... "Ruins of blacksmith shop. Virginia City, Madison County, Montana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. ...
[The Ponderosa was big, but it was a far piece from Montana. -tterrace]
It's a joke! The town blacksmith was John P ...
Summer 1939. Butte, Montana. "High school band parading up Montana street." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein ... This photograph was taken on Main Street in Butte--not Montana Street. The Rialto, Chequamegon Cafe, Ley's Jewelers and the M&M ...
October 1942. "Scrap and salvage depot. Butte, Montana." Where this kind of stuff ended up in the olden days, back before they ... witch of the east melting under the old mattress. The Montana license plate from 1938 is possibly quite rare since how many vehicles ...
... days with Mr. and Mrs. Torrey Johnson on their ranch in Montana. Mrs. Johnson was formerly Miss Adrienne Henderson, daughter of Dr. ... arrived at "New Chicago" south of present day Drummond, Montana circa 1871-1873...moved to present day Big Horn , Wyoming in ...
Summer 1939. "Entering Butte, Montana." Note the sign advertising the Arcade, the beer joint seen in the ... corporations, such as Anaconda Copper, and "The Montana Power Company of New Jersey".
Big city, turn me loose, and set ... Breuning who was born in Minnesota in 1896, moved to Montana in 1918, still lives in Great Falls, and would have been 43 years old ...
April 1942. Beaverhead County, Montana. "Road into Bannack, Montana's first capital." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War ...
Looks like a Thomas Hart Benton He painted some Montana landscapes that resemble this photo.
A particularly artful caption ...
April 1942. "Bannack, Montana. Old hotel." The supposedly haunted Hotel Meade . Medium format ... of the ghost town of Bannack, now a state park in Montana.
Eerie vibe. Would absolutely love to go back in time and see ... in the 1990's the Park Ranger/Guide said that the State of Montana kept the buildings in a state of "arrested decay". I revisited the ...
... 1942. "Grocery store in copper mining center of Butte, Montana." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security ...
307 North Main Street An article in the Montana Standard gives the address, and informs us that this whole block was ...
April 1942. "Wisdom, Montana. The Ansons visit their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Len ... might be a gas or electric heater, very useful in Montana.
(The Gallery, John Vachon, Small Towns, WW2) ...
April 1942. "Missoula, Montana. Entering the town." Grizz vs. Pennz at fifty paces. Medium format ... see the Grizzly name on the gas station. The University of Montana was founded in Missoula in 1893. Turns out the first mention of a ...
April 1942. "Missoula, Montana." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War ... you know Every time I hear or read the words "Missoula Montana" I think of that scene in Twin Peaks where Ray Wise (as Leland Palmer) ...
July 1936. Miles City, Montana. "Drought refugees from Glendive, Montana, en route to Washington state." Yet another carload of Dust Bowl ... on the old Dodge.
Port of Entry The highways in Montana had Port of Entry stations? Was that some kind of border crossing ...
... July 1936. "Drought refugees from Bowman, North Dakota, in Montana." En route to Oregon or Washington. Medium-format nitrate negative by ... the least of Dad's worries right now. And whoever told him Montana's the place to go must not have seen this particular spot.
Hanging ...
... Quarter Circle U, Brewster-Arnold Ranch Company. Birney, Montana." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.
Sartorial ... verses). Here's the first verse only:
My home's in Montana,
I wear a bandana,
My spurs are of silver,
My pony is gray. ...
August 1942. "Butte, Montana. Children are transported to Columbia Gardens, an outdoor amusement ... the roller coaster during high school. An article from The Montana Standard is quoted here .
(The Gallery, Kids, Russell Lee) ...
... with combines on Schnitzler Corporation ranch at Froid, Montana. There are about 2,800 acres on this part of the ranch and they are ... I realized the bad advertising involved in naming Froid, Montana. Froid (pronounced fwad) is the French word for "cold", which is ...
... ] and family of Lemmon, South Dakota, near Missoula, Montana. Leaving the grasshopper-ridden and drought-stricken area for a new ... luck all the rest of the way. But we got around Missoula [Montana] and we was having a good time. See somebody along the road or ...