The Victor Walkington Photograph Collection, 1950

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Summary Description
Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss C 780
Creator: Walkington, Victor
Title:Victor Walkington Photograph Collection, 1950
Quantity:5 fds. (ca. 250 images mostly in 8x12 cm albums).
Abstract: Collection contains photographs of Glacier National Park, Grand Coulee Dam (Washington), LDS Temple (Alberta, Canada), Yellowstone National Park, and various Utah locations: Memory Grove, Salt Palace, Temple Square.

Organizations:
Manti Temple (Manti, Utah) -- Photographs.
Salt Palace (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- Photographs.
Temple Square (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- Photographs.

Places:
Glacier National Park -- Photographs.
Grand Coulee Dam (Washington) -- Photographs.
Memory Grove (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- Photographs.
Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming) -- Photographs.
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Background

Background Note

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Scope and Content

Collection contains photographs of Glacier National Park, Grand Coulee Dam (Washington), LDS Temple (Alberta, Canada), Yellowstone National Park, and various Utah locations: Memory Grove, Salt Palace, Temple Square.
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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Victor Walkington Photograph Collection, 1950, Utah State Historical Society.

Restrictions on Use

The Victor Walkington 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

Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000

Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1999 (RLIN ID: UTSX 99-A205)

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

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Container list

Box

Folder

Contents

Scenic photographs

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Glacier National Park, 1950
1. Family photo [poor image]
2. Unidentified mountain scene
3. Unidentified mountain scene (Glacier National Park)
4-5. Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Browning, Montana)
6. Little Chief Mountain (Glacier National Park)
7. Red Eagle Mountain (Glacier National Park)
8. St. Mary's Lake (Glacier National Park)
9. Lower St. Mary's Lake (Glacier National Park)
10. Chief Mountain (Glacier National Park)
11. American Customs Building (Glacier National Park)
12. Canadian Customs Building (Glacier National Park)
13. Clark Fort River (Idaho)
14-15. Bear
16. Falls (Glacier National Park)
17. Logan Pass (Glacier National Park)
18. Grinnell Glacier (Glacier National Park)
19-20. Scenery (Glacier National Park)
21-22. "Lost Trail" (Glacier National Park)
23. "Going to the Sun" Mountain

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Grand Coulee Dam (Washington), 1950
1. Releasing water (Grand Coulee Dam, Washington)
2. Power lines (Grand Coulee Dam, Washington)
3. "Green Hut" Restaurant (Grand Coulee Dam, Washington)
4. Steamboat Mountain--old Grand Coulee river bed (Washington)
5. Falls--Columbia River
6. Coulee City/Lake Roosevelt (Washington)
7. Lake Roosevelt? (Washington)
8. Coulee City and Lake Roosevelt? (Washington)
9. Dust spouts (Grand Coulee Dam, Washington)
10. Lily Pond in Manito Park (Spokane, Washington)
11. Manito Park (Spokane, Washington)
12-13. Bridge from Sandpoint across bend (Oreille River, Idaho)
14-21. Power house (Grand Coulee Dam, Washington)
22-29. Grand Coulee Dam (Washington)

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3

Western trip, Washington, Canada, Oregon, Montana, 1950
1-5. Cardston Alberta Temple (Canada)
6. Bishop Judd after "bear"
7. St. Mary's Lake (Glacier National Park)
8-12. Falls--Columbia Highway
13. Columbia River
14. "Locks"--Columbia River
15-16. Bear in road
17. Sawmill south of West Yellowstone
18-20. Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
21-22. Missouri River route (Great Falls, Montana)
23-24. Missouri River

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4

The West/Best Coal Co./Yellowstone National Park
1. Unidentified bridge over rocks
2. Unidentified walkway
3. Camping
4-15. Unidentified scenery
16. Unidentified Indian ruins
17. Unidentified scenery
18. Unidentified natural bridge
19. Unidentified scenic
20. Memory Grove (Salt Lake City)
21. Bingham Copper Mine (Utah)
22-25. Memory Grove (Salt Lake City)
26-27. Bingham Copper Mine (Utah)
28-31. Unidentified ruins
32-38. Best Coal Co. (Salt Lake City)
39-46. L.D.S. Conference (Temple Square, Salt Lake City), Spring, n.d.
47-54. Manti Utah Temple
55. Bears (Yellowstone National Park)
56-61. Yellowstone National Park
62. Bears (Yellowstone National Park)
63-70. Yellowstone National Park
71. Bear (Yellowstone National Park)
72. Yellowstone National Park
73. Bear (Yellowstone National Park)
74-77. Yellowstone National Park
78-83. Bear (Yellowstone National Park)
84-90. Yellowstone National Park

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Miscellaneous images
1. Unidentified man hunting
2. Unidentified dairymen
3. Unidentified woman
4. Unidentified girl
5. Unidentified girls in play clothes
6. Unidentified girl posing on couch
7. Unidentified young woman [color]
8-9. Creasey Catering truck (Salt Lake City)
10-11. People at Creasey truck (Salt Lake City)
12-14. Filling Creasey truck with gas (Salt Lake City)
15. People at Creasey truck (Salt Lake City)
16. Miller, Richley with young boy and girl
17. Unidentified group having a picnic in mountains
18. Unidentified girl [portrait]
19. Unidentified group having a picnic
20. Unidentified woman in fancy dress
21. Unidentified couple--Utah State Capitol
22. "Lois Patricia" [hand tinted photo]
23. Devonovitch, Teddy "Whiskers,"--bicycle racer (Salt Palace, Salt Lake City)
24. Downing, Hardy K.--bicycle racer (Salt Palace, Salt Lake City)
25. Creasey Catering trucks (Salt Lake City)
26. Salt Palace (Salt Lake City)
27. Union Pacific Railroad train at Union Pacific Depot (Salt Lake City)
28-30. Salt Palace (Salt Lake City)
31. Construction of Salt Palace (Salt Lake City)
32-33. Construction materials--Salt Palace (Salt Lake City)
34. Railroad car (Union Pacific Railroad)
35. Jupiter and Engine 119 at Union Pacific Depot (Salt Lake City) [replicas]
36. Union Pacific Depot (Salt Lake City)
37. Temple, Shirley
38-39. 1950 class reunion (Carbon High School)
40-44. Scenic photographs (Western States) [album page with 5 photos]
45-48. Scenic photographs (Western States) [album page with 4 photos]