The Kearns (Utah) Photograph Collection, 1949-1950

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Summary Description

Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss C 155
Creator: Kearns (Utah).
Title:Kearns (Utah) Photograph Collection, 1949-1950
Quantity:0.25 lin. ft. (1 box)
Abstract: Pictures of land sales campaigns, street construction and utility installation, other publicity photos.

Topics:

Community development -- Utah.

Places:

Kearns (Utah) -- Photographs.

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Scope and Content

Pictures of land sales campaigns, street construction and utility installation, other publicity photos.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Kearns (Utah) Photograph Collection, 1949-1950, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Donated by Jack McDonald

Restrictions on Use

The Kearns (Utah) 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 Richard Saunders, 1989 (RLIN ID: UTSX 89-A1136)

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

Related collections

The photographs in this collection were separated from Mss B 155.


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Container list

Box

Folder

Contents

Kearns (Utah)

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1

Town Planning

1. Kearns Town Site Planning office and S.D. Kaplan [2 copies]
2. Survey crew
3. Planners
4. Kaplan, S. D., Mr. & Mrs.
5. Planning layout Kearns, Utah
6. Planning layout showing the high school and Copper Bowl (Kearns, Utah)
7. Plan of high school and Copper Bowl
8. Knights and Kaplans?
9. Planning layout showing junior high, high school, Copper Bowl
10. Planning layout showing business district looking towards schools
11. Layout of schools and Copper Bowl looking towards business district
12. Kearns Model City window layout
13. Business district layout
14. Proof sheets showing city planning [3 sheets]

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2

Construction

1. Street with power poles [4 copies]
2. Construction of building
3. Army Chapel and warehouses [2 copies]
4. Groundbreaking for building of homes, 1949
5. Home building
6. Group of homes built by Hoffman of Arizona [3 copies]
7. Housing subdivision
8. Proof sheets showing Kearns construction [6 sheets]

1

3

Sales campaign

1. Sales campaign for first homes in Kearns, Knight Realty [2 copies]
2-3. Sales campaign for Knight Realty
4. Sales campaign for Knight Realty, Mrs. Rue Dishonger
5-9. Sales campaign for Knight Realty
10-12. Sales campaign for Knight Realty, 2 young women in costumes
13. Sales campaign ad for Knight Realty
14. Sales campaign for Knight Realty includes Reimann and Page families
15-17. Sales campaign for Knight Realty
18. Veteran signing for home
19. Signing for homes
20. Proof sheets [2 copies]

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4

Fire Station

1. Kearns Fire Station [Could have been first]
2. Women Volunteers
3-4. Station interior
5. Proof sheet

1

5

Water Infrastructure

1-3. Irrigation ditch, 2nd West & Millcreek
4-7. Head gate and water diversion structure

1

6

Kearns Army Air Base

1-3. Kearns Army Chapel
4. Kearns Army Air Base

1

7

Railroad Infrastructure

1. Railroad bridge and Roper Yards, Station 29+93
2. Railroad bridge and Roper Yards, Station 22+70
3. Railroad bridge and Roper Yards, Station 29+93
4. Railroad bridge and Roper Yards, Station 30+33
5. Railroad bridge and Roper Yards, Station 29+93
6. Railroad bridge and Roper Yards, Station 22+70
7. Railroad bridge and Roper Yards, Station 22+70
8-10. Railroad bridge and Roper Yards, Station 29+74
11-12. Railroad bridge and Roper Yards, Station 30+33
13. Railroad station that was converted to a home [2 copies]
14. Corps of Engineers station designation marker

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8

Snow Scenes

1-12. Snow scene, 1945 (Kearns, Utah)