Mercantile Companies (includes exterior view of Bogy Mercantile Company, a brick building dated 1900, Chinook; plows, wagon wheels stored at side of building, undated; interior view of Bogy's, Chinook, showing rows of food items and other merchandise, and sign "Winter Rye for Sale", 1912; exterior view of Power Mercantile Co., Lewistown, [circa 1915]; interior view of Power Mercantile Co., Lewistown, showing millinery and bolt cloth, [circa 1915]; interior of Trident Store, Trident, showing men behind counter and a little girl; stocked shelves of canned goods, undated; interior of Judith Basin Mercantile Company, Utica, showing dry goods, 1909), undated, 1900, 1909, 1912, circa 1915
Scope and Contents
The photographs in the Power family photograph collection cover a broad range of interests and activities, spanning the years 1872-1945. The photograph collection represents not only some of the business investments and properties; it also documents family, friends and social life in Montana at the turn of the century.
The photographs are arranged by subject, beginning with the family in alphabetical order, each file also sorted chronologically. Subjects following Power family include Power connected Business Enterprises, Ranches, and Residences. General topics include Animals, Children, Cities and Towns, Forts and Fortifications, Groups, Houses, Indians of North America, Landscapes, Portraits of Men, Mining, Monuments and Memorials, Recreation, Transportation, U.S. Senators, Universities and Colleges, Portraits of Women, and Yellowstone National Park.
Dates
- Creation: undated
- Creation: 1900
- Creation: 1909
- Creation: 1912
- Creation: circa 1915
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 13 Boxes
From the Collection: 1215 Photographic Prints
From the Collection: 35 Film Negatives - Nitrate
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
225 North Roberts
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Helena MT 59620-1201 United States
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