c0699 Otilla Shields Photograph Collection, ca. 1920 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 699 Shields, Otilla. Otilla Shields Photograph Collection, ca. 1920 .25 lin. ft. (1 box) Collection of photographs most likely taken when Shields was serving as an LDS missionary in the Chicago area in 1920. Topics: Mormon Church -- Missions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs. Persons: Shields, Otilla -- Photographs. Background Background Note

Otilla Shields was from Tooele (Utah).

Scope and Content

Collection of photographs most likely taken when Shields was serving as an LDS missionary in the Chicago area in 1920.

Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Otilla Shields Photograph Collection, ca. 1920, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Originally acquired by an antique dealer and later donated anonymously, 1991.

Restrictions on Use

The Otilla Shields 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, 1999 Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone, 1999 Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1999 (RLIN ID: UTSX99-A135). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Container list Box Folder Contents 1 1 L.D.S. Missionary photographs 1 1 1-2 Unidentified woman in front of house--"Sweet Remembrance" 1 1 3 Unidentified woman--"Solid Comfort in the cool old days of January" 1 1 4 Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. #339 1 1 5 Unidentified man and woman on porch steps 1 1 6 Velir (sp) Auto Factory (Molme, Illinois), 1920 1 1 7 Rupper, Elder, President Miller, and "Your-Little-Minister" 1 1 8 Rupper, Elder and "myself" 1 1 9 Roberts, Elder, Elder Groenbeck, Sister Deems(sp) 1 1 10 Goates, Elder, Sister Deems(sp), Elder Roberts 1 1 11 McDonald, Gail and Fielding 1 1 12 Missionaries (Detroit, Michigan) 1 1 13 Lee, Elder H. M. and Mr. and Mrs. Otto G. Heiman (Prairie View, Illinois) 1 1 14 Lee, Elder H. M.? and two women by a fence 1 1 15 Nilson, Alfred M. Nilson, Miss Emma De-La-Mare, and Miss Otilla Shields (Chicago, Illinois), 1920 1 1 16 "Bud to Sis" 1 1 17 "At Leisure..." 1 1 18-19 Group of women, 30 August 1933 1 1 20-21 Sister missionary with Elder Hillyard (Chicago, Illinois) 1 1 22 Beach (San Diego, California) 1 1 23 San Diego, California 1 1 24 Beach (Lake St. Clare) 1 1 25 "When morning breaks the shadows flee." 1 1 26 Newbold, Elder, Elder Warmick, Sister Shields, Elder Davis, Sister Sanders, Elder Parker (Peru) 1 1 27 "Thompson and our little angle(sic)" 1 1 28 Sanders, Sister and "I" [Sister Shields] 1 1 29 Two boys carrying trees 1 1 30 Five girls in a cornfield 1 1 31 Barton, Elder, Elder Depaux, Elder Guyman, Pres. Rhoades, ?, Elder Teuscher, Elder Thompson 1 1 32 "A Tough Pair" 1 1 33 Six little girls on a horse 1 1 34-35 Slick(sp), Sister Hansen, "myself", Sister Ottley, and President Miller 1 1 36 Hunt, Al (left) 1 1 37 "A bunch of ruffians"--Strand Theatre 1 1 38 Woman in car ("Hello Mother Shields...") 1 1 39 Interior--Green house 1 1 40 "Mr. Backman is supposed to be dead..." 1 1 41 Cottam, Elder 1 1 42 Unidentified man in a chair 1 1 43 Long, Mae and Hazel Orpit [same place as #30] 1 1 44 Long, Mae and Hazel Orpit and another woman with barnyard ducks 1 1 45 Barnyard ducks 1 1 46 Trading Company 1 1 47 Ben Lewis--Jeweler 1 1 48 Group--outside of a stone building 1 1 49 Unidentified Elder in tree 1 1 50 Group photograph 1 1 51 Unidentified group by concrete irrigation ditch 1 1 52 Wagon--American Indian parade 1 1 53 Crowd--viewing parade wagon 1 1 54 Group--Christmas, n.d. 1 1 55-56 Unidentified woman with white hat with two men 1 1 57 Unidentified woman on bridge with another woman 1 1 58-59 Unidentified woman on rock bridge 1 1 60-61 Unidentified women with friend at rock house 1 1 62 Unidentified woman on bridge 1 1 63 Unidentified woman with white hat on a pillar 1 1 64-65 Unidentified women and a man looking at the water 1 1 66 Unidentified woman looking at the water 1 1 67 Unidentified man and two women by rock gate with trolley in background 1 1 68 Unidentified man on a tall pole 1 1 69 Unidentified men on the pole 1 1 70 Two elders standing next to a lattice fence 1 1 71 Two ghostly women on a stairway 1 1 72 Unidentified people on a bridge 1 1 73 Unidentified family lounging on a couch 1 1 74 Unidentified man and two women in a muddy field with house in background 1 1 75-76 Boating (Great Salt Lake, Utah?) 1 1 77 Unidentified people standing in front of a field of cow 1 1 78-79 Unidentified soldier 1 1 80-81 Unidentified woman in front of a column 1 1 82 Unidentified man in front of a column 1 1 83 Unidentified man 1 1 84 Unidentified man and two women near column 1 1 85 Unidentified people in front of a door 1 1 86 "Laying on of hands" 1 1 87 Danger 1 1 88 Unidentified group of women near a street 1 1 89 Unidentified child outdoors 1 1 90 Unidentified man, woman, and child next to a tall brick building 1 1 91 Group photograph 1 1 92 Waterfall 1 1 93 Dirt-roofed cabin built into a sheer rock wall 1 1 94-96 Flood water 1 1 97-98 Three people swimming (Great Salt Lake, Utah?) 1 1 99 Large building/ARMY tents/stop and go umbrella 1 1 100 Unidentified man and woman with automobile in rural area 1 2 1 1 101 Unidentified woman fixing hair in front of automobile [Licence No. 6509] 1 1 102 Unidentified women looking at a poster--Buy US Government Bonds" 1 1 103-104 Unidentified man and two women on bridge 1 1 105-108 Unidentified people on bridge 1 1 109 Unidentified people swimming in a pond 1 1 110 Unidentified people on the banks of a pond 1 1 111 Six men in military uniforms by a car 1 1 112 Unidentified woman and little boy by Montgomery's/Paramount sign 1 1 113 Unidentified men on a concrete bridge 1 1 114-115 Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Virginia), 1919 1 1 116 Unidentified Man on steps--U. S. Capitol, 1919 1 1 117-118 Unidentified women on steps--Administration building 1 1 119 "Chicago, 1919" 1 1 120 Unidentified group at play "The Playhouse/Silent Drama" 1 1 121 Unidentified man looking upwards with cars in background 1 1 122 Unidentified group of men 1 1 123 Unidentified workmen standing outside of a doorway 1 1 124125 Unidentified women outside of a shack used for cooking? 1 1 126 Unidentified four-story brick building 1 1 127 Unidentified young men outside of a brick building [see #75] 1 1 128 Unidentified man with belongings on railroad track 1 1 129 Unidentified people next to an automobile 1 1 130 Unidentified man and woman on railroad trestle 1 1 131-132 Unidentified women by road, railroad tracks, and a river 1 1 133-134 Unidentified boy and two girls on porch steps 1 1 135 Unidentified woman and a man by a chain fence 1 1 136-137 Unidentified man and two women outside of a house 1 1 138 Unidentified elders on sidewalk with church in background 1 1 139 Unidentified people in a rowboat 1 1 140 Unidentified woman and two men inside a wooden turnstile 1 1 141 Unidentified man gesturing with his hands 1 1 142 Unidentified men and two women outside of a house 1 1 143 Unidentified woman standing by a stream 1 1 144-146 Unidentified woman and men on a bridge 1 1 147 Unidentified man and woman in a park 1 1 148 Unidentified man and woman on reservoir walkway 1 1 149 Unidentified woman eating as she reads a letter 1 1 150 Unidentified boy and girl at a picnic 1 1 151 Unidentified woman walking down the street "Sewing Machines" [see photograph #110] 1 1 152, 177 Unidentified group in the snow 1 1 153 Unidentified men in a snowy cemetery 1 1 154 Unidentified people below a tall monument 1 1 155 Unidentified young men walking below scaffolding 1 1 156 Unidentified man and two women by a river 1 1 157-159 Unidentified men fishing 1 1 160-161 Unidentified man standing in the snow 1 1 162-163 Unidentified men and two women on a bridge 1 1 164 Unidentified woman on a small bridge 1 1 165 Unidentified woman sitting on a reservoir bridge 1 1 166-167 Three pairs of feet standing over reservoir surplus 1 1 168 Unidentified woman and man on ice 1 1 169 Unidentified woman sitting on grass being hugged by a little boy 1 1 170 Unidentified man and woman with weeds in foreground 1 1 171 Unidentified woman and man looking into a bag 1 1 172 Unidentified baby and father [asleep] on a pillow 1 1 173 Unidentified man and two women on a railroad trestle [see photograph no. #130] 1 1 174 Huff, tombstone [J. L. Grow--South Bend, Indiana] 1 1 175 Automobile and train 1 1 176 Field with cars in it 1 1 178 Unidentified group street 1 1 179 Unidentified group at the top of a pile of rubble 1 1 180 Unidentified Elders looking at shoes with little girl 1 1 181 Unidentified woman at the beach in bathing suit 1 1 182 Unidentified men and a woman standing on a dock 1 1 183 Cousin Ida and "myself" 1 1 184 Unidentified young woman smelling a flower [same setting as no. 183] 1 1 185 "Big Rock Candy Mountain"--Zion National Park [commercial print] 1 1 186 Angels Landing--Zion National Park [commercial print] 1 1 187 Mountain of the Sun--Zion National Park [commercial print] 1 1 188 Horseback Party--Bryce Canyon National Park [commercial print] 1 1 189 Queen Victoria/Bryce Canyon National Park [commercial print] 1 1 190 Shields, Ms.? being "shot" by Elder Jackson 1 1 191 Jackson, Elder? 1 1 192-193 Unidentified men with guns 1 1 194 Unidentified men 1 1 195 Unidentified women with a dead "bird of prey" 1 1 196 Unidentified woman aiming a gun 1 1 197 Unidentified women aiming their gun 1 1 198 Unidentified women and a man with their kill 1 1 199-200 Unidentified women and a different man with their kill 1 3 1 1 201 Unidentified group women in a flower garden 1 1 202 Two unidentified women lounging in a garden 1 1 203 Three unidentified women by a flowering tree 1 1 204 Three unidentified women with grape vines 1 1 205-206 Unidentified group on porch steps with dog, 1 August 1911 1 1 207 Two unidentified women standing with arms around each other 1 1 208 Two unidentified women seated on a box 1 1 209 Unidentified woman in motion 1 1 210 Unidentified women against a fence 1 1 211 Unidentified man standing near sidewalk 1 1 212 Unidentified man with street in background 1 1 213 Unidentified man with a cane on the sidewalk 1 1 214 Three unidentified women and one man on a concrete bridge 1 1 215-216 Two unidentified women in dresses [bathing suits?] in the snow 1 1 217 Unidentified elder with a young man in an apron 1 1 218 Unidentified man and woman eating sandwiches 1 1 219 "Nothing worries me." 1 1 220 Five unidentified young men on two horses 1 1 221 Unidentified man leaning against marble railing 1 1 222 Two unidentified women in a garden with kittens (see #202) 1 1 223 Unidentified man and woman with multiple waterfalls in the background 1 1 224-225 Unidentified group of six with falls in background 1 1 226-228 Multiple waterfalls 1 1 229-230 Unidentified group of seven at the bottom of the falls 1 1 231 Unidentified man standing under trees 1 1 232 Unidentified women in furs 1 1 233 Double exposure of young men and group on stairs 1 1 234 Unidentified woman standing in front of a bench in a fur coat 1 1 235 Unidentified woman standing in front of 2530/2532 "Palmyra" (New York) 1 1 236 Unidentified man standing in a river 1 1 237 Unidentified man at the side of the river with another man 1 1 238 Four unidentified women and one man preparing for a picnic 1 1 239 Horse by a fence 1 1 240-241 Horse with a saddle, held by a young man 1 1 242 Steel bridge/walkway 1 1 243-244 Three unidentified people on steel bridge 1 1 245 Two unidentified women and a man standing by a hedge 1 1 246 Trees and high cliff 1 1 247 Unidentified man sitting on a rock in a field 1 1 248 Two unidentified women seated 1 1 249 Two unidentified woman in hat and coat facing away from the camera 1 1 250 Two unidentified woman standing by a stone lion 1 1 251 Unidentified woman reclining in front of the lion 1 1 252 Unidentified man seated on front porch 1 1 253 Unidentified young woman with arm around older woman 1 1 254 Unidentified man seated on wooden bridge 1 1 255 Five unidentified women lifting their skirts 1 1 256 Unidentified man and two women by a picket fence 1 1 257 Three unidentified women and two young boys outside of a richly decorated house 1 1 258 Two unidentified women and a man surrounded by rock 1 1 259 Unidentified young man surrounded by water 1 1 260 Wooden fence below mountains 1 1 261 Unidentified woman between two trees 1 1 262 Unidentified woman diving into the water 1 1 263 Unidentified man with leg on a window sill 1 1 264-265 Group of twelve by the ocean 1 1 266 Unidentified woman standing by a car 1 1 267 Unidentified family around car full of men 1 1 268 Unidentified woman with three men with mustaches 1 1 269 Unidentified woman with back turned to a man 1 1 270 Three unidentified women in an office 1 1 271 Unidentified woman standing by a picket fence 1 1 272 Waterfall 1 1 273 Body of water seen from between two cliffs 1 1 274 Four unidentified elders lined vertically in the snow 1 1 275 Eight unidentified elders 1 1 276 Two unidentified children standing in the gate of a picket fence 1 1 277 Four unidentified women and a man standing on the steps under an arch 1 1 278 Two unidentified men and a woman standing outside a store window 1 1 279 Unidentified young man [studio portrait] 1 1 280 Unidentified man seated by a tree stump 1 1 281 Unidentified man with a floral necktie 1 1 282 Two unidentified women seated and a man by a wooden fence 1 1 283 Three unidentified men and two women standing by a tree 1 1 284-287 Unidentified family Christmas photographs 1 1 288 Unidentified group 1 1 289 Unidentified woman standing over a man in an office setting 1 1 290 Winding river surrounded by plateaus 1 1 291 Three unidentified women "Amlumet Baking Powder" 1 1 292 Unidentified man shaving by a tree 1 1 293 Unidentified woman and man looking down at the photographer 1 1 294 Unidentified woman and three men ice-skating 1 1 295 Two unidentified men by ice pond 1 1 296-297 Unidentified group of nine by the ice pond 1 1 298 Cement blocks in a valley 1 1 299 Unidentified man and two women by railroad track 1 1 300 Unidentified woman at the top of a pole in water 1 4 1 1 301 Woman standing on a dock 1 1 302 Unidentified man standing on a sidewalk with people and cars in background 1 1 303 Unidentified woman at desk/man and woman on sidewalk [double exposure] 1 1 304 Two unidentified men and two women seated together 1 1 305 Two unidentified men standing outside 1 1 306-307 Six unidentified men and one woman standing on a platform 1 1 308 Two unidentified men standing by rabbit hutches 1 1 309 Unidentified man in apron feeding another man 1 1 310 Unidentified house with Salt Lake and Utah Railroad; pole in foreground 1 1 311 Unidentified family group by a wood house 1 1 312 Unidentified man and two woman by rock wall "Heindselman the Jeweler" 1 1 313 Unidentified man and two women in a field with horses and carriage 1 1 314 Five unidentified young men lying down in a park 1 1 315 Five unidentified people sitting on a park bench (small picture) 1 1 316 Unidentified elder sitting with three children on a porch 1 1 317 Waterfall under a bridge 1 1 318 Three unidentified women sitting on a log 1 1 319 Two unidentified women with a swing 1 1 320 Unidentified group sitting in the ocean 1 1 321 Unidentified man and two women sitting in a boat 1 1 322 Unidentified reclining man "Happiness" 1 1 323 Four unidentified men sitting on a porch 1 1 324-325 Two unidentified women and a man standing by a lattice fence 1 1 326 Unidentified man and woman standing by lattice fence 1 1 327 Unidentified clergyman standing by a cellar door 1 1 328 Unidentified group of missionaries (male and female) by a brick building 1 1 329 Two unidentified missionaries standing by a brick building 1 1 330 Unidentified group standing by brick building and lattice fence 1 1 331 Unidentified group of male missionaries standing by brick building 1 1 332 Two unidentified women and five men by same brick building 1 1 333 Unidentified woman and three men frolicking on lattice fence 1 1 334 Four unidentified men and three women posing by lattice fence 1 1 335 Unidentified man posing by building and fence 1 1 336 Two unidentified men by brick building 1 1 337 Young unidentified man with lattice fence in background 1 1 338 Three unidentified women in doorway of brick building 1 1 339 Unidentified man posing in front of building 1 1 340 Unidentified man and woman by same building and fence in the snow 1 1 341 Unidentified man and woman in snow 1 1 342-343 Unidentified woman huddling in the snow 1 1 344-345 Two unidentified men and three women with a snowball 1 1 346 Two unidentified women and three men with an ice block 1 1 347 Three unidentified women standing by a porch 1 1 348 Unidentified group at the dinner table 1 1 349 Three unidentified elders in front of pine trees 1 1 350 Unidentified man and three women at a mill 1 1 351 Unidentified woman and man kneeling with a dog 1 1 352 Unidentified man and two women standing over stratified soil 1 1 353 Elder Barton 1 1 354 Unidentified woman sitting on steps with a dog 1 1 355 Unidentified group sitting by a waterway 1 1 356 Unidentified group of miners 1 1 357 Unidentified man and woman standing by the street 1 1 358 Unidentified man and three women in fine attire 1 1 359 Unidentified man and woman with two sheep and a telephone pole 1 1 360 Unidentified man and woman hugging with tent in background 1 1 361 Unidentified young man with two children 1 1 362 Unidentified young man with hat and coat 1 1 363 Unidentified child with ice cream cone 1 1 364 Unidentified man holding baby by picket fence 1 1 365 Unidentified man and five women on grass 1 1 366 Unidentified woman reading her mail by a movie theatre 1 1 367 Unidentified group by buildings and street 1 1 368 Unidentified young man standing on an icy sidewalk 1 1 369 Unidentified girl leaning against a tall planter 1 1 370 Unidentified woman and kissing couple with railroad tracks in background 1 1 371 Unidentified small child sitting on a brick wall 1 1 372 Plateau and river valley 1 1 373 Unidentified group looking at same river 1 1 374 Unidentified woman with striped hat and stockings 1 1 375 Unidentified woman and child standing by a fence with houses in background 1 1 376 Unidentified family of four standing by a porch 1 1 377 Three unidentified women standing by a wooden house "Camel Cigarettes" 1 1 378 A polar bear in a zoo 1 1 379 Unidentified young man sitting in a window sill 1 1 380 Two unidentified women holding kittens 1 1 381 Two unidentified women and a man 1 5 Negatives