c0918 Ron Beck Photograph Collection, ca. 1925-1945 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss C 918 Beck, Ron, collector. Ron Beck Photograph Collection, ca. 1925-1945 .5 lin. ft. (1 box) Collection of glass negatives and photographs of Utah scenes, interior of Hotel Utah, Provo (Utah) and appliances in a store window, as well as photographs of the interior of the Richard Keyes home. Topics: Electric apparatus and appliances -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Photographs. Oil wells -- Utah -- Moab -- Photographs. Show-windows -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Photographs. Persons: Keyes, Richard -- Dwellings -- Photographs. Organizations: Hotel Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- Photographs. Places: Provo (Utah) -- Photographs. Background Background Note

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 Scope and Content

Collection of glass negatives and photographs of Utah scenes, interior of Hotel Utah, Provo (Utah) and appliances in a store window, as well as photographs of the interior of the Richard Keyes home.

Series Descriptions

Photographs

Glass Negatives (4x5)

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Ron Beck Photograph Collection, ca. 1925-1945, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Acquired from Ron Beck

 Restrictions on Use

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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-A293) Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000 Container list Box Folder Contents Photographs 1 1 Hotel Utah (photographed by Davis, King, Shipler, ca. 1937) 1 1 1 Ebersole, Gene and Guy Toombs 1 1 2 Western Union counter 1 1 3 Bar 1 1 4 Flower Shop 1 1 5 Design table 1 1 6 Hotel room 1 1 7 Lobby area showing stairs 1 1 8 Group at planning session 1 1 9 Pioneer Room (formerly north section of Pres. Suite) 1 1 10 Office 1 1 11 Newly decorated Gold Room (Parlor No. 4) 1 1 12 Cashier at dining area 1 1 13 Dining in the Gold Room, Pres. Heber J. Grant 60th Wedding Anniversary May 1944 1 1 14 Rotary banquet, December 1935 1 1 15 Housemen's Room, 1944 1 1 16 President's Room after remodeling 1 1 17 Jade Room after remodeling 1 1 18 Jade Room before remodeling 1 1 19 Checking into a room 1 1 20-21 Room, 1937 1 1 22 Lounge area 1 1 23 Room, 1937 1 1 24 Room, 1941 1 1 25 Lounge area 1 1 26-28 Laundry area 1 1 29 Coffee Shop entrance 1 1 30 Chef with officials 1 2 Provo, Utah, 1960's (University Avenue) 1 2 1 Hollywood Beauty College 1 2 2 Utah National Bank 1 2 3 U.S. Air Force Recruiting Center 1 2 4 Avenue Block includes Keeleys 1 2 5 Utah National Bank, Gallen Kamp's Shoes, Shrivers 1 2 6 Gallen Kamp's Shoes, Shrivers, Thom McAn 1 2 7 Union Block 1 2 8 Union Block, Hollywood Beauty College, Zale's 1 2 9 China City Cafe, Neon's 1 2 10 Knights, Stevenson's Photography, State Bank 1 2 11 Knights, State Bank 1 2 12 American Service Station, Madsen Cleaners 1 2 13 American Service Station 1 2 14 Standard Supply Co. 1 2 15 Federal Building 1 2 16 Fashion Fabric Center, Sweetbriar, Nate Morgan Jewelers 1 2 17 Zales, LeVine, Nate Morgan, Hoovers? 1 2 18 Utah National Bank, Gallen Kamp's 1 2 19 Fuller Paints, Fashion Fabric Center 1 2 20 Church 1 2 21 C.D. Coins, Overman's Mattress 1 2 22-23 Madsen Cleaners, Swensen Fur Salon 1 2 24 Parking lot with billboards 1 2 25 Federal Building 1 2 26 Overman's Mattress, Car parts store 1 2 27-28 Church 1 2 29 Parking lot with billboards 1 2 30 Deseret Federal Savings 1 2 31 Madsen Cleaning Co., American Service Station 1 3 Appliances (Store windows) 1 3 1 Spring cleaning ad, vacuum, washer and drier, iron 1 3 2 Stoves 1 3 3 Small appliances--Christmas window 1 3 4 Window dummies--family 1 3 5 Valentine's Day advertisement 1 3 6 Electric table appliances 1 3 7 Small burners 1 3 8 Savings Bonds promotional 1 3 9 Victory Bonds promotional, stove 1 3 10 Victory Bonds, lamps 1 3 11 Refrigerators 1 3 12 Halloween, table ranges 1 3 13 Water heaters 1 3 14 Stoves 1 3 15 Lamps 1 3 16 Small appliances 1 3 17 Stove 1 3 18-19 Water heaters 1 3 20 Irons 1 3 21 Westinghouse Stoves, 1939 1 3 22 Table appliances 1 3 23 Washer and driers 1 3 24 Water heaters 1 3 25-26 Christmas ads, small appliances 1 4 Life in the West, Canyon Country 1 4 1 Group by a train 1 4 2 Old automobile 1 4 3 Railroad yard 1 4 4 Zion National Park 1 4 5-7 Bryce Canyon 1 4 8 Great White Throne (Zion National Park) 1 5 Richard Keyes Residence 1 5 1-2 Bedroom 1 5 Glass Negatives (4x5) 1 6 Misc. 1 6 1 Flood 1 6 2 Ontario Tunnel, Kearns property 1 6 3 Airport aerial looking NE 1 6 4 Soldiers at a tent city 1 6 5 Fire (Murray, Utah) 1 6 6 Airport aerial looking east 1 6 7 Airport aerial looking north 1 6 8-9 Airplane crash 1 6 10 Auto wreck 1 6 11 Flood, house damage 1 6 12 Salt Lake & Utah RR train wreck 1 6 13-14 Oil well (Moab, Utah) 1 6 15 Drawing of the Veteran's Hospital 1 6 16 "Suicide Rock" (Parley's Canyon, Utah) 1 6 17 Air National Guard Station 1 6 18 Lake with buildings 1 6 19 Airport aerial, 1925 1 6 20-21 Flood, house damage 1 6 22 Airport aerial looking SE 1 6 23-25 Oil well (Moab) 1 6 26-27 Airport aerial looking east 1 6 28 "Lost" City of Nevada aerial 1 6 29-36 Oil well (Moab) 1 6 37-38 Flood, boulders washed down 1 6 39 Mt. Wilson Observatories 1 6 40 Western Airlines, Fokker Plane, 1928 1 6 41 National Guard Camp, Jordan Narrows, 1928 1 6 42 Utah Power & Light Terminal Station, aerial, 1929 1 6 43 Airport aerial looking SE