c0528 Richard Prehn Photograph Collection, 1964-1978 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 528 Prehn, Richard. Richard Prehn Photograph Collection, 1964-1978 .5 lin. ft. (1 box) Contains photographs of Bonneville Salt Flats, race cars, Gary Gilmore, etc. Topics: Automobiles, Racing -- Speed records -- Photographs. Persons: Arfons, Art -- Photographs. Barrett, Stan -- Photographs. Breedlove, Craig -- Photographs. Campbell, Donald -- Photographs. Gabelich, Gary -- Photographs. Gilmore, Gary -- Photographs. Tatroe, Buddy -- Photographs. Places: Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah) -- Photographs. Background Background Note

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Contains photographs of Bonneville Salt Flats, race cars, Gary Gilmore, etc.

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Richard Prehn Photograph Collection, 1964-1978, Utah State Historical Society.

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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: UTSX99-A12). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Related collections

The photographs in this collection were separated from Mss B 528.

 Container list Box Folder Contents 1 1 Arfons, Art (Bonneville Salt Flats) 1 1 1 Race car--"The Green Monster" 1 1 2 Arfons, Art--looking at recently added nose piece--"The Green Monster" 1 1 3 Arfons, Art and Betty Skelton 1 1 4 Skelton, Betty--hands helmet to Art Arfons 1 1 5 Skelton, Betty--in "The Green Monster" 1 1 6 Arfons, Art and Betty Skelton--J-79 jet engine 1 2 Breedlove, Craig (Bonneville Salt Flats) 1 2 1 Breedlove, Craig and Roy Van Sickle--"Spirit of America" 1 2 2 Breedlove, Craig--getting into "Spirit of America" 1 2 3 Breedlove, Craig 1 2 4 Breedlove, Craig--working on his car 1 2 5 Breedlove, Craig and Don Stack--Assembling wheel and brakes on "Spirit of America" 1 2 6 Race car--"Spirit of America" 1 2 7 Breedlove, Craig--in "Spirit of America" 1 2 8-10 "Spirit of America" 1 2 11 Breedlove, Craig--in cockpit of "Spirit of America" 1 2 12 Breedlove, Craig and J. K. Kennelly 1 2 13 Breedlove, Craig in helmet readying for land speed record, 1965 1 2 14 Breedlove, Craig climbing out of his car 1 2 15 "Spirit of America" 1 2 16 "Spirit of America"--Bonneville Salt Flats 1 2 17 Medals 1 3 Barrett, Stan--Bonneville Salt Flats 1 3 1-3 Budweiser car 1 3 4-5 Barrett, Stan 1 4 Campbell, Donald--Bonneville Salt Flats 1 4 1 Campbell, Donald--checks Mickey Thompson's car troubles 1 4 2 Campbell, Donald--arriving Bonneville Salt Flats 1 5 Gabelich, Gary--Bonneville Salt Flats 1 5 1 Gabelich, Gary--sitting on his race car 1 5 2 Gabelich, Gary and Craig Breedlove 1 5 3-4 Race car--"The Blue Flame" 1 6 Tatroe, Bobby--Bonneville Salt Flats 1 6 1 Rocket power blast--"Wingfoot Express" 1 6 2 Supersonic tires--"Wingfoot Express" 1 6 3 Rear view rockets--"Wingfoot Express" rockets 1 7 Miscellaneous photographs 1 7 1 Detmer, Ty--in football uniform 1 7 2 Detmer, Ty--Brigham Young University football Heisman Trophy winner 1 7 3 Williams, Doug--Salt Lake General Manager, Easton's Aluminum 1 7 4 New facility--Easton's Aluminum 1 7 5 Custer Hotel 1 7 6 Perks 1 7 7-10 Large recorder [Donated by Don Reichert] 1 7 11 Unidentified man 1 8 Miscellaneous 1 8 1 Race car--Bonneville Salt Flats [2 copies] 1 8 2 Racing technology 1 8 3-20 Cars--Bonneville Salt Flats [slides] 1 9 Gilmore, Gary [Phil Shurtleff, photographer] 1 9 1 Gilmore, Gary--being led into Orem City Court, 22 July 1976 1 9 2 Gilmore, Gary--at Orem City Court, 22 July 1976 1 9 3 Gilmore, Gary--leaving Utah Supreme Court after pleading with judges to let him die 1 9 4 Gilmore, Gary--leaving Utah Supreme Court 1 9 5 Oregon State Penitentiary 1 9 6 News conference 1 9 7 Gilmore, Gary--talking with Utah Board of Pardons stating his death wish 1 9 8 Gilmore, Gary 1 9 9-10 Gilmore, Gary--entering car 1 9 11-12 Gilmore, Gary--overdose of barbiturates 1 9 13 Gilmore, Gary--released from hospital after drug overdose 1 9 14 Dell, Lt. Ben, Utah Medical Center Security Chief, and Prison Warden Sam Smith 1 9 15 Dell, Lt. Ben--at conference 1 9 16 Dell, Lt. Ben 1 9 17 Dell, Lt. Ben and Warden Sam Smith? 1 9 18 Stanger, Ron--attorney and Ernest Wright 1 9 19-20 Stanger, Ron 1 9 21 Evans, Asst. Attorney Gen. Bill and Colleen Carlson aid to Jake Garn 1 9 22 Gilmore, Gary--in body bag 1 9 23 Gilmore, Gary--Hearst 1 9 24-28 Guard towers--Point of the Mountain 1 9 29-33 Utah State Prison 1 9 34 Cellblock--Utah State Prison 1 9 35 Utah State Prison 1 9 36 Cellblock--Utah State Prison 1 9 37 Chairs used for execution--Melvin LeRoy Sullivan and Ver Alfred Braasch, 1956 1 9 38-39 Barrett, Nicole 1 9 40 Barrett, Nicole--with one of her children 1 9 41 Barrett, Nicole--with her younger sister and two children 1 9 42 Barrett, Nicole--with one of her children 1 9 43 Barrett, Nicole 1 9 44 School bus 1 9 45-46 Gilmore, Gary--sketch of Nicole Barrett 1 9 47 Gilmore, Gary--sketch of Nicole with her son Jeremy 1 9 48 Gilmore, Gary--watercolor of a man driving a horsecart 1 9 49 Gilmore, Gary--artist's rendition of his execution 1 9 50 Boaz, Attorney Dennis--asks the Utah Supreme Court to let Gary Gilmore die 1 9 51 Gilmore, Gary--execution [sketch] 1 10 Geothermal drilling [6 photographs] 1 11 Utah Symphony 1 11 1 Abravanel, Maurice and Varoujan Kodjian 1 11 2 Kodjian, Varoujan 1 12 Sagebrush Rebellion 1 12 1 Millcreek Canyon (Grand County, Utah) 1 12 2 Bulldozer cuts swath across federal land (Grand County, Utah) 1 12 3 Bulldozer on road (Grand County, Utah) 1 13 Salt Lake City 1 13 1 Salt Lake City, 1853 [illustrated drawing in reading room collection] 1 13 2 Main Street (Salt Lake City), 1961 1 13 3 ZCMI--Main Street (Salt Lake City), 1978 1 14 Paleontology 1 14 1 Jensen, "Dinosaur" James--maps position of dinosaur bones 1 14 2 Jensen, James--of Brigham Young University measures 8-ft shoulder blade 1 14 3 Jensen, James--shows gigantic size of dinosaur scapula 1 14 4 Upper leg bone of what is said to be the largest dinosaur ever found, 1972 1 14 5 Jensen, James--with Ultrassaurus scapula 1 14 6 Garcia, Raymond--carries dinosaur footprint (Helper, Utah) 1 14 7-8 Madsen, James H., Jr., University of Utah paleontologist--with femur of hairy mammoth 1 15 Cathedral Restoration