c1348 Harry L. Thompson Photograph Collection, ca. 1909-1920s A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 2006 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 2006. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss C 1348 Harry L. Thompson Harry L. Thompson Photograph Collection, ca. 1909-1920s 1.25 lin. ft. (3 boxes) Harry Thompson was born in Nebraska, received his B.S. (1912) and A.M. (1914) from the University of Nebraska. He moved to Utah about 1919 and was on the faculty at the University of Utah as Assistant Professor of Pharmacy for a short time. He eventually opened his own drug store (Harvard Drug Co.) located at 1083 South State Street. Thompson was an avid photographer. The collection contains photographs of his family, family trips, home, life, military, nature scenes, people, pharmacy, street scenes, Utah canyons, etc Form or Genre: Photographs Background Background Note

Thompson was born in Nebraska, received his B.S. (1912) and A.M. (1914) from the University of Nebraska. He moved to Utah about 1919 and was on the faculty at the University of Utah as Assistant Professor of Pharmacy for a short time. He eventually opened his own drug store (Harvard Drug Co.) located at 1083 South State Street. Thompson was an avid photographer. The collection contains photographs of his family, family trips, home, life, military, nature scenes, people, pharmacy, street scenes, Utah canyons, etc.

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 Scope and Content

The collection contains photographs of his family, family trips, home, life, military, nature scenes, people, pharmacy, street scenes, Utah canyons, etc. Most are unidentified.

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Harry L. Thompson Photograph Collection, ca. 1909-1920s, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Transferred from The LDS Church Family History Department courtesy of Adrian Gerritsen.

 Restrictions on Use

The Harry L. Thompson 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, 2006 Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone, 2006 Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2006 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 2006. Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2006. Finding aids note:

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 Related collections

The photographs in this collection were separated from Mss B 1348.

See also the Harry L. Thompson Papers, ca. 1920-1958, Mss B 651 and the Harry L. Thompson Photograph Collection, ca. 1920-1958, Mss C 651.

 Container list Box Folder Contents 1 1 Harry Thompson 1 2 Birthplace of Old Glory 1 3 Brighton trip 1 4 Christmas tree 1 5 Church materials 1 6 Fire 1 7 Graduation 1 8 Graves (Headstones/markers) 1 9 John & Everude Outboard 1 10 Johnson Auto Metal Work 1 11 Jordan River 1 12-13 Life 1 14 McPhee, Peter (Mr & Mrs.) 1 15 Manti Temple 1 16 Military 1 17 New York City 1 18 Niagara Falls 1 19 Nurses 1 20 Papaya plant 1 21 People--Men 1 22-23 People--Women 1 24 People--Children 1 25 People--Couple 1 26 People-Family 1 27 People--Groups 1 28 People-Miscellaneous 2 1 Picnic, 24 July 1922 2 2 School 2 3 Stereograph views 2 4 University of Utah College of Pharmacy 2 5 Wagons 2 6-9 Miscellaneous-Unidentified 2 10 Postcards (Black & White) 1 Castle Gate Rock & Canyon Road 2-3 Laramie (Wyoming) 4-5 Park City (Utah) 6-7 Price (Utah) 8-9 St. George (Utah) 10 Washington, D.C. (Corcoran Art Gallery) 11-17 West Point (Nebraska) 18-20 Miscellaneous 2 11 Postcards (Color) 1-4 Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah) 5-9 Illinois (Chicago) 10 Indiana (Fort Wayne) 11-13 Clinton, Sioux City (Iowa) 14 Lincoln Highway (2 copies) 15 Drug Plant Garden, University of Nebraska 16-18 Rocky Mountain National Park 19-28 SEEANDBEE ship 29-30 Richmond (Virginia) 31-42 Madison (Wisconsin) 31-43 Laramie (Wyoming) 2 12 Postcard Packet (Madison, Wisconsin) 2 13 Postcard Packet (Salt Lake City, Utah) 2 14 Postcard Packet-Western Pacific RR (Feather River) 2 15 Postcards-Miscellaneous 3 1 1/2x3 to 4x5 Negatives 1-3 Airplanes 3 4 Buildings (fire/smoke) 3 5-6 Camping 3 7 Factory/Plant 3 8 Home 3 9-12 Latter-day Saints College-Children in costumes 3 13-20 Life 3 21-33 Military 3 34-36 Parade 3 37-52 People 3 53 Picnic 3 54 Plant/flower 3 55-58 Street scenes 3 59-60 University of Utah 3 4x6 Negatives 61-64 Drug store 3 65-74 Football (Nebraska vs. Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, South Dakota) 3 75-78 Lab-Anatomy 3 79-103 Military 3 104-107 People 3 108 Scenic view 3 109 Sleigh (Horse drawn) 3 110-111 Thompson, Harry & Walter (Glass negatives) 3 112 Track-Hurdles 3 113-115 Track-Pole vault 3 116-117 Track-Running 3 118 Train wreck