The Mel Lewis Photograph Collection, ca. 1900s-1990s

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Summary Description

Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss C 645
Creator: Lewis, Mel, photographer.
Title:Mel Lewis Photograph Collection, ca. 1900s-1990s
Quantity:Slides and photographs 2 lin. ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract: Box 1 contains photographs of Salt Lake City, Saltair, Bingham Canyon, floods (1983), Ronald Jensen Historical Farm, Ab Jenkins, national parks, Arizona, New Mexico, flowers, Wyoming, etc.

Places:

Utah -- Photographs.

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Background

Background Note

No information available.

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Scope and Content

Box 1 (only box processed) contains photographs of Salt Lake City, Saltair, Bingham Canyon, floods (1983), Ronald Jensen Historical Farm, Ab Jenkins, national parks, Arizona, New Mexico, flowers, Wyoming, etc.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Mel Lewis Photograph Collection, ca. 1900s-1990s, Utah State Historical Society.

Restrictions on Use

The Mel Lewis 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, 2000 (RLIN ID: UTSX00-A95).

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


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Container list

Box

Folder

Contents

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Utah photographs

1. Salt Lake Temple/Joseph and Hyrum Smith monuments
2. Salt Lake Temple
3. Salt Lake Tabernacle
4. Assembly Hall--Temple Square
5. Utah Woolen Mills

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Negatives [9 8 x 10 negatives]

6. Snow scene--Cottonwood Lane (Holladay, Utah), January 1955
7. Rail fence in winter--Walker Lane (Holladay, Utah), January 1955
8. Window of abandoned farm (Fairfield, Utah) March 1955
9. Cottonwood Lane/Walker Lane (Holladay, Utah), Summer 1919
10. Apple tree/site where Holladay South Stake now stands, Summer 1919
11. Salt Lake Temple, January 1956
12. Side door--Assembly Hall, Temple Square, January 1956
13. Wheat field in winter (Lark, Utah), December 1956 [2 copies]
14. Camp Floyd Stagecoach Inn (Fairfield, Utah), 1955

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Utah Photographs

1. Los Gables Hotel (Salt Lake City), ca 1947 [photographed by Hal Rummel]
2. Salt Lake Temple, c 1947, Rummel Studio
3-5. Saltair (Great Salt Lake, Utah), October 1989
6. Salt Lake Yacht Harbor (Great Salt Lake, Utah), February 1950
7. Old town site (Castle Gate, Utah), March 1957
8. William E. Boggs General Merchandise Store (Fairfield, Utah), August 1954
9. Old elementary school (Fairfield, Utah), August 1954
10. Penrose, Vernon, Dan Ennis, Delna Hatch at Alta Air Park (Draper, Utah), July 1950
11. Main Street (Bingham Canyon, Utah), October 1954
12. Bingham Canyon, Utah, October 1954
13. Packard dealership--Mountain Motors, ca. 1947 [Hal Rummel Studio]
14. Dairy farm (Mill Creek Canyon, Utah), December 1954
15. Heavy duty rock drill--Kennecott Copper Pit (Magna, Utah), ca. 1947 [Hal Rummel Studio]
16. Abandoned mine in winter (Alta, Utah), 1954
17. Camp Floyd Stagecoach Inn (Fairfield, Utah), 1955
18. Old service station (Cache County, Utah), 1957
19. Farm house (Honeyville, Utah), 1961
20. Cabin--foothills of Abajo Mountains (Blanding, Utah), 1969
21. Grinding wheel and scythe (Cove Fort, Utah), 1979
22. Summer farm house--"Butch Cassidy" family (Circleville, Utah), 1979

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Utah Photographs

1. Union Pacific Depot (Milford, Utah), 1980
2. Hole-in-the-Rock (south of Moab, Utah), 1980
3. Cabin near turn-off (Cascade Springs State Park/Alpine Loop road), 1981
4. E. T. Benson Grist Mill (Richville, Utah), 1981
5. Piano--Pioneer City Hall Museum, 1983
6-9. Flood waters--Canyon Road (Salt Lake City), 1983
10. Flood waters--LDS Church Office Building, State Street/North Temple (Salt Lake City), 1983
11. Flood waters--State Street/Eagle Gate (Salt Lake City), 1983
12. Flood waters--Eagle Gate/walkway over State Street (Salt Lake City), 1983
13-14. Flood waters--First South/State Street (Salt Lake City), 1983
15. Flood waters--Canyon Road (Salt Lake City), 1983
16. Flood waters--1300 South/Derks Field (Salt Lake City), 1983
17. Abandoned school house (Indianola, Utah), 1985
18. Abandoned farm (8 miles south of Stockton, Utah), 1987
19. Abandoned dairy farm (10 miles north of Cedar City, Utah), 1989

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Ronald Jensen Historical Farm (Wellsville, Utah), 1990

1. Unloading harvested barley
2. Loading barley shocks onto wagon
3. Harvested barley
4-5. Case steam tractor
6. Feeding barley to thresher
7. Wagon load of shocked barley
8. Draft horses hitched to grain wagon
9. Harnessing draft horses to grain wagon
10. Horses and wagon
11. Feeding barley to thresher
12-13. Case steam tractor
14. Sun cured barley shocks
15. Stacked barley
16. Stacking harvested barley

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Utah Photographs

17. Harrisburg, Utah, 1990
18. Memorial--Memory Grove (Salt Lake City), 1990
19. Utah State Capitol, 1991
20. Massassoit [statue]--Utah State Capitol
21. Charcoal kilns (Frisco, Utah), 1991
22. Country road/abandoned farm house (Indianola, Utah), 1992
23. Picket fence (Spring City, Utah), 1992
24. Whitmore Mansion (Nephi, Utah), 1992
25. McCune Mansion (Salt Lake City), 1992
26. Gardner Village (Midvale, Utah), 1994
27. Wagons--Gardner Village (Midvale, Utah), 1994
28. White horse in winter (Heber Valley, Utah), 1994
29. Defunct "beer stop" (Tooele County, Utah), 1994
30. Camp Floyd Stagecoach Inn (Fairfield, Utah), 1994
31. Alfalfa (Cache Valley, Utah), 1990
32. Machine mowing alfalfa (Cache Valley, Utah), 1990

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Jenkins, Ab

1. Jenkins, Ab with Studebaker "Sheriff's Model" (Dallas, Texas), 1 December 1926
2. Jenkins, Ab with Harvey Firestone (Akron, Ohio), 1926
3. Jenkins, Ab on Allis-Chalmers tractor and Harvey Firestone
4. Jenkins, Ab and Pierce Arrow (Bonneville Salt Flats), 30 July 1933
5. Jenkins, Ab and "Mormon Meteor"(Bonneville Salt Flats), August 1933
6. Jenkins, Ab and "Mormon Meteor" (Bonneville Salt Flats), August 1950
7. Jenkins, Ab and "Mormon Meteor" (Bonneville Salt Flats), 11 August 1950
8. Jenkins, Ab and "Mormon Meteor" (Bonneville Salt Flats), 1950
9. Jenkins, Ab and "Mormon Meteor" after trial, (Bonneville Salt Flats), 1950
10. Jenkins, Ab with Studebaker Corporation trophy

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Transparencies [2-1/4" x 2-1/4"]

1. Wildflowers (Arches National Park, Utah)
2. Delicate Arch (Arches National Park, Utah)
3-4. Wildflowers (Arches National Park, Utah)
5-8. Balanced Rock (Arches National Park, Utah)
9. Ox Skull (Canyonlands, Utah)
10-11. Sandstone formations (Canyonlands, Utah)
12. Pinion Pine tree (Canyonlands, Utah)
13-14. Sandstone formations (Goblin Valley State Park, Utah)
15. Atlatl Rock (Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada)
16-18. Sandstone formations (Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada)
19. Atlatl Rock (Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada)
20-21. Sandstone formations (Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada)
22. Petrified wood (Petrified Forest Park, Arizona)
23-25. Petrified logs (Petrified Forest Park, Arizona)
26. Chollas (Organ Pipe Monument, Arizona)
27-28. Cactus (Organ Pipe Monument, Arizona)
29. Yucca (Canyon El Dorado, Nevada)
30. American Indian girl with pottery (Pueblo, New Mexico)
31. Pueblo (Acoma, New Mexico)
32. "Hornitos" [Little Oven] at Pueblo (Acoma, New Mexico)
33. Pueblo (Acoma, New Mexico)
34. Acoma, New Mexico
35. Cemetery (Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico)
36. Penasco Blanco Ruin (Chaco Canyon, New Mexico)
37-38. Country road in the fall (Ophir, Colorado)
39-40. Trout Lake in the fall (Telluride, Colorado)
41. Ranch view with rainbow (Stoner, Colorado)
42. Ranch (Last Dollar Road, Colorado)
43. Rail fence/barn (Last Dollar Road, Colorado)
44. Ranch gate (Last Dollar Road, Colorado)
45. Wood lot in the fall (Mancos, Colorado)
46. Fall scene (La Plata County, Colorado)
47. Wood lot in the fall (Mancos, Colorado)

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Transparencies [2-1/4" x 2-1/4"] (cont)

1. Wildflowers (Little Dell Reservoir, Utah)
2. Balsam Arrowroot/Lupines (Summit County, Utah)
3. Dandelion Fields (Hoytsville, Utah)
4. Dandelion Fields (Coalville, Utah)
5. Domestic flowers--Red Butte Garden (Salt Lake City)
6. Wildflowers on farm fields (Utah County, Utah)
7. Domestic flowers--Red Butte Garden (Salt Lake City)
8. Wildflowers (Salt Lake County, Utah)
9. Domestic flowers--Red Butte Garden (Salt Lake City)
10. Arrowleaf Balsam/Lupines (Summit County, Utah)
11. Arrowleaf Balsam (Salt Lake County, Utah)
12. Arrowleaf Balsam/Lupines (Summit County, Utah)
13. Wildflowers (Albion Basin, Utah)
14. Wildflowers on farm fields (Utah County, Utah)
15. Wild mustard field (Utah County, Utah)
16. Wildflowers--Red Butte Garden (Salt Lake City)
17-19. Wildflowers/waterfall--Red Butte Garden (Salt Lake City)
20. Sunflowers on country road (Utah County, Utah)
21. Wildflowers/granite outcropping (Albion Basin, Utah)
22. Wildflowers (Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho)
23. Wildflowers/landscape (Albion Basin, Utah)
24. Wildflowers--Red Butte Garden (Salt Lake City)
25. Wildflowers/stump (Wasatch Mountains, Utah)
26. Wildflowers/pond (Uinta Mountains, Utah)
27-28. Wildflowers (Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho)
29-32. Wildflowers/landscape (Albion Basin, Utah)
33. Dandelion fields (Midway, Utah)
34. Wildflowers/landscape (Albion Basin, Utah)
35. Wildflowers/mountain road (Albion Basin, Utah)
36-37. Wildflowers/landscape (Albion Basin, Utah)
38. Iris (Salt Lake City) [still life]
39. Wildflowers/landscape (Albion Basin, Utah)
40. Picnic grove in fall (Mill Creek Canyon, Utah)
41. Fall scene (Mill Creek Canyon, Utah)
42. Sheep in pasture (Midway, Utah)
43. Mother and child at pond (Mill Creek Canyon, Utah)
44. Ranch road (Midway, Utah)
45. Rail fence and ranch road (Charleston, Utah)
46. Farm pond (Midway, Utah)
47. Rail fence and ranch road (Charleston, Utah)
48. Horses in pasture--Mt. Timpanogos (Wasatch Mountains, Utah)
49. Hi-Ute Ranch (Summit County, Utah)
50. Rail fence (Charleston, Utah)
51. Country road and barn (Charleston, Utah)
52-53. I-80 (Parley's Canyon, Utah)
54. Cascade--Upper Provo River (Uinta National Forest, Utah)
55. Hi-Ute Ranch (Summit County, Utah)
56-61. Sand dunes (Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Utah)
62-64. Mitten Butte (Monument Valley, Arizona)
65. "The Totem Poles" (Monument Valley, Arizona)
66-67. Mitten Butte (Monument Valley, Arizona)
68-69. "The Sisters" (Monument Valley, Arizona)
70-72. Mitten Butte (Monument Valley, Arizona)

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Agricultural Photographs

1. Abandoned farm (Madison County, Idaho), 1994
2. Cattle butchering rack (Mills, Utah), 1995
3. Fence/abandoned seeder (Mills, Utah), 1995
4. Pump/abandoned line cabin (Mills, Utah), 1995
5. Abandoned line cabin (Mills, Utah), 1995

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Negatives [8" x 10"] Photographed by Dr. J. E. Broaddus

1-2. Unidentified residence (Holladay, Utah), 1917
3-4. Broaddus, Dr. J. E., family (Salt Lake City), ca. 1935
5. Bluebells (Big Cottonwood Canyon), 1909
6. Mirror Lake, 1917
7. Paria Canyon, 1916
8-9. Creek (Big Cottonwood Canyon), 1917
10. Pine tree and cone (Aquarius Plateau), 1904
11. Columbines (Dixie National Forest), 1904
12. Elephant Trynks (Big Cottonwood Canyon), 1915

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Kaibab Forest (Arizona) Negatives [8" x 10"] Photographed by Dr. J. E. Broaddus

1. Road (Kaibab Forest, Arizona), 1916
2-3. Cowboys--Dude Ranch (Kaibab Forest, Arizona), 1915
4-5. Wrangler--Dude Ranch (Kaibab Forest, Arizona), 1906
6-7. Women and pets--Dude Ranch (Kaibab Forest, Arizona), 1916

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National Parks Negatives [8" x 10"] Photographed by Dr. J. E. Broaddus

1-6. Jenny Lake (Teton National Park, Wyoming), 1906
7. Overlook (Grand Canyon, Arizona), 1906
8. Overlook (Grand Canyon, Arizona), 1906 [Cycora Plate]

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Utah scenes [2" x 2" slides]

1-5. Utah Territorial Statehouse (Fillmore, Utah), 1996
6. Cottonwood tree--Stagecoach Inn (Fairfield, Utah), 1996
7. Devereaux House (Salt Lake City), 1984
8. Castlegate, Utah, 1968
9. Wells Fargo Building (Silver Reef, Utah), 1995
10. Ogden Utah Temple, 1996
11. Big Rock Candy Mountain (Sevier County, Utah), 1996
12. Devereaux House (Salt Lake City), 1984
13-14. Kennecott Open Pit Copper Mine (Salt Lake City, Utah), 1995
15. Ogden Utah Temple, 1996
16. Big Rock Candy Mountain (Sevier County, Utah), 1996
17. Building (Heber City, Utah), 1994
18-19. Building construction--200 South (Salt Lake City), 1984
20. Ogden Temple, 1996
21. Victorian home (Midway, Utah), 1993
22. Building (Heber City, Utah), 1994
23. Statue--Utah State Capitol
24. Special Events Center--University of Utah, 1975
25-27. Flood--Saltair (Great Salt Lake, Utah), 1987
28-29. Wedding party--Salt Lake Temple, 1996
30-31. Overlook (Lakeside, Utah), 1994
32-34. Mormon Handicraft Shop (Salt Lake City), 1996
35. Salt Lake Temple, 1996
36. Salt Pond (Great Salt Lake, Utah), 1994
37. Southern view (Lakeside, Utah), 1994
38. Salt Pond (Great Salt Lake, Utah), 1994
39. Railroad--Salt Flats (Lakeside, Utah), 1994
40. Salt Flats (Wendover, Utah), 1994
41. Railroad--Salt Flats (Lakeside, Utah), 1994
42-44. Raceway--Salt Flats (Wendover, Utah), 1994