The Otilla Shields Photograph Collection, ca. 1920

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Summary Description

Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss C 699
Creator: Shields, Otilla.
Title:Otilla Shields Photograph Collection, ca. 1920
Quantity:.25 lin. ft. (1 box)
Abstract: Collection of photographs most likely taken when Shields was serving as an LDS missionary in the Chicago area in 1920.

Topics:

Mormon Church -- Missions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs.

Persons:

Shields, Otilla -- Photographs.

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Background

Background Note

Otilla Shields was from Tooele (Utah).

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Scope and Content

Collection of photographs most likely taken when Shields was serving as an LDS missionary in the Chicago area in 1920.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Otilla Shields Photograph Collection, ca. 1920, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Originally acquired by an antique dealer and later donated anonymously, 1991.

Restrictions on Use

The Otilla Shields Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information:

Collection processed by Susan Whetstone, 1999

Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone, 1999

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000

Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1999 (RLIN ID: UTSX99-A135).

Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000.


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Container list

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Contents

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L.D.S. Missionary photographs

1-2. Unidentified woman in front of house--"Sweet Remembrance"
3. Unidentified woman--"Solid Comfort in the cool old days of January"
4. Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. #339
5. Unidentified man and woman on porch steps
6. Velir (sp) Auto Factory (Molme, Illinois), 1920
7. Rupper, Elder, President Miller, and "Your-Little-Minister"
8. Rupper, Elder and "myself"
9. Roberts, Elder, Elder Groenbeck, Sister Deems(sp)
10. Goates, Elder, Sister Deems(sp), Elder Roberts
11. McDonald, Gail and Fielding
12. Missionaries (Detroit, Michigan)
13. Lee, Elder H. M. and Mr. and Mrs. Otto G. Heiman (Prairie View, Illinois)
14. Lee, Elder H. M.? and two women by a fence
15. Nilson, Alfred M. Nilson, Miss Emma De-La-Mare, and Miss Otilla Shields (Chicago, Illinois), 1920
16. "Bud to Sis"
17. "At Leisure..."
18-19. Group of women, 30 August 1933
20-21. Sister missionary with Elder Hillyard (Chicago, Illinois)
22. Beach (San Diego, California)
23. San Diego, California
24. Beach (Lake St. Clare)
25. "When morning breaks the shadows flee."
26. Newbold, Elder, Elder Warmick, Sister Shields, Elder Davis, Sister Sanders, Elder Parker (Peru)
27. "Thompson and our little angle(sic)"
28. Sanders, Sister and "I" [Sister Shields]
29. Two boys carrying trees
30. Five girls in a cornfield
31. Barton, Elder, Elder Depaux, Elder Guyman, Pres. Rhoades, ?, Elder Teuscher, Elder Thompson
32. "A Tough Pair"
33. Six little girls on a horse
34-35. Slick(sp), Sister Hansen, "myself", Sister Ottley, and President Miller
36. Hunt, Al (left)
37. "A bunch of ruffians"--Strand Theatre
38. Woman in car ("Hello Mother Shields...")
39. Interior--Green house
40. "Mr. Backman is supposed to be dead..."
41. Cottam, Elder
42. Unidentified man in a chair
43. Long, Mae and Hazel Orpit [same place as #30]
44. Long, Mae and Hazel Orpit and another woman with barnyard ducks
45. Barnyard ducks
46. Trading Company
47. Ben Lewis--Jeweler
48. Group--outside of a stone building
49. Unidentified Elder in tree
50. Group photograph
51. Unidentified group by concrete irrigation ditch
52. Wagon--American Indian parade
53. Crowd--viewing parade wagon
54. Group--Christmas, n.d.
55-56. Unidentified woman with white hat with two men
57. Unidentified woman on bridge with another woman
58-59. Unidentified woman on rock bridge
60-61. Unidentified women with friend at rock house
62. Unidentified woman on bridge
63. Unidentified woman with white hat on a pillar
64-65. Unidentified women and a man looking at the water
66. Unidentified woman looking at the water
67. Unidentified man and two women by rock gate with trolley in background
68. Unidentified man on a tall pole
69. Unidentified men on the pole
70. Two elders standing next to a lattice fence
71. Two ghostly women on a stairway
72. Unidentified people on a bridge
73. Unidentified family lounging on a couch
74. Unidentified man and two women in a muddy field with house in background
75-76. Boating (Great Salt Lake, Utah?)
77. Unidentified people standing in front of a field of cow
78-79. Unidentified soldier
80-81. Unidentified woman in front of a column
82. Unidentified man in front of a column
83. Unidentified man
84. Unidentified man and two women near column
85. Unidentified people in front of a door
86. "Laying on of hands"
87. Danger
88. Unidentified group of women near a street
89. Unidentified child outdoors
90. Unidentified man, woman, and child next to a tall brick building
91. Group photograph
92. Waterfall
93. Dirt-roofed cabin built into a sheer rock wall
94-96. Flood water
97-98. Three people swimming (Great Salt Lake, Utah?)
99. Large building/ARMY tents/stop and go umbrella
100. Unidentified man and woman with automobile in rural area

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101. Unidentified woman fixing hair in front of automobile [Licence No. 6509]
102. Unidentified women looking at a poster--Buy US Government Bonds"
103-104. Unidentified man and two women on bridge
105-108. Unidentified people on bridge
109. Unidentified people swimming in a pond
110. Unidentified people on the banks of a pond
111. Six men in military uniforms by a car
112. Unidentified woman and little boy by Montgomery's/Paramount sign
113. Unidentified men on a concrete bridge
114-115. Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Virginia), 1919
116. Unidentified Man on steps--U. S. Capitol, 1919
117-118. Unidentified women on steps--Administration building
119. "Chicago, 1919"
120. Unidentified group at play "The Playhouse/Silent Drama"
121. Unidentified man looking upwards with cars in background
122. Unidentified group of men
123. Unidentified workmen standing outside of a doorway
124125. Unidentified women outside of a shack used for cooking?
126. Unidentified four-story brick building
127. Unidentified young men outside of a brick building [see #75]
128. Unidentified man with belongings on railroad track
129. Unidentified people next to an automobile
130. Unidentified man and woman on railroad trestle
131-132. Unidentified women by road, railroad tracks, and a river
133-134. Unidentified boy and two girls on porch steps
135. Unidentified woman and a man by a chain fence
136-137. Unidentified man and two women outside of a house
138. Unidentified elders on sidewalk with church in background
139. Unidentified people in a rowboat
140. Unidentified woman and two men inside a wooden turnstile
141. Unidentified man gesturing with his hands
142. Unidentified men and two women outside of a house
143. Unidentified woman standing by a stream
144-146. Unidentified woman and men on a bridge
147. Unidentified man and woman in a park
148. Unidentified man and woman on reservoir walkway
149. Unidentified woman eating as she reads a letter
150. Unidentified boy and girl at a picnic
151. Unidentified woman walking down the street "Sewing Machines" [see photograph #110]
152, 177. Unidentified group in the snow
153. Unidentified men in a snowy cemetery
154. Unidentified people below a tall monument
155. Unidentified young men walking below scaffolding
156. Unidentified man and two women by a river
157-159. Unidentified men fishing
160-161. Unidentified man standing in the snow
162-163. Unidentified men and two women on a bridge
164. Unidentified woman on a small bridge
165. Unidentified woman sitting on a reservoir bridge
166-167. Three pairs of feet standing over reservoir surplus
168. Unidentified woman and man on ice
169. Unidentified woman sitting on grass being hugged by a little boy
170. Unidentified man and woman with weeds in foreground
171. Unidentified woman and man looking into a bag
172. Unidentified baby and father [asleep] on a pillow
173. Unidentified man and two women on a railroad trestle [see photograph no. #130]
174. Huff, tombstone [J. L. Grow--South Bend, Indiana]
175. Automobile and train
176. Field with cars in it
178. Unidentified group street
179. Unidentified group at the top of a pile of rubble
180. Unidentified Elders looking at shoes with little girl
181. Unidentified woman at the beach in bathing suit
182. Unidentified men and a woman standing on a dock
183. Cousin Ida and "myself"
184. Unidentified young woman smelling a flower [same setting as no. 183]
185. "Big Rock Candy Mountain"--Zion National Park [commercial print]
186. Angels Landing--Zion National Park [commercial print]
187. Mountain of the Sun--Zion National Park [commercial print]
188. Horseback Party--Bryce Canyon National Park [commercial print]
189. Queen Victoria/Bryce Canyon National Park [commercial print]
190. Shields, Ms.? being "shot" by Elder Jackson
191. Jackson, Elder?
192-193. Unidentified men with guns
194. Unidentified men
195. Unidentified women with a dead "bird of prey"
196. Unidentified woman aiming a gun
197. Unidentified women aiming their gun
198. Unidentified women and a man with their kill
199-200. Unidentified women and a different man with their kill

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201. Unidentified group women in a flower garden
202. Two unidentified women lounging in a garden
203. Three unidentified women by a flowering tree
204. Three unidentified women with grape vines
205-206. Unidentified group on porch steps with dog, 1 August 1911
207. Two unidentified women standing with arms around each other
208. Two unidentified women seated on a box
209. Unidentified woman in motion
210. Unidentified women against a fence
211. Unidentified man standing near sidewalk
212. Unidentified man with street in background
213. Unidentified man with a cane on the sidewalk
214. Three unidentified women and one man on a concrete bridge
215-216. Two unidentified women in dresses [bathing suits?] in the snow
217. Unidentified elder with a young man in an apron
218. Unidentified man and woman eating sandwiches
219. "Nothing worries me."
220. Five unidentified young men on two horses
221. Unidentified man leaning against marble railing
222. Two unidentified women in a garden with kittens (see #202)
223. Unidentified man and woman with multiple waterfalls in the background
224-225. Unidentified group of six with falls in background
226-228. Multiple waterfalls
229-230. Unidentified group of seven at the bottom of the falls
231. Unidentified man standing under trees
232. Unidentified women in furs
233. Double exposure of young men and group on stairs
234. Unidentified woman standing in front of a bench in a fur coat
235. Unidentified woman standing in front of 2530/2532 "Palmyra" (New York)
236. Unidentified man standing in a river
237. Unidentified man at the side of the river with another man
238. Four unidentified women and one man preparing for a picnic
239. Horse by a fence
240-241. Horse with a saddle, held by a young man
242. Steel bridge/walkway
243-244. Three unidentified people on steel bridge
245. Two unidentified women and a man standing by a hedge
246. Trees and high cliff
247. Unidentified man sitting on a rock in a field
248. Two unidentified women seated
249. Two unidentified woman in hat and coat facing away from the camera
250. Two unidentified woman standing by a stone lion
251. Unidentified woman reclining in front of the lion
252. Unidentified man seated on front porch
253. Unidentified young woman with arm around older woman
254. Unidentified man seated on wooden bridge
255. Five unidentified women lifting their skirts
256. Unidentified man and two women by a picket fence
257. Three unidentified women and two young boys outside of a richly decorated house
258. Two unidentified women and a man surrounded by rock
259. Unidentified young man surrounded by water
260. Wooden fence below mountains
261. Unidentified woman between two trees
262. Unidentified woman diving into the water
263. Unidentified man with leg on a window sill
264-265. Group of twelve by the ocean
266. Unidentified woman standing by a car
267. Unidentified family around car full of men
268. Unidentified woman with three men with mustaches
269. Unidentified woman with back turned to a man
270. Three unidentified women in an office
271. Unidentified woman standing by a picket fence
272. Waterfall
273. Body of water seen from between two cliffs
274. Four unidentified elders lined vertically in the snow
275. Eight unidentified elders
276. Two unidentified children standing in the gate of a picket fence
277. Four unidentified women and a man standing on the steps under an arch
278. Two unidentified men and a woman standing outside a store window
279. Unidentified young man [studio portrait]
280. Unidentified man seated by a tree stump
281. Unidentified man with a floral necktie
282. Two unidentified women seated and a man by a wooden fence
283. Three unidentified men and two women standing by a tree
284-287. Unidentified family Christmas photographs
288. Unidentified group
289. Unidentified woman standing over a man in an office setting
290. Winding river surrounded by plateaus
291. Three unidentified women "Amlumet Baking Powder"
292. Unidentified man shaving by a tree
293. Unidentified woman and man looking down at the photographer
294. Unidentified woman and three men ice-skating
295. Two unidentified men by ice pond
296-297. Unidentified group of nine by the ice pond
298. Cement blocks in a valley
299. Unidentified man and two women by railroad track
300. Unidentified woman at the top of a pole in water

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301. Woman standing on a dock
302. Unidentified man standing on a sidewalk with people and cars in background
303. Unidentified woman at desk/man and woman on sidewalk [double exposure]
304. Two unidentified men and two women seated together
305. Two unidentified men standing outside
306-307. Six unidentified men and one woman standing on a platform
308. Two unidentified men standing by rabbit hutches
309. Unidentified man in apron feeding another man
310. Unidentified house with Salt Lake and Utah Railroad; pole in foreground
311. Unidentified family group by a wood house
312. Unidentified man and two woman by rock wall "Heindselman the Jeweler"
313. Unidentified man and two women in a field with horses and carriage
314. Five unidentified young men lying down in a park
315. Five unidentified people sitting on a park bench (small picture)
316. Unidentified elder sitting with three children on a porch
317. Waterfall under a bridge
318. Three unidentified women sitting on a log
319. Two unidentified women with a swing
320. Unidentified group sitting in the ocean
321. Unidentified man and two women sitting in a boat
322. Unidentified reclining man "Happiness"
323. Four unidentified men sitting on a porch
324-325. Two unidentified women and a man standing by a lattice fence
326. Unidentified man and woman standing by lattice fence
327. Unidentified clergyman standing by a cellar door
328. Unidentified group of missionaries (male and female) by a brick building
329. Two unidentified missionaries standing by a brick building
330. Unidentified group standing by brick building and lattice fence
331. Unidentified group of male missionaries standing by brick building
332. Two unidentified women and five men by same brick building
333. Unidentified woman and three men frolicking on lattice fence
334. Four unidentified men and three women posing by lattice fence
335. Unidentified man posing by building and fence
336. Two unidentified men by brick building
337. Young unidentified man with lattice fence in background
338. Three unidentified women in doorway of brick building
339. Unidentified man posing in front of building
340. Unidentified man and woman by same building and fence in the snow
341. Unidentified man and woman in snow
342-343. Unidentified woman huddling in the snow
344-345. Two unidentified men and three women with a snowball
346. Two unidentified women and three men with an ice block
347. Three unidentified women standing by a porch
348. Unidentified group at the dinner table
349. Three unidentified elders in front of pine trees
350. Unidentified man and three women at a mill
351. Unidentified woman and man kneeling with a dog
352. Unidentified man and two women standing over stratified soil
353. Elder Barton
354. Unidentified woman sitting on steps with a dog
355. Unidentified group sitting by a waterway
356. Unidentified group of miners
357. Unidentified man and woman standing by the street
358. Unidentified man and three women in fine attire
359. Unidentified man and woman with two sheep and a telephone pole
360. Unidentified man and woman hugging with tent in background
361. Unidentified young man with two children
362. Unidentified young man with hat and coat
363. Unidentified child with ice cream cone
364. Unidentified man holding baby by picket fence
365. Unidentified man and five women on grass
366. Unidentified woman reading her mail by a movie theatre
367. Unidentified group by buildings and street
368. Unidentified young man standing on an icy sidewalk
369. Unidentified girl leaning against a tall planter
370. Unidentified woman and kissing couple with railroad tracks in background
371. Unidentified small child sitting on a brick wall
372. Plateau and river valley
373. Unidentified group looking at same river
374. Unidentified woman with striped hat and stockings
375. Unidentified woman and child standing by a fence with houses in background
376. Unidentified family of four standing by a porch
377. Three unidentified women standing by a wooden house "Camel Cigarettes"
378. A polar bear in a zoo
379. Unidentified young man sitting in a window sill
380. Two unidentified women holding kittens
381. Two unidentified women and a man

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Negatives