c0242 Pioneer Centennial Celebration Photograph Collection, 1947 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 2004 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 2004. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss C 242 Utah Tourist and Publicity Council Pioneer Centennial Celebration Photograph Collection, 1947 2.5 lin. ft. (5 boxes) Activities and events depicting Utah's Pioneer Centennial in 1947 are documented. Included in the collection is artwork of traveling exhibits, beauty pageants, conferences, banquets, dances, music, theater performances, movie stars, parades and sporting events. Persons: Burnett, Marie Colona, Jerry Conte, Richard DeFore, Don Gardner, Mary Louise Glade, Mayor Earl J. Hopper, Hedda Jenkins, Ab Lake, Veronica Linkletter, Art McCrea, Joel Maw, Gov. Herbert Robinson, Calleen Tanner, Virginia Wheelwright, Lorin Withers, Jane Organizations: Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce U.S. Lawn Tennis Association Utah Centennial Commission Places: Alta (Utah) Ecker Hill (Park City) Ogden (Snow Basin) Provo (Utah) Salt Lake City (Utah) Form or Genre: Photographs, negatives Scope and Content

Activities and events depicting Utah's Pioneer Centennial in 1947 are documented. Included in the collection is artwork of traveling exhibits, beauty pageants, conferences, banquets, dances, music, theater performances, movie stars, parades and sporting events.

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Pioneer Centennial Celebration Commission

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Pioneer Centennial Celebration Photograph Collection, 1947, Utah State Historical Society.

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Processing Information: Collection processed by Susan Whetstone, 2005 Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone, 2005 Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2005 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 2005 Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2005 Container list Box Folder Contents Administration 1 1 Centennial administrators and the Centennial Commission Artwork 1 2 A Traveling Art Exhibit Highlights local artists: Roman Andrus, LaVonne Vincent Best, Calvin Fletcher, William J. Parkinson, Cornelius Salisbury, Ruth Wolf Smith. 1 3-6 "100 Years of American Painting" Whitney Museum Artists include: John Atherton, George Bellows, Isabel Bishop, Louis Bouche, Alexander Brook, Paul Cadmus, Frederico Castellon, Glenn Coleman, John Steurt Curry, Arthur B. Davies, Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Preston Dickinson, Guy Pene du Bois, Thomas Eakins, Louis Michel Eilshemius, Ernesdt Fiene, William Glackens, Arshile Gorky, Balcomb Greene, George Grosz, O. Louis Guglielmi, Marsden Hartley, Robert Henri, Joseph Hirsch, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Walter Houmere, John Kane, Morris Kantor, Bernard Karfiol, Leon Kelly, Rockwell Kent, Leon Kroll, Walt Kuhn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Ernest Lawson, Julian Levi, Charles Locke, George Luks, Henry Lee McFee, Reginald Marsh, Homer Martin, Henry Mattson, Kenneth Hayes Miller, George L.K. Morris, William Sidney Mount, Jerome Myers, Georgia O'Keeffe, Waldo Peirce, Joseph Pickett, Henry Varnum Poor, Maurice Prendergast, Gregorio Prestopino, Abraham Ratiner, Theodore Robinson, H.E. Schnakenberg, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, John Sloan, Isaac Soyer, Eugene Speicher, Niles Spencer, Walter Stuempig, Soichi Sunami, Bradley Walker Tomlin, John H. Twachtman, Franklin C. Watkins, Max Weber, Karl Zerbe 1 7-9 "100 Years of American Painting" Metropolitan Museum of Art. Artists include: Thomas Hart Benton, Ralph A. Blakelock, Peter Blume, Aaron Bohrod, Charles Burchfield, Mary Cassatt, William M. Chase, Thomas Cole, Samuel Colman, James Cropsey, Asher B. Durand, Frank Duveneck, Thomas Eakins, George Fuller, Childe Hassam, G.P.A. Healy, Edward L. Henry, Winslow Homer, William Morris Hunt, George Inness, Eastman Johnson, John Frederick Kensett, John La Farge, John Marin, Homer Martin, Frederick Remington, Albert Ryder, John Singer Sargent, Elihu Vedder, Julian Alden Weir, James A. McN. Whistler, Worthington Whittredge, Alexander Wyant Events and Attractions 1 10 Advertising billboard above the Chamber of Commerce 1 11 Beautification projects Painters and house (world record house painting) 1 12-16 Beauty pageants Days of '47 queen and attendants (Calleen Robinson, Mary Louise Gardner, Marie Burnett) at Centennial functions/activities including coronation festivities, shopping sprees, Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena (California), Ice Carnival 2 1-3 Conferences Held during and in honor of Utah's Pioneer Centennial celebration. The conferences included are the Governor's Conference, Music Education Conference and The Western Music Conference 2 4 Dance Festival At the University of Utah 2 5-6 Dinners Honoring the original pioneers and sport figure and sports teams 2 7 Model home Located on Virginia Street & 5th Avenue, SLC 2 8-9 Ice shows Holiday on Ice and the Logan Ice Show 2 10 Memorial Day exercises The queen and her attendants in Liberty Park, Salt Lake City 2 11-12 Movie stars Attending premieres and other events for the Utah Pioneer Centennial. Many festivities were at the Alta Ski Resort. Included among the celebrities were Art 2 13 Music celebrities Includes Eulan Beale, Crafton Call, Leland Goodell, Russell Horton, Rulon Y. Robison, Helen Traubel, and Leonard Warren 2 14-15 Pageants Performed in honor of the Pioneer Centennial. The L.D.S. Church performed a pageant depicting the story of the Mormon pioneers. Other pageants included "Peg O' My Heart," "Joan of Lorraine," and "Dear Ruth." 2 16-21 Theater performances Blossom Time, "But Not Goodbye," "Macbeth," "Message of the Ages," "Promised Valley," miscellaneous operettas and events at the Utah State Fairgrounds. 3 1-3 Actors and actresses Participants in Utah's Centennial celebration including Michael Anselmo, William Billeter, Jay Blackton, Richard Davies, Alfred Draake, Nellie Fisher, Crawford Gates, Sereta T. Jones. C. Lowell Lees, Gail Martin, Mitchell, Theron S. Parmelee, Reynolds, Robert Hyde Stilson, Con D. Silard, Arnold Sundgaard, Lorin F. Wheelwright, Helen Tamaris, Virginia Tanner, and Wanda Thomas. 3 4-5 United Air Lines "Mainliner" at the Salt Lake City Municipal Airport. One of United Air Lines planes was re-christened the "Utah Centennial" in honor of Brigham Young and the Mormon trek of 1847. The "Mainliner" was used to deliver a shipment of Gillette razors and blades for Utah's male citizens to shave off beards they had been growing since the first of the year as a buildup to the Centennial Celebration. 3 6-21 Parades Scenes in Salt Lake City and Provo highlighting Boy Scouts, floats, beauty queens, grandstands, street scenes, crowds, bands, VIP's (politicians, movie stars, LDS officials). Sports 4 1 Aquacade performers Swimming performers, clowns and a women's chorus 4 2 Archery F.C. Coziol and Arthur L. Taylor. 4 3-4 Automobile racing On the Bonneville Salt Flats with John Cobb and his "Railton Special." Ab Jenkins is showing the "Mormon Meteor" to crowds. 4 5 Basketball Includes the National Basketball Championship, and the University of Utah "Runnin" Utes at the Salt Lake Municipal Airport and at a downtown Salt Lake City parade. 4 6 Bicycle racing Days of '47 Queen Calleen Robinson and her attendants presenting awards. 4 7 Boat races Pine View Reservoir (Ogden Canyon) 4 8 Bowling Hugo Ensign is the lone bowler with the Weber Centennial Queens. 4 9 Football Game between pro teams Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Rockets. 4 10-11 Golf Western Open Golf tournament with Johnnie Palmer, Frank Stranahan, Gus P. Backman, Bobbie Locke, award presentations, press and the crowds on hand. 4 12 Horse show Riders and entertainers: Jerry Colona and his band. Governor Herbert Maw releases a "Centennial Seagull" at the horse show. 4 13 Horseshoes Salt Lake County Fair 4 14 Regatta Provo Harbor 4 15 Rodeo Bronco riding and calf roping 4 16-19 Skiing Activities include both ski jumping at Ecker Hill and a slalom race at Snow Basin (Ogden Canyon). Participants include Arnold Kongsgaard, Louise Bulkley, Olivia Ausoni, Rosemarie Bleuer, Paula Kann, Antoinette Meyer, Rhona Wurtele, Karl Molitor, Dick Movitz, Edy Rominger, Bob Blatt, Steve Knowlton, Barney McLean, Toni Matt. 4 20 Tennis Tournament sponsored by the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association. Frankie Parker, Mary Prentiss are the men's and women's champions. Runner-up Jack Schroeder is pictured with Frankie Parker. 4 21-23 Track and field Events at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. A national NCAA Track and Field meet is part of the Centennial celebration activities. Night shots of crowds in stands, press, athletes, construction of venues are documented. 4 24 Trap shooting Shows construction group trucks with Chili Parry, Emil Smolka, Dean Hurd, Dr. W.E. Grimm, August Sarcander, Charles Haines, Nelson Howard, A.R. Amadon. Pioneer Centennial Celebration Commission 5 1 Art exhibits 5 2 Ball 5 3 Centennial Commission 5 4 Centennial Commission--Independent Commission 5 5 Dance 5 6-8 Drama presentations 5 9 Queen--Calleen Robinson 5 10 Queen coronation--Calleen Robinson 5 11 Queen's 1st Attendant--Marie Burnett 5 12 Queen's 2nd Attendant--Mary Louise Gardner 5 13 Parade 5 14 Parade (artist sketches) 5 15 Seals--Centennial 5 16 This is the Place Monument 5 17 Trek to Nauvoo, original pioneers