Fire departments--Equipment and supplies; Fire stations; Fire fighters; Fire departments--Uniforms;
Captain Elias Overgard (left) and his driver are seated in a fire engine parked in front of Central Fire Station. Two-way radios were installed in all Boise Fire Department apparatuses in 1950.
Fire engines; Fire engines--Chemical fire engines; Horse-drawn vehicles;
Three generations of fire fighting vehicles are parked together as a part of Fire Prevention Week. From left to right: Chemical Fire Engine made by American LaFrance Fire Engine Co. in 1899, a 1920s American LaFrance Hose Wagon, and a 1950 American...
Fire prevention--Study and teaching; Fire fighters; Smoking;
One of many photographs taken as part of the fire prevention series on "Things not to do." Fire fighters Art Gregory (left) and Marion New (right) at the Central Fire station smoke cigarettes over a pile of debris.
Fire prevention--Study and teaching; Fire fighters;
One of many photographs taken as part of the fire prevention series on "Things not to do." Captain Charles Brock disposes of his ash tray in a garbage can while he sits at his desk in the Central Fire Station.
An unidentified off-campus social for Boise State students sometime in the 1970s. Boise State president John Barnes is seated in the corner in front of the drapes.
A photograph of the Smeed Livery fire at night. The barn is filled with flames and smoke. Handwriting on the front of the photograph reads "Copyright 1913 G. E. Russell." The El-Korah Temple (Shriners) was later built on the site.
Boise State University; Diners (Restaurants); Restaurants
A view of the Round House restaurant, which opened about 1949 at the corner of Chrisway and College Boulevard (now University Drive). A popular hangout for Boise Junior College students in the 1950s, it featured a soda fountain and dining room. ...
Students meet with representatives from various academic departments in the old Gym to register for classes at Boise State University. Professor Robert Boren, from the Communication department, is assisting students in the bottom left corner of the...
Boise Junior College marching band parading in downtown Boise during the 1963 Homecoming parade. They are turning the corner from 8th Street onto Idaho Street. Hotel Boise in the background.
Fire departments--Equipment and supplies--Aerial ladders; Fire extinction; Fire fighters; Fire engines; Smoke; Warehouses;
A fire sends smoke into the air at the Peasley Transfer and Storage Company warehouse at the corner of 13th and Front Streets in Boise. A crowd watches the fire in the foreground on the other side of Front Street while fire fighters shoot water...
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.); Arches; Exhibitions;
Robert W. Limbert created the Idaho exhibit archway in the Palace of Agriculture, with the model of Arrowrock Dam in the bottom right corner. The arch contains painted illustrations of farming scenes.
Field trip notebook of Edward F. Rhodenbaugh, mostly in Idaho locations. Note: blank pages were not included in the digital copy, but included in the pagination.
Edward Rhodenbaugh's daily, sometimes hourly, account of activities during the summer break of 1924. As a teacher at Gooding College, Edward had the summer off. He spent his time traveling throughout Idaho and Easter Oregon, including Craters of...
Headquarters for the international heavy construction and engineering company, Morrison-Knudsen. This office building, on the corner of Myrtle and Broadway and was renamed Washington Group building and is now the location of URS.
