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Photo, Print, Drawing Mt. Moriah, B'Nai Israel, and St. Patrick cemeteries Montana Street, Butte, Montana; Scenes in Butte, Montana

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Title

  • Mt. Moriah, B'Nai Israel, and St. Patrick cemeteries Montana Street, Butte, Montana; Scenes in Butte, Montana

Names

  • Young, Kay, 1931- (Collector)
  • Young, Kay, 1931- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • Butte, Montana, August 23, 1979 - August 27, 1979

Headings

  • -  Buildings
  • -  Headstones
  • -  Cemeteries
  • -  Marquees
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Butte

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography

Notes

  • -  Index data: Image numbers, descriptions: gravestones in cemeteries on Montana Street, Butte MT (Mt. Moriah, B'Nai Israel, and St. Patrick cemeteries adjoin one another): 1, headstone for Sigmund Meyer, (1879-1901), born Germany; 2, grave for Minnie Shiner (age 9 months) and her infant sisters; 3, Engel family plot with curb (coping), large stone with Hebrew inscription, includes stone marked "Beloved mother, Amelia Lielenfeld Engel, born Hanover Germany, 1835-1910"; 4, stone decorated with branch and leaves (?), marked "Milton, son of Edward and Celia Whitehead, died Aug. 12, [1885? 1865?], aged 7 mos," with metal badge at right marked "Butte Lodge No. 240, BPOE (Brotherhood and Protective Order of Elks)"; 5, medium-wide shot of graveyard, stones in background include "Dietch" and "Meyer"; 6, medium-wide shot of graveyard, stones include Zeyune H. Whitehouse (1885-1964), Andrew (1902-1966) and Maude (1904-19--) Holland, Anne S. Hill (1900-1974), Thomas J. Jenkins (1872-1965); 7, stone with decoration including cross and Masonic symbols for John Oscar (1894-1960) and Bertha (1904-1971) Peterson with hanging flower baskets flanking tombstone; 8, Gwynne family plot surrounded by iron fence with granite posts; 9, stone for brother and sister Leon and Harriet Netzner, died as children in 1909 and buried together (this image is in the incorrect orientation, should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise); 10, grave of siblings Abraham (d. Sept 27, 1908, aged 51 years) and Samuel (d. Sept 26, 1908, aged 48 years) Slemowitz, Hebrew inscription at top of stone, in background are stones for Sarah Slemowitz (1853-?) and Tobah Levy (1841-1924); 11, closeup of stone marked "Beloved mother, Amelia Lielenfeld Engel, born Hanover Germany, 1835-1910" (see also image 3); scenes of Butte MT: 12, at the intersection of Alaska and Copper Streets, vacant church with mine tipple in background, marked with sign "Merry Xmas" (after the project, named "The Original [Copper Mine], 1878-1976"); 13, building, corner of Idaho and Granite Streets, known as the Copper King Mansion or William Andrews Clark mansion; 14-15, the Clark Chateau, the former home of Charles and Katherine Clark, the eldest son of William Andrews. Clark, 321 West Broadway; 16, movie theater on Park St. between Washington and Idaho Sts. (in 2017 the "Mother Lode Theater"), marquee "A Force of One, Chuck Norris"; 17, back side of apartment building on Park Street, between Montana and Dakota Streets; 18-19, looking out over Idaho Street from Copper Street; 20, mural in downtown Butte with depictions of mining and other features of the city's life, photographer's notes add "centennial project."

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: MT9-KY20

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

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Credit line: Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Young, Kay, and Kay Young. Mt. Moriah, B'Nai Israel, and St. Patrick cemeteries Montana Street, Butte, Montana; Scenes in Butte, Montana. Montana Butte United States, 1979. Butte, Montana, - August 27, 1979. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1981005_ky20/.

APA citation style:

Young, K. & Young, K. (1979) Mt. Moriah, B'Nai Israel, and St. Patrick cemeteries Montana Street, Butte, Montana; Scenes in Butte, Montana. Montana Butte United States, 1979. Butte, Montana, - August 27, 1979. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1981005_ky20/.

MLA citation style:

Young, Kay, and Kay Young. Mt. Moriah, B'Nai Israel, and St. Patrick cemeteries Montana Street, Butte, Montana; Scenes in Butte, Montana. Butte, Montana, - August 27, 1979. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1981005_ky20/>.