1930s Western Travel Album
Content Description
This photo album consists of 301 images, all measuring 2.25 inches square. No captions or inscriptions are included, so all descriptions are supplied by the archives. Images range from around the Western US, tracing a route that begins in Detroit and likely travels across Lake Michigan, through Wisconsin and Minnesota, to the main subjects of the photographs: the Badlands of South Dakota, Mount Rushmore, Needles Highway, the Cody Road, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Tetons, San Juan Mountains of Colorado, Million Dollar Highway between Silverton and Ouray, Mesa Verde, and ending at the Grand Canyon.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1930
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the 1930s Western Travel photograph album must be obtained from the Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Section Head.
Full Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photo album of 301 black and white snapshots tracing cross-country travel in the 1930s, beginning in Detroit and ending at the Grand Canyon. Photographer unknown.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These materials were purchased by USU Special Collections and Archives from Back of Beyond Books in 2020.
- Title
- Guide to the 1930s Western Travel photograph album
- Author
- Finding aid created by Heather Housley and Daniel Davis
- Date
- 2026
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu