
Epson Expression 836 XL flatbed scanner |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6rc09j1 |
Setname |
wc_pc |
ID |
1094415 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rc09j1 |