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Northwest Historical Postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: PG 009

Scope and Contents

This collection contains both black and white and colored postcards featuring images from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century Northwest. Postcards include photographs and drawings of scenes from Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Montana, as well as British Columbia and Alberta.

Dates

  • Creation: 1875-2000

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

586 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains postcards featuring images from Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, British Columbia, and Alberta, from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.

Existence and Location of Copies

Most of this collection was digitized and made into the Northwest Historical Postcards Collection.

Title
Guide to Northwest Historical Postcard collection
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Courtney Berge; updated by Sara Szobody in 2024.
Date
2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository