In 1964, the University of Idaho Library received a collection of over 200,000 nitrocellulose and glass plate negatives taken by Nellie Stockbridge and one T.N. Barnard. Barnard was the founder of a prominent photo studio in Wallace, Idaho, and he ran the establishment for ten years until 1898, when he sold it to Nellie Stockbridge. Both individuals had a keen interest in the environment around them, and as such, they documented floods, tree lines, fires, and shots of town life. The University of Idaho Library has placed over 700 of these images online here, and visitors can browse around at their leisure, or perform a keyword search across the items. The photos provide an excellent visual record of this late 19th century environment, and also serve as a record of environment degradation and land use patterns.
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