Housing developments; City planning; Municipal government; Urban renewal;
A downtown urban design plan focused on an eight-block area in Boise's downtown renewal area. The study area is bounded by Capitol Blvd., Bannock Street, Ninth Street and Front Street.
A view of the entry lobby of the Library as depicted on the cover of the student directory for 1968-69. This space, part of the original Library building constructed 1963-64, was expanded to a three floor atrium in 1995 with the Albertsons Library...
Boise State University; Dormitories; Hotels; Pools; Lounges; Bars
A view of the motel courtyard and the west end of the Boise State campus through the windows of the Iron Gate lounge on the second floor of the University Inn. In the foreground is the pool for motel guests; in the background is the Towers Hall...
A view of the technical services area of the Boise State University library, then located at the east end of the first floor. The view is looking south from the windows by the river. In the background, right, are Kathy Tanfield and Liz Cardinale.
Music professor John Best leads a class in the Music-Drama Building (later the Communication Building) probably sometime in the 1970s. The room was later reconfigured to serve as the television studio for the Communication Department, and although...
Robert W. Limbert poses outside his shop windows with two unidentified men. A sign reading "Taxidermy" hangs to the left of the men. This building is one of two shops owned by Limbert between 1915-1923.
Fire extinction; Fire fighters; Smoke; Fires; Fire hose; Stores, Retail; Variety stores; Fire departments--Uniforms;
Smoke pours out of the front door and windows of the Sprouse-Reitz Variety Store. Two ladders are propped up against the store front. Two fire fighters spray water from a hose directly into the store, while two fire fighters walk on the sidewalk...
Fire extinction; Fire hose; Fire fighters; Smoke; Fires; Department stores;
Thick smoke billows from the roof of the Sonna Building in downtown Boise. Fire fighters send three streams of water from hoses on the street in through the windows above the J.C. Penney Building. Hoses line the 900 block of Main Street.
