Perkins, Thomas A.:

$4,850 · Offered by William Reese Company

[COLLECTION OF 421 PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES DEPICTING LIFE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO AND UTAH, INCLUDING MINING ACTIVITY, AND HOME LIFE IN SOUTHERN ... A fascinating collection of original photographic negatives created and organized by Thomas A. Perkins (1859–1938), surveyor, mining engineer, accomplished amateur photographer, and brother of feminist writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Almost all of the negatives are numbered with corresponding dated captions either written on the negative sleeves or compiled in lists at the end of each album, sometimes with notes from Perkins about exposure times and photo quality.The images begin in 1907 with about 150 shots taken in and around Hailey, Idaho, and the Big Wood and Little Wood Rivers. Perkins was involved with the Silver Fortune mine, and there are several images depicting miners and mining operations there, including a cabin, the portal shed and its interior, a man moving a car out of a shaft, and the ore sorting plant. Other images show the locations of other mines and their surrounding buildings, including North Star Gulch, Courier Gulch, Elkhorn, and Outlook Mountain (though Perkins was likely referring to "Lookout"). Two photos show Charles Sonnleitner, manager at the Caledonia Mining Company in 1917, near a mine at Outlook Mountain. Four of the photo negatives show W.R.C. Johnstone and his ranch. There are also images of the house and ranch of W.J. Crooks, and of Crooks with his horses and family, and two shots of T.E. Pico

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