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Mae Crookston Wennegren Photograph Collection, 1910-1920
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Scope and Content:

The album is comprised of 249 images, mostly snapshots, taken and/or collected by Newell James Crookston between roughly 1910 and 1917. Many of these photos are from an Eastern States mission (1914-1915) for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and consist of New York City views, and of sites relevant to early Mormon Church history. Other images are of Washington D.C., Logan Canyon, agriculture on the Crookston farm, and Crookston family members. Identification of the photographs was either determined from internal evidence or supplied by Mrs. Wennegren. The album was disassembled to prevent further damage from occurring due to loose prints and surface rubbing caused by traces of glue. Each photograph was numbered in pencil above the upper right hand corner.

Provenance:

This album was donated to Special Collections by Mae Crookston Wennegren on July 31, 1996.

Historical Note:

Newell James Crookston (1890-1976) grew up in North Logan. He attended Utah State University and was a farmer, teacher, and principal of the North Logan School. Later he became the Cache County Clerk and was employed by Utah State University in a variety of capacities. He is perhaps best known for writing the short book, "The Story of Old Ephraim," although he was the author of several other pieces on Cache Valley history as well. He married Ethel Smith in 1916 and the couple had six children. In 1965 Ethel passed away and in 1967 he was remarried to Glenna Marie Ballantyne. He passed away on October 21, 1976.

Register completed by Peter F. Schmid, May 1997, and revised by Daniel Davis, July 2006.

Inventory:

Box 1. The Mae Crookston Wennegren Photograph Album

Fd 1
1:001-006. Nicholas Oscar Crookston at boot camp during World War I.

Fd 2 Logan Canyon, Utah
1:007-008. Group and view in Logan Canyon, 1910's.

Fd 3
1:009-010. Unidentified site labeled as "Ideal Beach;" includes beach houses.

Fd 4 Logan Canyon and North Logan, Utah
1:011. Spreading manure with a three-horse team on the Nicholas W. Crookston farm in North Logan.
1:012. Man holding team of horses at Nicholas W. Crookston farm.
1:013. View of "government dugway" in Logan Canyon.
1:014. White-topped buggies in Logan Canyon.
1:015. Laurn Crookston and friend.
1:016. Spencer Cleveland Crookston
1:017. Spencer Cleveland Crookston and friend.

Fd 5 Logan Canyon, Utah
1:018-019. Pack train in Logan Canyon.
1:020-021. Logging camp, Logan Canyon.
1:022-025. Views in Logan Canyon, including "government dugway," and unidentified mountain scenes.

Fd 6 Logan Canyon and North Logan, Utah
1:026-028. Hogs, Crookston farm(?).
1:029. Scene in Logan Canyon, apparently showing a blast or explosion.
1:030-032. Views in Logan Canyon, including Logan River.

Fd 7 Logan Canyon, Utah
1:033-036. Views in Logan Canyon, including fishing, and White Pine Lake.
1:037-040. Falls and lock on the Mississippi at Keokuk, Iowa.

Fd 8 Logan Canyon, Utah
1:041-043. Unidentified mountain views (Logan Canyon?).
1:044. View in Logan Canyon.
1:045-048. Unidentified mountain views.

Fd 9 Cache Valley, Utah
1:049. Laurn Crookston with daughters Gayle and Joan.
1:050-051. image Alice Crookston Rust with children.
1:052. Lucille Crookston Peterson with son Dean Freeman Peterson.
1:053. Spencer Cleveland Crookston and daughter Carol.
1:054-057. Full wagons, loading railroad cars at a sugar beet dump in Cache Valley.

Fd 10 Portraits
1:058. Composite of portraits, the LDS Eastern States Mission, ca. 1913-1915.

Fd 11 Cache Valley, Utah
1:059-61. Farm scenes in Cache Valley, ca. 1917.
1:062. First Dam at Mouth of Logan Canyon, ca. 1917.
1:063. Mare and a colt, ca. 1917.

Fd 12 Mormon Missionaries
1:064. Unidentified portrait, member of the Eastern States Mission, 1914.
1:065. Portrait, Newell James Crookston as a member of the Eastern States Mission, 1914. Photo Lenox Studio, New York.
1:066. Portrait, B.R. Parkinson as a member of the Eastern States Mission, 1916.
1:067-068. Portraits, members of the Eastern States Mission, Brooklyn Conference, 1915. Photos Lenox Studio, New York.

Fd 13 Mormon Missionaries [loose photographs from album]
1:069. Portrait, H.J. Hartorgsen[?], Eastern States Mission. Photo Lenox Studio, New York.
1:070. Portrait, M. Romney, Eastern States Mission, 1916. Photo Lenox Studio, New York.
1:071. Portrait, Theodore LaMore, Eastern States Mission.
1:072. Unidentified portrait.
1:073. Portrait, E. Colman Hunsaker, Eastern States Mission, 1916. Photo Royal Studio, Newark, New Jersey.
1:074. Portrait, Perry B. Fuller[?], Eastern States Mission.
1:075. Portrait, D.L. Olsen, Eastern States Mission, 1914. Photo A. Van der Wiel, Art Photographer, Hoboken, New Jersey.

Fd 14 Mormon Missionaries
1:076-078. Portraits, members of the Eastern States Mission, 1910's.
1:079. Newell James Crookston and companions, Eastern States Mission, 1914. Photo Lenox Studio, New York.

Fd 15 Mormon Missionaries
1:080-081. Newell James Crookston and companions, including Milton F. Dalley, Eastern States Mission, 1914.
1:082. Portrait, I.W. Holt, Eastern States Mission.
1:083. Group portrait, members of the Eastern States Mission, 1910's.
1:084. Portrait, K.B. West, Eastern States Mission.

Fd 16
1:085. Portrait, W.J. Bangerter.
1:086. Portrait, A.F. Meyer.
1:087. Portrait, Archibald Freibairn.
1:088. Portrait, D.L. Olsen.
1:089. Portrait, R.G. Jones.

Fd 17 Vermont
1:090-095. Eastern States Mission, Brooklyn Conference group at Joseph Smith Memorial Farm, South Royalton, 1914.

Fd 18 New York
1:096-097. P. Burton and companion playing with squirrels in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1914.
1:098. image Woolworth Building.
1:099-100. Scenes in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Fd 19 Massachusetts, New York, and Washington, D.C.
1:101. Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, Massachusetts.
1:102. View of Ithaca, New York.
1:103. Paul Revere's house, Boston, Massachusetts.
1:104. View down Broadway from Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York.
1:105. The Capitol, Washington, D.C.
1:106-107. Views in Washington, D.C.; 107 shows Newell James Crookston.

Fd 20 Illinois and Ohio
1:108-111. Newell James Crookston and companions in Chicago, 1916.
1:112. The Carthage Jail, Nauvoo, Illinois.
1:113. A Mormon ward house, Illinois[?].
1:114. image The Kirtland LDS Temple, Ohio.

Fd 21 New York
1:115-118. Crookston and companions at "Sr. Harvey's" on Long Island and in Brooklyn.
1:119-120. Winter scenes in Highland Park, Brooklyn,.
1:121. Newell James Crookston (at right) and companions at home on Bainbridge St., Brooklyn.

Fd 22 Washington, D.C.
1:122-125. Various sites and monuments in Washington, D.C.
1:126-127. Robert Jones, before and after being assaulted.

Fd 23 Vermont and New York
1:128-131. Scenes at Joseph Smith Memorial Farm, South Royalton, Vermont.
1:132. "Elders Pratt and Brooks arrive."
1:133. Postcard, Joseph Smith's home in Palmyra, New York.
1:134. Elder Blodgett on Hill Cumorah, New York.
1:135. President and Mrs. Monson, George Albert Smith, and "Brother and Sister Brown" in front of monument at Joseph Smith Memorial Farm, South Royalton, Vermont.

Fd 24 New York
1:136. View up the Hudson River.
1:137. image Atlantic Fleet on the Hudson River.
1:138. Downtown New York looking across the water from New Jersey.
1:139. Ocean liner, "The Vaterland," "largest afloat."
1:140-141. Scenes in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
1:142. Caged bears at Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
1:143. Tennis courts at Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Fd 25 New York
1:144. Rapids at Niagara.
1:145. Steamship on the Hudson River.
1:146. Crowds at Children's Day, Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
1:147. D.L. Olsen at waterside in Denmark.
1:148. Sing Sing Prison.
1:149. Chauncey Street, Brooklyn.
1:150-151. Crowd at May Day celebration, Jamica.

Fd 26 New York
1:152. Steamship "Horicon" at Lake George.
1:153. Hotel at Lake George.
1:154. Joe Bovee with motorcycle next to the steamship "Horicon," Lake George.
1:155. Statue of Chief Hendrick and Sir William Johnson commemorating the battle of Lake George, 1756.
1:156. "Jensen & Jones."
1:157. Washington Park.
1:158. "Capron's family."
1:159. 127 So. Swan St., Albany.
1:160. Statue in Albany.
1:161. Catherine Fayles and Mother Rider.

Fd 27 New York
1:162. Shields & Dalley.
1:163. M.F. Dalley.
1:164. "Another nut loose" [see 1:096-097]
1:165. At the farm, 1914.
1:166. BAN.
1:167. Newell James Crookston at the Columbia Monument, Central Park.
1:168. Phelps & Crowther, Long Island.
1:169. Peterson & Crowther, Long Island.
1:170. Group at 1262 Jefferson Ave.
1:171. State Capitol building, Albany.

Fd 28 New York
1:172-173. LDS missionary group gathered for baptismal services at Rockaway Beach, 1915.
1:174. Hotel at Bath Beach.
1:175. DeLaMare, Newell James Crookston, and Perry, Bath Beach[?].
1:176-179. Views of Niagara Falls.

Fd 29 New York
1:180-181. image Views of lower Manhattan from Manhattan Bridge.
1:182-183. Crowds on the beach at Coney Island; 1:183 shows a photographer in the lower left hand corner.
1:184. Grant's Tomb.
1:185. Jackson & Pratt on beach at Coney Island.
1:186. Crowds at curb market on Broad St.
1:187. The Statue of Liberty.

Fd 30 New York and Boston
1:188. View of Columbia University.
1:189. Low Memorial Library, Columbia University.
1:190. Roosevelt Hospital and Venderbilt Clinic.
1:191. Columbia University, Riverside Cathedral(?)
1:192-193. "Old Iron Side," Boston.
1:194. Jones, Holt, and Newell James Crookston, Ossining.
1:195. Old state house, Boston.

Fd 31 New York
1:196. Children, Teddie and Treasa.
1:197. Margaret and Bella Simms.
1:198. Elder Jensen and Harry Puttman.
1:199. Sunday School children parade down street.
1:200-205. Bronx Zoo.

Fd 32 New York
1:206-208. Missionary groups.
1:209. The Egyptian Obelisk, Central Park.
1:210. Columbus Circle, 59th Street and Broadway.
1:211. Missionary street meeting, 125th Street and 7th Ave.
1:212. Elevated train at 110th St. and 8th Ave.
1:213. Central Park West.

Fd 33 New York
1:214-224. Missionary groups and various street scenes.

Fd 34 Portraits
1:225-227. Unidentified women. 1:226 photo by Lenox Studio, New York.
1:228. W.H. Bangerter of Granger, Utah.
1:229. Summerill, Platt, Lawrence, and Monson in studio prop "boat," Bronx Park.
1:230. David L. Olsen of Logan, Utah.

Fd 35 Portraits
1:231. S.L. Cheney.
1:232. William J. Blodgett, R.G. Jones, and E.J. Taylor.
1:233. R.G. Jones.
1:234. J.M. Jackson.

Fd 36 Portraits
1:235. Matthias Hansen.
1:236. R.S. Wilcox.
1:237. C.L. Shields.
1:238. Helga Pedersen, The Gibson Studio, New York.
1:239. Hazel Dawn Tout.
1:240. Zelma Peterson, The Gibson Studio, New York.

Fd 37 New York
1:241-244. Scenes in Central Park including William Shakespeare statue.
1:245-246. 511 Bainbridge St., Brooklyn.
1:247-248. Group picnicking at Pelham Bay, Labor Day.

Fd 38 Logan, Utah [loose photographs from album].
1:248-249. Loaded trucks and a sand and gravel separator, probably at the gravel pit on the Island, Logan.

Fd 39 Album Covers.

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