Representing an everyday soldier’s life, the two daily cans of “C” rations.

Antelope Springs Civilian Conservation Corps camp. Part of the New Deal legislation by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Provided training and work for men during the Great Depression from 1933-1942

H-373. These vivacious BYU flapper-coeds if the 1920s were the official greeting committee at the Provo railroad station. At registration time they and other student groups welcomed the arriving BYU students, large numbers of whom traveled by train in those days. The practice started among Sanpete County students, but soon spread to other incoming students. … Continue reading BYU flapper-coeds at the Provo railroad station, 1920s →

Army Air Corps planes over San Antonio, TX in training for WWI combat. Lt. J.J. Williams, son of Dr. & Mrs. J.W. Williams of Moab, is flying one of them. Mitch Williams Collection, Dan O’Laurie Museum, Moab. UHQ Winter 1995.

German P.O.W. at mess hall during their stay at Fort Douglas. Aug. 27, 1917. Shipler #18168. (W.W.I)

This cartoon was inspired by the controversy that raged over a local Provo ordinance prohibiting the sale of liquor in 1909, ten years before the Volstead Act implemented the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages. On the near side of the street are the red-nosed “wets” standing among beer … Continue reading Cartoon inspired by the controversy over a Provo ordinance prohibiting the sale of alcohol, 1909 →