A college rivalry between College of Idaho, in Caldwell, and Boise Junior College became heated in the late 1940s when BJC students stole the C of I bell and painted it blue. In this picture, two students pose next to the bell with wall of hay...
Boise State University; Marching bands; Storefronts; Homecomings
A drum major leads the Boise Junior College marching band down 8th street, between Idaho and Bannock streets. Behind the band are storefronts for Boise Music and Appliance, and Sexty's Jewelers.
Boise State University; Coca-Cola Company; Floats (Parades);
A float in a BJC Homecoming parade sometime in the 1950s. The building behind the float is the Eastman Building, on the corner of Main street and 8th in downtown Boise. This building was destroyed by a fire in 1987, and the site has long been the...
A group of students running down Main street in downtown Boise during the 1956 Boise Junior College Homecoming parade. The J.J. Newberry Co. store is visible behind them.
A recommendation from the Planning-Zoning Commission to the Mayor and City Council concerning a six year Capital Improvement Program and Budget for the City of Boise.
Housing developments; City planning; Municipal government; Urban renewal;
A summary of the goals and accomplishments of the citizens advisory committee on the site plan of a redevelopment project of downtown Boise, aided by the Winmar Company of Seattle, Washington.
Boise State University; Streets; Hotels; Capitols; Boise Foothills;
A view of Capitol Boulevard from south of the Boise State campus looking north. At the front of the photo are two hotels, the Ramada Inn and the Boisean Motel, behind them are the John Barnes Towers, and to the left of the street is the State...
Boise State University;Universities & colleges;Boise Foothills;
A view of the east side of the Boise Junior College campus and the snow covered Boise foothills, taken from the roof of the Administration Building. Assembly Hall (Hemingway Western Studies Center) is at the right. The small frame building behind...
A view of the main dining room of the Student Union. To the left behind the three arches is the soda fountain; between the two double doors is a jukebox.
Aerial view of the east end of Boise College campus along College Blvd. Webb Hangar (bottom left) was then used as an auto mechanics and ceramics shop. The Technical Education Center (center) and other buildings used in the vocational education...
Barry Shipman's collie Laddie, presented to him as an Easter present. Laddie had a small part with Nell Shipman in the lost Vitagraph film, "The Wild Strain" (1917) and accompanied the Shipmans to Spokane and Priest River, Idaho, where he lost his...
BJC faculty members make a sentimental visit to St. Margaret's Hall, the first home of Boise Junior College, shortly before its demolition in 1959. The two stones above the cornerstone read "Class of 1932" (of St. Margaret's School) and "We...
