Edward H. Boos photographs 1897-1907

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Edward H. Boos photographs 1897-1907

This collection includes photographs by Edward H. Boos,a photographer in Missoula, Montana, from 1897 through 1907. Broadly, the photographic subjects include the Missoula, Mission, and Flathead valleys in Montana; Kootenai, Salish and Pend'Oreille families on Montana's Flathead Reservation; and Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park. All images were taken near the beginning of the 20th Century.

2.5 linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 6367506

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Boos, Edward H., 1877-1937

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Edward Boos was born in Kentucky on April 1, 1877. His family moved to Helena, Montana, while he was in grade school. He attended the University of Montana at Missoula in 1896 but did not complete a degree. In that same year Boos began working as a freelance correspondent for several newspapers in the Missoula area. During the summer of 1897 Boos accompanied the U.S. Army 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps on its experimental overland trip from Fort Missoula to St. Louis, Missouri. The com...

Missoula Mercantile Company

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Andrew Hammond had arrived in Montana in 1867, settled in Hell Gate in 1870, then moved to Missoula in late 1871. He became a clerk in the store for Richard Eddy, and then a partner in the store in 1876. The business was renamed Eddy, Hammond, and Co. In 1877, the store constructed its building at the intersection of Front Street and Higgins Avenue, on the Mullan military road, in Missoula. In 1881, the firm was awarded the contract to clear the right of way and provide the lumber f...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 25th. Bicycle Corps

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