Motion picture production & direction; Book jackets;
Cover illustration on the dust jacket of Nell Shipman's novel "Abandoned Trails," published by Lincoln MacVeagh of the Dial Press in 1932. The book is a fictionalized account of Shipman's experiences making films, beginning in the far north of...
Amerigo Serrao (1893?-1960), Nell Shipman's companion from the mid 1930s until his death in 1960. Born in Italy to American sculptor Luella Varney Serrao, he worked in films in the 1920s and 30s, directing a number of films in England. He worked...
The Associated Women Students group picture, front row: Shanon Newman, Betty Strickland, Freida Wilson, Kay Junge (Pres.). Back Row: Sandra Turnipseed (V.P.), Marlene Bergam, Alice Erquiaga, Nancy Rensmeyer, Sidney Hultgren.
An advertisment for Shipman's film, "Back to God's Country," from the July 24, 1920, issue of The Moving Picture World. This image was made from a photographic reproduction of the magazine page.
Roach, William Francis, 1891-1973; Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines--Chemical fire engines; Horse-drawn vehicles; Horses; Fire departments--Uniforms;
A picture of Boise Fire Department Engine Company Number 2 in front of their new station built in 1912. Book caption: "In 1912 Engine Company Number 2 was established to help protect the warehouse and business districts. It was located at 16th...
Roach, William Francis, 1891-1973; Fire fighters; Fire engines; Fire stations; Fire departments--Uniforms; Horse-drawn vehicles; Horses; Fire chiefs; Fire departments--Officials and employees;
A 1912 composite picture of the Boise Fire Department. The four fire stations in Boise at pictured, one in each corner. Upper left: Central Station (6th and Idaho); upper right: Combination Station No. 3 (16th and Ressequie); bottom right:...
Caption on back of postcard: "This is a picture of the fire where Captain Fred Lindsay was killed. He got his back broke but died a year after. The place marked with an "x"is what fell on him. I worked for that Captain for five years, he was a...
A group picture of the cast of "Rebound," a play by Donald Ogden Stewart, performed by the Boise Play Makers at the Columbian Club in Boise. The cast included Anna Jane Wilkstrand, Edwin H. Adams, Dorothy Wood, Delores Downing, William G. Weiler,...
Pre-game or post-game festivities? Included in the picture are Charles O. Brown (left) and Clyde Potter (second from right). Potter was longtime business manager of Boise Junior College;Brown retired as head of building and grounds in 1967 after...
Harold Wiggs, who explored the Bruneau Canyon area with Robert Limbert in 1921, stands in the river at the bottom of the canyon with a walking stick. The foliage shown in this picture, growing alongside the river, is an example of vegetation...
The cover of a brochure advertising Boise State University's Campus in Spain program, offering students the opportunity to spend an academic year in the Basque country. 1975-1976 was the second year of the program. Boise State located its program...
Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944; Authors, American--19th century--Biography; Authors, American--20th century--Biography; West (U.S.) in literature
