c0303 John Peter Simonson Photograph Collection, 1910-1945 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 303 Simonson, John Peter, 1883-1972. John Peter Simonson Photograph Collection, 1910-1945 Originals 0.25 lin. ft. (1 box) Railroad man, pharmacist, author. Photographs of street scenes, buildings, events, etc. in Green River (Utah). Topics: Railroads -- Green River (Utah) -- Photographs. Places: Emery County (Utah) -- Photographs. Green River (Utah) -- Photographs. Background Biographical Note

Railroad man, pharmacist, author.

 Scope and Content

Photographs of street scenes, buildings, events, etc. in Green River (Utah).

Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

John Peter Simonson Photograph Collection, 1910-1945, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Dr. Eric E. Simonson.

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The John Peter Simonson 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-A82). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Related collections

The photographs in this collection were separated from Mss B 303.

Container list Box Folder Contents Green River (Utah) 1 1 General photographs 1 1 1 Green River Street (Green River, Utah), ca. 1907 1 1 2 CCC Camp, 1941-1945 1 1 3 Broadway Drugstore and Furniture/Hardware Store (Green River, Utah), 1912 1 1 4 Old store in opera house with new soda fountain (Green River, Utah) 1 1 5-6 Wilson Produce Co. (Green River, Utah) 1 1 7 Willow Bend (Gunnison Butte) 1 1 8 Green River Bridge/Wagon Bridge 1 1 9 Pack donkeys (Green River) [2 prints] 1 1 10 Garage/Last Chance Saloon (Green River, Utah) 1 2 General photographs (cont.) 1 2 11 Green River Jail (Green River, Utah) 1 2 12 Melon Days celebration--Green River street (Green River, Utah) 1 2 13 Gas pump in winter (Green River, Utah), 1929 [2 copies] 1 2 14 Gunnison Butte 1 2 15 Sheep [2 copies] 1 2 16 Book Cliffs, 1930 [2 copies] 1 2 17 Gunnison Butte [3 copy negatives] 1 2 18 Gunnison Butte [from unidentified book] 1 2 19 Gathering of people in makeshift shelter 1 2 20 Interior--Last Chance Saloon? (Green River, Utah) 1 3 General photographs (cont.) 1 3 21-26 Melon Days Celebration (Green River, Utah) 1 3 27 Sprinkling wagons (Green River, Utah) 1 3 28 Sprinkling Wagon--First and Last Chance Saloon (Green River, Utah) 1 3 29 Cultivating onions using a donkey 1 3 30 Farrer, Red [name inscription] 1 4 General photographs (cont.) 1 4 31 Presbyterian Church (Green River, Utah) 1 4 32 Public school (Green River, Utah) 1 4 33 Hatrick, Robert cabin--first cabin on Elgin side of Green River 1 4 34 Unidentified soda fountain/drug store interior (Green River, Utah) 1 4 35-36 Unidentified store interior (Green River, Utah) 1 4 37 Post Office and bank (Green River, Utah) 1 4 38 Drug store (Green River, Utah) 1 4 39 W.F. Asimus Hardware Store (Green River, Utah) 1 4 40 Melon Days Celebration (Green River, Utah), 1929 1 4 41 Beebe & Sons Store (Green River, Utah) 1 4 42 Public school (Green River, Utah) 1 5 General photographs (cont.) 1 5 43 Winter scene (Green River, Utah) 1 5 44 Cemetery (Green River, Utah) 1 5 45 Watkins, James headstone [2 copies] 1 5 46 Public school (Green River, Utah) 1 5 47 Gunnison Butte 1 5 48-49 Palmer House--built in 1886 (Green River, Utah) 1 5 50 Cantaloupe shed--Wilson Produce Co. (Green River, Utah) 1 5 51 Interior--Wilson Produce Co. (Green River, Utah) 1 5 52 Blake (Green River, Utah), 1889 1 5 53 Western Hotel (Green River, Utah) 1 5 54 Opera House and Broadway Drug Store (Green River, Utah) 1 5 55 First school (Elgin, Utah) 1 6 Panoramas 1 6 56 General view (Green River area) 1 6 57-58 Railroad Yards and Roundhouse (Green River, Utah) 1 6 59 General view (Green River area)