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Gustav Lorenz Becker Scrapbook 8-B, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

"Gusthekla, Season 1915" Scrapbook from 1915 which includes family photographs of time spent at the Bear River Club. Included are photos of family hiking trips over the "Old Indian Trail," time spent in Huntsville on the 24th of July, and at family campouts. Various hunting and fishing trips, including pictures of fish and game caught. The scrapbook also holds two pages of film strips of GLB and Browning holding guns, hunting, and pictures of dogs. There are several postcards from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) or worlds fair held in San Francisco, with a few pictures of the bay. Also included is a section of the book devoted to GLB and his Sportsman shooting, along with an invitation and pictures of "G.L. Becker's day" at Lagoon Park in 1923.

The Scrapbook concludes in two sections. One, with 24 pages of various newspaper articles of GLB and involvement with tournament shooting and the Sportsman's Club. The second includes 7 personal letters sent to GLB, a few family pictures, and three poems. This scrapbook contains photographs 8:71-8:145.

Dates

  • Creation: undated

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Material in English.

Restrictions

No restrictions on use except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Extent

38 p.

Repository Details

Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
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Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
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435 797-2880 (Fax)