Bonneville Hotel 410 C Street 1927 soon after construction. The Bonneville Hotel was built in 1926-1927
It was created to bring a first-class hotel with convention facilities to Idaho Falls. When built, the hotel had a large central lobby, two dining rooms, a ballroom, and a sample room. The Bonneville Hotel was conceived and built as a cooperative effort of 481 citizens of Idaho Falls. This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Bonneville Hotel late 1940's to early 1950's before the remodeling
Bonneville Hotel 410 C Street now Constitution Way .On the left side of the building, you can see a sign for KID. KID-TV began broadcasting from Idaho Falls in 1953. This picture is dated to the mid 1950s after an edition was added to the North side
Bonneville Hotel Newspaper Article telling about the remodeling and enlarging of the Hotel. Post Register Dec 10, 1950
Hotel Bonneville Front and Corner views late 1940s to early 1950s
Bonneville Hotel interior photos. Upper left is the lobby, upper right is the dining area, lower left is a sleeping room, lower right is the sitting area in a sleeping room. Before the remodeling the mid 1950s
Hotel Idaho 482 Constitution Way 1917. This building is on the northeast corner of Capital and Constitution Way. When the Hotel Idaho was built at the western end of Constitution Way in 1917 by owner F.C. Hansen, it was considered to be at an almost impossible location, surrounded by vacant land and single-family dwellings. But the railroad depot was at the end of the street and it was convient to walk to the hotel from there. Soon after it opened, it housed a business college as well as lodging facilities, and later the Hart-Ellsworth Auto Company, a Nash dealership, occupied the southwest portion of the main floor. The hotel did not close until 1979, and the building now houses offices.
This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Hotel Idaho, close up view 482 Constitution Way. With the Bonneville Hotel in the same block and a couple of small hotels across from city hall, Most travelers would arrive by train at the end of the street at the depot on Cottage. The three larger hotels , the Hotel Idaho, the Bonnevillle Hotel and the Rodger Hotel. would greet guests at the station.
Hotel Idaho Corner view There was a fire in this location many years ago Jonas Borg worked to repair the fire damage
El Rancho Motel located on South Yellowstone Highway Sept 1 1950 Before the I15 Interstate was built on the west side of idaho Falls in the middle 1960s the major route from Salt Lake City to Yellowstone Park was the Yelllowstone Highway, so named because it was the route to Yellowstone. Several motels were built on the Yellowstone Highway to accommadate the many toruiss going to the Park. The El Rancho Motel was one of these. When the traffic moved to the west side of Idaho Falls most of these motels either closed or were converted to apartments.
Construction of the Travelodge Motel, 1962 255 E Street, it is located on the corner of Shoup and E Street. Out pf town baseball players stayed there when they came in to play Idaho Falls semmi-pro team the Angels players. .
Colorized post card of the Travelodge when it was a motel This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Kruses Motor Lodge, August 1941. Idaho Falls, Idaho Post Card 1412 West Broadway It’s still there but is now known as Motel West.
Kruses Motor Lodge, August 1941. West Broadway Office
Kruses Motor Lodge August 1941 West Broadway lower picture is enhance by Google Gemini AI
Grand Hotel, 201 Broadway, Katie (Catherine Pelley) owned and was the Madame of the Grand Hotel, Idaho Falls had quite a robust history, not only with the many brothels and slot machine/gambling parlors, but also Idaho Falls was rather a big stop on the Burlesque circuit in the first half of the 20th Century. They had 6 Brothels in Idaho Falls. Two of the were the Rex Rooms and the Rialto Rooms . It was said that above the Hub. At one time there was a brothel called “Mary’s Place” on C street. The Houses of ill repute stuck around till 1968 when the city father's decided it was time to close them up.
Broadway Early View looking East taken between 1910 and 1915. The Carnagie Libray was built at the end of the street in 1916
Broadway Early View looking east. Same picture as above but enhanced by Google Gemini AI
Broadway 1954 with the New Grand Hotel and Bar in the lower left.This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Broadway 300 Block This is the 300 Block of Broadway, Idaho Falls, Idaho looking south, including Scott's Book Store, General Electric and Fred's Cafe.
Broadway & Shoup. Chesbro Music was at 327 Broadway in the Bybee Building. In 1946 they occupied the second floor above Wally's Grocery. KID radio was broadcast from the Western Union building next door.
Broadway 300 Block showing the art deco fronts of Scott's Book Store and General Electric
Broadway and Park southeast corner aboput 1900 looking east This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Back of the buildings on Broadway on the South Side of Broadway between Park and Cottage Avenue (now Yellowstone Highway) about1905 This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Carnegie Library taken from the old grain elevator on Eagle Rock Street. Corner Nothe East Corner of Elm and Eastern. Now part of the Museum of Idaho.
In the 1960s a Safeway stood on the spot of the garage building on the right. Later Dextors janitorial supply house. Ain the early 1960s the little white building to the left was used as a Baptist Church. The tower in the middle by the Railroad Tracks was a traffic control system. It stopped cars from crossing the tracts when a train was coming.
Park Avenue Idaho Falls Idaho About 1950 looking north from Broadway.
Yellowstone and C Street before the Mountain Bell building was torn down. This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
North end of North Gate Mile before it was North Gate Mile. Pinecrest Golf Course is in the upper left. Safeway grocery store is in the middle with the flags. The area to the front is where the Country Club Mall would be built. It is where Fred Meyer is now located. This is probably dated to the late 1940s or early1950s.
Sahara Street located one block south of East 21st Street between Santalema Drive and Artic Avenue
A Street Between Park and Shoup The 1936 City Directory has the Gayety Theater at 352 A Street.
The company that owned the Gayety also had the REX on Park Av and the Rio on Bdwy . that Company closed down the Gayety shortly after widescreen features were realized in 1954 . the Gayety was a narrow auditorium that couldn't do the modification for widescreen .Northwest Passage showed at the Gayety Theatre from June 8 - 12, 1940. It showed at the Paramount in March 1940, and was partly filmed in Idaho. Pioneer Book store was next door to Snowballs . Street North side of the street. There was a restaurant in the 90's, Brewed Awakening, in the old bank location. Paper products were stored in the basement next to the cool old vault and the underground tunnel entrances. Very spooky
A Street Upper view showing apartments above the businesses Snowballs was located at 360 A Street
A Street showing the Paramount theater Before the Swan was attached over the forner Turf bar location and the letters went out to the 4 Plex on Niagara. Late 1980s
Memorial Drive 1936 taken near the intersection of Memorial and D Street looking north. The LDS Hospital can be seen in the back. The Shane Apartment building is on the right
Memorial Drive and the Intersection of D Street looking West. The white building is about where the parking lot for the Greenbelt is today 2026
Idaho Falls Post Card showing the falls. Probably about 1946 or 1947
Idaho Falls Post Card showing the falls. Probably about 1946 or 1947
Westside of the Snake River This photo is of the west side of the river,the city dump was there also, as was Dutton Ville, which was a collection of run down shacks that was a hold over from the early days of the Great Depression of the 1930's .It is where the West Bank hotel and restaurant sets
Westside of the Snake River Looking north, taken about where the Shilo is on River Parkway. July 9, 1936. This photo is of the west side of the river,the city dump was there also, as was Dutton Ville, which was a collection of run down shacks that was a hold over from the early days of the Great Depression of the 1930's In 1957 and ’58 several thousand truckloads of soil were hauled in to cover the garbage trash
L.D.S. Hospital This building is the LDS Hospital at Idaho Falls, Idaho. It is the hospital where the Idaho Falls North Stake Building is now located on Memorial Drive and Riverside. It was dedicated on 22 October 1923 by Heber J. Grant There was a tunnel to the temple. They shared laundry facilities. The Idaho Falls LDS Hospital opened in October 1923. The nursing students lived on the third floor of the hospital and patients occupied the first and fourth floors. In 1924, the second floor of the hospital opened for patients.
LDS Hospital Nurses at work, Picture on the left is the nurses ishelping a patient in their room, the upper picture on the right is the nurses helping in surgery and the lower picture on the right is working the in the nursey with the newborn babies. These pictures date to the late 1940s.
LDS Hospital Nursing School located on RiversideDrive.The Idaho Falls LDS School of Nursing was established alongside the LDS Hospital. The nursing school was integral to the hospital, with the third floor serving as a residence for nurses before a separate, tunnel-connected nurse's home was constructed. It served the Upper Snake River Valley before the church divested ownership in 1975
LDS Hospital Nursing school newspaper article announcing the opening of the Nursing Home building. The idaho Falls Post Register May 11, 1942
Sacred Heart Hospital was first established in 1941 when the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration, purchased a small hospital on Boulevard from Dr. H.D. Spencer . In 1949 the hospital was moved to a new building on Boulevard across from Tautphaus Park. In 1974, the Franciscan Sisters turned over operations to a local non-profit board, renaming it Community Hospital of Idaho Falls. When Eastern Idaho Medical Center was built this build was torn down. This picture was raken 15 November 1949 soon after the bulding was completed.
Sacred Heart Hospital Collage 2525 South Boulevard. November 19, 1949 soon after the hospital was opened in this location
Standard Optical opened at 446 Park Avenue, Idaho Falls, Idaho in December 1948.
Dr James S Allen Veternarian from the north 100 Yellowstone Avenue. The vetenary clinic was originally at 349 North Capital downtown Idaho Falls. In 1949 or 1950 the clinic moved to 1199 North Yellowstone. This picture is the North Yellowstone location. Taken about 1960
Dr James S Allen Idaho Falls Veternary Hospital South Side 1199 North Yellowstone about 1960 Doctor Allen and his wife lived in an apartment above the hospital
Parade 1936 These cars all date to about 1936 The banner on the lead car reads "BIG WATER CARNIVAL DANCE." : It notes that admission is "FREE TO THE PUBLIC" the sign on the second car mentions "RIVERSIDE GARDENS," For the War Bonnet Parade of 1948 the route went from the south end of Idaho Ave, across G street to Shoup, south down Shoup to Broadway, west on Broadway to Park, north on Park to E Street, west on E Street to Memorial Drive, south on Memorial Drive to disband near the Broadway Bridge. Parades since the 1960's started near Idaho Falls High School, west on 4th Street, south on Boulevard to Tautphaus Park. The building in the back is likely the Apartment building at 1398 Idaho Avenue
Parade floats 1936 picture on left is Beckers Pioneer Beer, top picture on the rught is the Post Register Float, the bottom picture is the Bonneville Post American Legion Auxillary Float
Waiting for the parade dated about 1936. Location is unknown but may be on Idaho Avenue which was an early parade route
War Bonnet Parade August 10 1949 corner of Shoup and D Street. Upper left is one of the marching bands, upper is Dad Clay's Garage float. Lower left is Crocket Brother's Gas Station float, lower right is the Eagles float
War Bonnet Parade 1949 Upper left corner of Shoup and D Street Horse Drawn Chariot
Chariot racing was a big sport in the 1940s and 1950s. Upper Right is Native American Float, Lower left is the Bonneville County Sheriffs Posse, Lower right is the W P Fuller float
War Bonnet Parade August 9 1950 This is on the south west corner of Park and Broadway.
Salvation Army Marching Band 400 Block of Broadway, looking at north side. Taken at different dates.
Judd Apartments. 781 Oxford.This is Oxford Avenue looking south the apartments behind Linden Park elementary.
Wackerli Apartments. 676 Memorial Drive .They were originally the Shane Apartments, then known by other names. This undated photo is when they were the Tway & Shaw Apartments, though the sign still said Shane Apartments. Alvin Shane was an early mayor and developer of Idaho Falls. Dated when Memorial Drive had trees. These were considered the premier apartments in IdahoFalls.
425 North Yellowstone Apartment Style Residental Housing
Mack's Cabins, 425 North Yellowstone Apartment Style Residental Housing
Eagle Rock Elementary School 650 Chamberlain Street. Established in 1913 Notice the steel tube fire escape. Students were bussed to Eagle Rock elementary for 5th grade. It had 4 classrooms - 2 upstairs, 2 on the main floor. It was an experimental project to see if 5th graders could successfully change classes for different subjects.
Emerson Elementary School 335 5th Street. School established in 1920 From the back with the little building in the back. The single story one on the right was the original building and then they built the larger building where they had kindergarten classes, the building on the left is 1st , 2nd, and 3rd grade. Both buildings are still there. The district invested about a million dollars to upgrade them to use as an alternative high school.
Eastside Elementary School from the back. 324 East 14th Street. It was esbablished in 1911 and was abandoned in 1968. The empty school was being used for storage. This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Eastside Elementary School about 1913
I This 2-story, 8 classroom (10 after a basement renovation), sand stone building opened its doors to students. The 2 centrally located staircases had deep groves in the wood where countless young feet left their mark.There was a tube sliding down the tube fire escape. By 1967 the aging exterior sand stone was soft enough to easily carve ones initials in it with just a stick. This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
Eastside Elementary School 324 East 14th Street Between Higbee & Emerson, and 14th & 15th.Streets. Showing the back of the school with the playground and kids playing in the 1950s
Linden Park Elementary School 1305 9th Street This is 9th Street, looking East. School was established in 1955
Riverside Elementary School from the back
Theresa Bunker Elementary School 1385 East 16th Street September 25, 1963. This picture was taken right after the school was opened. It opened late because it wasn't finished before time for the school to start.
Theresa Bunker Elementary School Classroom 1960s Pembroke’s Idaho was the original Yost office systems. The projector was a brand new technology for teaching students from a overhead projectors to a screen instead of writing on a chalkboard. You could also right on the transparency. Teacher Yvonne Gale
Theresa Bunker Elementary School Classroom Student Participation 1960s The teacher is Mr. Jerry Sherwood in Science class. Dana Page and Sherri Nichols in front of the teacher. Dave McDonald is the boy under the poster
Theresa Bunker Elementary School Classroom Student Involvment Teacher Mrs. Wickham
Theresa Bunker Elementary School Classroom Teacher Rose French
Theresa Bunker Elementary School Principle, Dyle Ellison
Idaho Falls Central High School where the Aquatic Center is located in 2026. Later it became Central Jr. High. It burned down during lunch April 24,1973. There was an Olympic size pool when in use. There was a running track above the gym, There was an athletic field playground for the school Home Ec. Was taught there for the kids from O.E. Bell. They had to walk there and back everyday The west one half of the main floor was the woodshop classroom. Upstairs was classrooms for Algebra and Home Economics. This picture is from an Idaho Falls High School yearbook.
This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.
The Idaho Falls Central High School . As the oldest high school in Idaho Falls, IFHS was established in 1897. The first building was this three-story structure on the corner of North Water and Walnut Street, behind what later became O. E. Bell Junior High School. Following the construction of a larger building that occupied the entire block between 6th and 7th Streets and S. Boulevard and South Lee Avenue The original school building became the school district administration building and was also used for overflow classrooms as part of O.E. Bell Jr. High. It was later razed and is now part of the parking lot behind the present O.E. Bell office building.
When the current campus on South Holmes Avenue opened in 1952, the building on 7th Street this became Central Junior High School
Idaho Falls Central High School front entry. This became Central Junior High School, which burned down on 24 April 1973. The fire started at the end of the lunch hour. The fire started at the back side of the auditorium. The building was mostly old dried out wood and it went up fast. It spread through the attic area and literally burnt it to the ground except for the outside walls which were brick.
Idaho Falls High School, Class of 1954. this would be at the OE Bell auditorium, before commencement ceremonies for IFHS migrated to the Civic Auditorium in the new high school.
Idaho Falls Class of 1966, over 600 students make a great IF configuration on stage
In 66-67 the school was on split sessions while Skyline was being built. Sophomore English classes were moved three times because of the crowded conditions. First we errr in the shop area under the bleachers, then to other teachers’ classrooms during their prep periods and finally to an empty classroom across the street in the seminary building.
High School Marching Band 300 Block of Broadway, Idaho Falls, Idaho, looking at north side.
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