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[Photograph 2012.201.B0164.0194]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "WILL SEEK TITLE IN AMERICAN DOG DERBY OVER SNOW TRAILS -- A battle for supremacy of the snow trails extending through the years will reach its climax when Olcott Zarn, 17, American Champion, Tud Kent and "Smokey" Gaston, ex-champs, meet again at Ashton, Idaho, Feb. 23."
Date: February 14, 1925
Creator: Pacific & Atlantic Photos
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Texas Pacific (T&P) 241

Description: A photograph print showing Texas Pacific (T&P) 241, 2-8-0, on mixed freight train No. 455, the evening local, topping Fairview Hill out of Boise, ID. At extreme left is 7000 foot-high Shafer Mountain.
Date: June 8, 1936
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Union Pacific (UP) 819

Description: A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 819, 4-8-4, on passenger train No. 18, exiting the south portal of a tunnel 8 miles east of Boise, ID. This tunnel is now "Daylighted".
Date: April 24, 1938
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Union Pacific (UP) 9087

Description: A photograph postcard showing Union Pacific (UP) 9087, 4-12-2, on westbound freight train No. 251, coming down King Hill, east of Glenn's Ferry, ID. 51 cars, 40 mph.
Date: December 26, 1938
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0376.0298]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lounging in the famous "summer sun" which shines in February at Sun Valley, Idaho, are Mr. and Mrs. Wiley W. Lowrey Jr., of Oklahoma City who are among winter sports enthusiasts gathered from every part of the nation at fashionable Sun Valley Lodge."
Date: February 21, 1939
Creator: Van Guilder, Gene
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Union Pacific (UP) 2518

Description: A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 2518, 2-8-2, Boise, ID. (Note: These are the heaviest engines that can be used on the Boise Branch. Even these can't be turned around and have to back out of town.)
Date: June 24, 1939
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Boise Intermountain Railway Bridge

Description: A photograph print showing the Intermountain Railway Bridge across the Boise River 20 miles above Boise, ID. The construction line to Arrowrock Dam branched off at the right of the bridge and followed the south side of the river. I never shot any trains on any of these lines above Barber. They were abandoned in 1935.
Date: May 5, 1940
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Union Pacific (UP) 610

Description: A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 610, 2-8-0, on westbound local freight climbing Fairview Hill out of Boise, ID, 19 cars, 25 mph. Note: Capitol Bldg. and city center at left.
Date: July 27, 1940
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Union Pacific (UP) 622

Description: A photograph print showing Union Pacific (UP) 610, 2-8-0, on westbound freight train No. 385 nearing Banks, ID, 11 cars. Note: A helper locomotive is added at Banks if it is heavy enough because that is the beginning of the steep grade.
Date: July 27, 1940
Creator: Griffiths, Henry R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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