Photograph of Special Interest Group, Mendon, UT, in the 1930's or 1940's. Photograph includes (bottom row, left to right) Retta Hiibner, Fern Baker, Clara Muir, [unidentified first name] Baker; Ada Walker, Lottie (Charlotte) Richards, (second...
Hiibner, Retta Copen, 1886-1957; Muir, Clara Hutchinson, 1911-1993; Richards, Charlotte Barrett Baker, 1885-1980; Copen, Hazel, 1894-1987; Barrett, Elizabeth Ann Stumpf, 1888-1985; Bird, Pearl H., 1902-1986; Walker, Ethel Sorensen, 1888-1975;...
Mendon Relief Society women, possibly board members, 1930's. From Left to right: May Muir, Ivalue Smith, Ethel Taylor, Alice Sorenson, Vera Shelton, Pearl Bird, and Ellen Bird (either Ellen Grant Bird or Ellen Orrelia Fifield Bird). The...
Bird, Pearl H., 1902-1986; Shelton, Vera Willie, 1893-1951; Bird, Ellen Grant, 1862-1954; Bird, Ellen Orrelia Fifield, 1856-1944; Taylor, Ethel Laverna Ladle, 1892-1972; Sorensen, Alice Elizabeth Ladle, 1885-1950; Muir, Mary May Longstroth,...
Photograph of the Mendon Basketball team, 1910. Included in picture is John O. Hughes (top right), Mr. Bird (middle right), and Mr. Hardman (bottom right).
Basketball--Utah--Mendon; Hughes, John O., 1893-1973;
Girls dressed in 19th century clothing for the May Day celebrations in Mendon, 1947. The pioneer era clothing was in celebration of the centennial year of the pioneer's first entry into the Utah territory.
Photograph of the Whitney band, also called "Mendon Jazz", in the 1930's. Pictured is (from left to right): Arvil Larson, Melvin Melons, Theo Whitney, Cliff Ahrens, Tom Nibor, Frank Hancock, and Orlynn Whitney.
Whitney, Theodore Isaac, 1901-1967; Whitney, Orlynn John, 1905-1980; Hancock, Frank G., 1902-1971; Bands (Music)--Utah--Mendon; Big bands--Utah--Mendon; Larson, Arvil; Melons, Melvin;
Photograph of past bishops of the Mendon Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1970's. Includes (top row, left to right) Zeno H. Andersen, Fred W. Sorensen, and Stan S. Barrett, (bottom row, left to right) John O. Hughes, and Rulen C....
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Bishops; Clergy--Utah--Mendon; Andersen, Zeno Hans, 1913-1986; Sorensen, Fredrick William, 1915-1986; Barrett, Stanton S., 1934-1998; Hughes, John O., 1893-1973; Ladle, Rulen C., 1920-; Mormon...
Photograph of past bishops of the Mendon Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1940's or 1950's. Includes (top row, left to right) Reeves Bird, Edgar Hancock, and Allen Willie, (bottom row, left to right) Henry C. (H.C.) Sorensen,...
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Bishops; Clergy--Utah--Mendon; Bird, Phineas Reeves, 1896-1984; Hancock, Edgar Stanley, 1891-1973; Willie, Allen LeRoy, 1890-1956; Sorensen, Henry Charles, 1886-1962; Bird, Mormon D. (Mormon Delbert),...
Mendon School gymnasium and stage, 1991, before demolition.
Elementary school buildings--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school facilities--Utah--Mendon; Photography of interiors--Utah--Mendon; Gymnasiums--Utah--Mendon; School buildings--Utah--Mendon;
Group of men with horses and plows digging a foundation for a church in Mendon, Utah, May 1914, including A. Baker (either Albert Marvin Baker or Albert Mowry Baker, Jr.), W. Richards, Norman V. Watkins, Joseph H. Watkins (either Jr. or Sr.), and...
Excavation--Utah--Mendon; Foundations--Utah--Mendon; Baker, Albert Marvin, 1879-1937; Baker, Albert Mowry, Jr., 1869-1952; Richards, W.; Watkins, Norman Victor, 1896-1968; Watkins, Joseph Hammond, Jr., 1885-1976; Watkins, Joseph Hammond, Sr.,...
Demolition of Mendon Elementary School, 1991, view from the front including vehicle.
Wreckers (Vehicles)--Utah--Mendon; Wrecking--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school buildings--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school facilities--Utah--Mendon; School buildings--Utah--Mendon;
Group in front of the old church on the town square in Mendon, 1940's. Pictured is: (bottom, left to right) Nellie Hancock, [unnamed, possible last name is Bird], [unnamed], [unnamed], Zina Baker, Ada Walker, [unnamed], (second row, left to right)...
Maypole dancers for the 1968 Mendon May Day celebrations. Maypole dancers included: Jean Sorensen, Angela Cheney, Marsha Leishman, Annette Yonk, LuAnn Baker, Karla James, Cindy Larsen, Donette Christiansen, Shelly Maurer, Mary Jean Barrett, Brenda...
May Day--Utah--Mendon; Maypoles--Utah--Mendon; Hess, Jean Sorensen; Cheney, Angela; Leishman, Marsha; Yonk, Annette; Baker, LuAnn; James, Karla; Larsen, Cindy; Christiansen, Donette; Maurer, Shelly; Barrett, Mary Jean; Hardman, Brenda; Baker,...
Demolition of Mendon Elementary School, 1991, wide view from the front showing an excavator.
Wreckers (Vehicles)--Utah--Mendon; Wrecking--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school buildings--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school facilities--Utah--Mendon; School buildings--Utah--Mendon;
Mendon eighth grade class of 1932 outside of old schoolhouse. Included are: (bottom row, left to right) William Richards,Melvin Baker, Ray Taylor, [unnamed, possibly Melvin Baker], J.R. Walker or Ray Wallace, Grant Heninger, (second row, left to...
School buildings--Utah--Mendon; Students--Utah--Mendon; Richards, William Alexander, 1920-1966; Baker, Melvin; Taylor, Ray Orvin, 1922-; Wallace, Ray; Heninger, Grant Bird, 1920-1979; Bartlett, Della, 1921-1995; Ellerman, Ruth Shelton, 1921-2009;...
Mendon Elementary School, bathroom interior, 1991, before demolition.
Elementary school buildings--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school facilities--Utah--Mendon; Photography of interiors--Utah--Mendon; Restrooms--Utah--Mendon; School buildings--Utah--Mendon;
Liberty Bell replica at Mendon School, 1950, during the U.S. Treasury's Savings Bond Independence Drive, "Tour of the Bells". The bell is mounted on the back of a Ford series F-5 truck, donated by Ford Motor Company.
School buildings--Utah--Mendon; Students--Utah--Mendon; Liberty Bell; American Symbols; Ford trucks;
Demolition of Mendon Elementary School, 1991, view from the far side.
Wreckers (Vehicles)--Utah--Mendon; Wrecking--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school buildings--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school facilities--Utah--Mendon; School buildings--Utah--Mendon;
Mendon band, ca. 1900, including: (front row, left to right) Henry Hughes, Ammon Sorensen, Lyman Sorensen, Charles Bird, Seth Baker, Roy Baker and Floyd Hardman, (middle row, left to right) Emer Richards, Henry Sorensen, George Gardner, and Parley...
Bishopric of Mendon LDS Ward, outside of the old church house, 1940s. Pictured (from left to right): Owen Sorensen or Elmer Heninger, Lynn Wood, Bishop Edgar Hancock (Bishop from 1941-1946), and Claude Sorensen.
Heninger, Elmer, 1890-1971; Hancock, Edgar Stanley, 1891-1973; Sorensen, Claud Afton, 1897-1986; Wood, Lynn; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Bishops; Clergy--Utah--Mendon; Mormon men--Utah--Mendon; Sorensen, Owen Joseph, 1912-1998;
Procession of the May Day Court in Mendon, Utah, in 1967. In front, the crown bearer is Steven Max Baker and the flower girl is Cindy Lou Kidman. Following them, the Queen of May is Becky Yonk and the consort is Scott Hiibner. The maids of honor...
Mendon class of 1937, outside the old schoolhouse, possibly taken by school teacher Jennie Richards. Pictured is: (bottom row, left to right) Paul Sorensen, Harold Heninger, Claude Yonk, Leo Ladle, Earl Muir, Fay Walker (second row, left to right)...
School buildings--Utah--Mendon; Students--Utah--Mendon; Pitkin, Marjean Willie, 1930-; Muir, George Earl, 1926-1959; Kirschaum, Beverly Hardman, 1925-; Hutchinson, Bessie Mae Muir, 1925-; Porter, Carma Whitney, 1926-2011; Baker, Ivan H., 1926-;...
Maypole dancers for the Mendon May Day celebrations, probably around 1964 when inclement weather moved the celebrations inside the old schoolhouse gymnasium. Maypole dancers for 1964 included Debera Larsen, Carolyn Barrett, Deborah Bartlett,...
Group in front of the old rock church (later called the Showhouse) on 100 West in Mendon, sometime between 1890-1915. The church was built in 1864 and torn down in 1964.
Norma Myers pitching a ball at a softball game, 1986 or 1987. Pictured fom left to right is Kelly Woodbrey, Kendall Buxton (foreground), unidentified boy [possibly Shawn Larsen], Michael Hofler (foreground), Carol Thompson, Craig Jensen, Norma...
Mendon Relief Society leadership, 1930's. Standing outside the old school house. Pictured is: Ivalue Smith, Vera Shelton, Bessie Ahrens, Selma Hancock, and Pearl Bird.
Smith, Ivalue; Bird, Pearl H., 1902-1986; Shelton, Vera Willie, 1893-1951; Ahrens, Bessie Sorenson, 1878-1962; Hancock, Selma Hortense Barrett, 1892-1979;
Bishopric of Mendon LDS Ward, outside of the old church house, 1940s. Pictured (from left to right): Owen Sorensen or Elmer Heninger, Lynn Wood, Bishop Edgar Hancock (Bishop from 1941-1946), and Claude Sorensen.
Heninger, Elmer, 1890-1971; Hancock, Edgar Stanley, 1891-1973; Sorensen, Claud Afton, 1897-1986; Wood, Lynn; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Bishops; Clergy--Utah--Mendon; Mormon men--Utah--Mendon; Sorensen, Owen Joseph, 1912-1998;
Softball game in Mendon in the 1980's. Craig Petersen shows his daughter Emilee how to bat during the mother/sons vrs. fathers/daughters softball game.
Group of men with horses and plows digging a foundation for a church in Mendon, Utah, May 1914, including A. Baker (either Albert Marvin Baker or Albert Mowry Baker, Jr.), W. Richards, Norman V. Watkins, Joseph H. Watkins (either Jr. or Sr.), and...
Excavation--Utah--Mendon; Foundations--Utah--Mendon; Baker, Albert Marvin, 1879-1937; Baker, Albert Mowry, Jr., 1869-1952; Richards, W.; Watkins, Norman Victor, 1896-1968; Watkins, Joseph Hammond, Jr., 1885-1976; Watkins, Joseph Hammond, Sr.,...
Photograph of the Whitney band, also called "Mendon Jazz", in the 1950's. Pictured is (from left to right): Orlynn Whitney, [unnamed], Theo Whitney, and Hilda Whitney.
"New Fires" produced by Mendon Theatrical Society. Featured is (left to right) Coy Anderson, Keith Sorensen, Debbie Bartlett, Lizzy Barrett (standing), Steve Hardman, [unnamed, possible first name is Ted], [unnamed], and Janet Larsen (first from...
Barrett, Elizabeth Ann Stumpf, 1888-1985; Sorensen, Keith; Hardman, Steven, 1954-; Roberts, Janet Larsen; Andersen, Coy, 1948-1986; Bartlett, Deborah; Theater--Utah--Mendon;
Priesthood gathering in Mendon in the old schoolhouse, 1940's. Pictured is: (1st row, left to right) Edgar Sorensen, Oliver Taylor, L.K. Wood, Claud Sorensen, Edgar Hancock, Ed Clawson (Stake President), [unnamed], [unnamed],[unnamed],[unnamed],...
Mormon men--Utah--Mendon; Priesthood--Mormon Church; Priesthood--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Sorensen, Edgar L., 1919-; Taylor, Oliver, 1893-1988; Wood, L.K. (Linden Kimball), 1887-1967; Sorensen, Claud Afton, 1897-1986; Hancock,...
Procession of the May Day Court in Mendon, Utah, probably in 1963. During the May Day celebrations in 1963, the flower girl was Kari Edlund and the crown bearer was Reed Yonk. The Queen of May was Coy Andersen and the consort was Bruce Gittens. ...
Elementary school buildings--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school facilities--Utah--Mendon; Photography of interiors--Utah--Mendon; Gymnasiums--Utah--Mendon; School buildings--Utah--Mendon;
Mendon Relief Society leadership, 1940's, standing outside the old school house. Pictured (from left to right): Ethel Walker, Lizzy Barrett, Ellen Ladle, and Ada Walker.
Walker, Ethel Sorensen, 1888-1975; Barrett, Elizabeth Ann Stumpf, 1888-1985; Ladle, Nancy Ellen Hunt, 1889-1966; Walker, Ada Plowman, 1898-1987; Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)--Utah--Mendon; Mormon women--Utah--Mendon;
Demolition of Mendon Elementary School, 1991, wide view from the front.
Wreckers (Vehicles)--Utah--Mendon; Wrecking--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school buildings--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school facilities--Utah--Mendon; School buildings--Utah--Mendon;
Demolition of Mendon Elementary School, 1991, view from the side.
Wreckers (Vehicles)--Utah--Mendon; Wrecking--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school buildings--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school facilities--Utah--Mendon; School buildings--Utah--Mendon;
Girls dressed in 19th century clothing for the May Day celebrations in Mendon, 1947. The pioneer era clothing was in celebration of the centennial year of the pioneer's first entry into the Utah territory.
Mendon Elementary School, interior view of the cafeteria, 1991, before demolition.
Elementary school buildings--Utah--Mendon; Elementary school facilities--Utah--Mendon; Photography of interiors--Utah--Mendon; Cafeterias--Utah--Mendon; School buildings--Utah--Mendon;
Photograph of Sweeten's Band in Mendon, Utah. Includes from left to right, front row: 1. Joseph H. Hancock, 2. Mormon D. Bird. Second row: 1. Ervin Gardner (possibly Alfred Irvin Gardner?), 2. William Isaac Sorensen, 3. George Hughes, 4. Gills...
Hancock, Joseph Hyrum, 1849-1924; Bird, Mormon D. (Mormon Delbert), 1877-1963; Gardner, Alfred Irvin, 1875-1902; Sorensen, William Isaac, 1870-1938; Hughes, George Bassett, 1877-1954; Sweeten, George Gillis, 1876-1964; Baker, Albert Mowry, Jr.,...
Photograph of possible 8th grade graduating class, Mendon, including Patterson, Maggie Larsen, Irvin Larsen, Algie Barrett, Orpha Larsen, Ione Baker, Lucille Bird, Teacher D.A. Boyer, Mae Windgreen, Florence Baker, Norman V. Watkins, Howard Baker,...
Mendon Primary Board, ca. 1900 including: (top row, left to right) Bertha Sorensen Buist, Jane Richards Hughes, Rachel Cooley, Edmer Whitney, Amanda Sweeten, Agnes Richards, Sybil Jensen, (bottom row, left to right) Mary (Molly) Richards...
Ladle home in Mendon, Utah, approximately 1901. Writing on back of the photographs reads: "The original Ladle Home, Next to (south of) Vicky & Earl Doolittle." Possible people in front of the home are (from left to right): William Ladle (possibly...
Ladle, William Charles, 1887-1981 ; Muir, Mary Rose Ellen Ladle, 1882-1917 ; Sorensen, Alice Elizabeth Ladle, 1885-1950 ; Ladle, Susanna Trappett, 1860-1955; Ladle, Clella Maretta, 1899-1986; Bird, Edna Susanna Ladle, 1895-1976; Walker, Camilla...
Photograph of Dan Richards, born January 5, 1911 and died June 6, 2001. Identifying information for this photograph was generously provided by J. Watkins.
Dan Richards playing his banjo. Photograph possibly taken in his home between 1970 and 1989. Identifying information for this photograph was generously provided by J. Watkins.
Memorable heavy snows of 1948 or 1949. O.H. Peterson (from Petersboro, Utah) likely running the plow. This photograph is looking east near the intersection of 100 West (called "the highway") and 200 South. Note the railroad crossing sign at Main...
Snowplows--Utah--Mendon; Snow removal--Equipment and supplies; Peterson, O.H. (Oliver Haws), 1918-1990;
Tony Buist (in wagon) and another unidentified boy. Sign reads "Flower Power." The photograph was taken on Main Street in Mendon, Utah, looking west and slightly south across the town square. Identifying information for this photograph was...
