World War, 1939-1945--European Theater--Personal narratives.
In his December 2001 interview with Caleb Lammers and Tim Hoyt, Ernest Thaete offers his memories of World War II. Thaete served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945, training in the United States and serving in the European Theater, mainly training...
copies (museum) pioneer pictures for 50 year Special Edition, 4/18/1940. Photograph of a stage coach coming up the road being drawn by a four horse hitch. Wooded mountains are in the background to the horizon.
First train into Boise, Idaho, September 5, 1887. Photo taken near the site of the Boise Union Pacific Depot. This train ran from Nampa to Boise. Image: Group of men standing on a flat railway car, steam engine to the left.
The fir tree in the middle of the street near the flagpole is the one on which several Chinese were hanged until near death and until they confessed which one killed Frasier. The guilty were later hanged.
Head of the navigation Coeur d'Alene River.The Northern Pacific steamer ""Georgia Oakes"" in dock at head of navigation on the Coeur d'Alene River near the location of the ""old mission."" The dock being constructed from the hull of the older...
Entrance of the public school field used by Boise High School. Designed in a Spanish style with stucco walls and tile roof, the entry has two ticket windows and ornate iron gate. Located near corner of Broadway and Warm Springs avenues.