Promotional materials; Publicity photographs; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Tourism
Union Pacific Railroad Company published this promotional booklet to promote tourism and the railroad in Idaho, written and illustrated by Robert Limbert. The booklet is filled with photographs taken by Limbert while exploring Craters of the Moon,...
Shipman, Nell, 1892-1970; Curwood, James Oliver, 1878-1927;
Typed letter to Nell Shipman signed by James Oliver Curwood acknowledging her withdrawal from their movie-making partnership. Together they had made "Back to God's Country." Curwood wished her success but called the decision perhaps "the biggest...
Three school aged boys in a scene Lyman Wilbur called "Kabul Lumber yard." One difficulty Morrison-Knudsen engineers faced in countries like Afghanistan was the lack of lumber for construction projects. Two solutions to this problem were to limit...
The Valentines Day themed dance at Boise Junior college included a competition called King of Hearts. The female student body would vote for one of these seven men to be crowned "the King of Hearts". This photo was published in the student...
Boise State University; Rafts; Racing; Fraternities & sororities
The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity struggles to launch their large custom made raft out of Barber park on the Boise River. The team is competing in the TKE sponsored Raft Race; part of a week long event called Greek Week.
Housing developments; City planning; Urban renewal; Presidential appointments;
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), George Romney, informs the President he is resigning from the Cabinet due to difficulties he sees in acomplishing his duties in the current political environment.
The Boise River near Capitol Boulevard bridge, also called Pioneer bridge. This river bank was artificially created by dredging the river before the 1930s, in order to create an airfield.
The Boise 2010 project is a process designed to develop basic assessments of the current community condition and identify the five or six most critical problems within each QOL component area. Each of the problems identified will be evaluated based...
Telegram from Amelia Earhart (in Burbank, California) to Nell Shipman (in Roscoe, California) asking Shipman to phone her. Shipman worked for Earhart's husband, George Palmer Putnam, in New York in 1934 and 1935, developing stories for him when he...
Retired miner Doc Hisom entertains guests in his Lava Rock cabin near Melba, Idaho. Five men play instruments and dance to the music inside the cabin, from left to right: Doc Hisom, Ad Santel, Oscar Jenkins, Wladek Zbyszko, and Robert Limbert.
Printed in Robert W. Limbert's National Geographic article on his expeditions, this is an interior shot of what he called Amphitheater Cave in Craters of the Moon. "This is one of a series of eight caves found near the Bridge of Tears. It is an...
Nell Shipman, her son Barry, and actor Otto Lederer pose for a World War I fundraising appeal. Lederer appeared with Shipman in the films "The Wild Strain" and "Cavanaugh of the Forest Rangers," both released in 1918. Shipman also spoke at...
Morrison Hall residents on inner tubes, linked together, preparing to slide down a hill at Bogus Basin. The event was called "Morrison Hall Tubing Party."
