Early Idaho Falls Idaho Photos Part 3 Automotive, Agricultural

From the Geo. M. Scott & Sons negative collection. Copyright release to the Idaho Falls FamilySearch Center.

Stoddard Ford 1961 New car dealership 930 West Broadway, Used Car Dealership 928 West Broadway Stoddard Ford 1961 Parts Department Donny Ball in the middle, Jerry Stallings on the left Stoddard Ford 1961 Gary Dennis is the man on the right. The tall man in the back left is Rick Erickson Stoddard Ford, new Ford on a crane, 930 West Broadway, September 27, 1963. Stoddard Mead Ford, Broadway, Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 19, 1971 No information on this photo 1952 Ford F-8 Dump Truck. This is probably part of an advertizing promotion for this new truck at Sroddard Ford the Ford dealership. 1205 West Broadway Elswood Pontiac, January 27, 1955, 254 C Street Elswood Pontiac, January 27, 1955. 254 C Street New Car Dealership Preston Blair and Company Dodge Dealership 402 Shoup Avenue. In 1932 the Blair Company had a service station at 295 A Street, a new Dodge dealership at 402 Shoup Avenue and a used car dealership at 420 Shoup Avenue. The car is a 1939 Mercury Eight Town Sedan. This was the very first year the Mercury brand existed, launched by Edsel Ford to bridge the price gap between Ford and Lincoln. The man is unidentified Preston Blair and Company Dodge dealership 402 Shoup AvenueThis is a 1937 Dodge D5 Business Coupe.It was a two-passenger model designed primarily for traveling salesmen, featuring a large trunk area for carrying samples or equipment. While the car is a 1937 model, it is parked here in late October 1936, which was standard practice for dealerships to receive and display the upcoming year's models in the fall Preston Blair and Company with police officers 402 Shoup Avenue The car is a 1934 Ford Model 40 Deluxe Ford Preston A Blair employees 1933-1934 at 402 Shoup Avenue Dodge dealership Prestion Blair Dealership ad The Post Register January, 1933 Ellsworth Brothers Car Dealerships 402 Shoup. Frank Ellsworth Jr., and his two brothers, Jack (Sr.) and Willard, purchased Preston A. Blair’s Dodge and Plymouth dealership in 1945, continuing it as Ellsworth Brothers Dodge and Plymouth. Ellsworth Brothers Garage, June 11, 1949 402 Shoup corner of Shoup and A Street In 1955, the brothers built a new, modern dealership on Northgate Mile, reflecting the postwar boom in automobile sales and the northward commercial expansion of Idaho Falls. 1490 Northgate Mile . Ellsworth Brothers Dealership inside the new showroom 1490 Northgate Mile Ellsworth Brothers warehouse, Idaho Falls, Idaho, November 1947. Ellsworth Brothers Newspaper ad The Idaho Falls Post Register Ellsworth Brothers Frank, Fisher and Jack Ellsworth. Lundahl Motors, Lincoln, Mercury Dealers 1948, 883 Shoup The cars are1946–1948 Mercury Eight sedans. Lundahl Motors 1948, 883 Shoup Service Department Roy J Keller had a large car dealership on the corner of West Broadway and River Parkway. The used car lot was on the West Broadway side while the new car dealership is on the River Parkway side. There was a service station and auto repairing, painting, fender and body work shop in between. Roy J Keller's used car lot 680 West Broadway Roy J Keller’s service station and auto mobile repair shop Roy J Keller’s Dealership Mercury, Lincoln and Toyota, November 2nd 1966, located at 325 River Parkway. Roy J Keller’s mechanics and service men. Hansen Allen Inc Ford Sales and Service 1205 West Broadway, grand opening was June 18, 1948 Hansen and Allen Families and Employees, Farrel Hansen President is in the white coat on the left, and John J. Allen Vice President is in the white coat on the right. Hart Pontiac ,1326 North Holmes, Idaho Falls, Idaho, October 23, 1969. Hart Pontiac ribbon cutting,1326 North Holmes, Idaho Falls, Idaho, October 23, 1969 Monte Wight Motors, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Grand Opening, October 5, 1977 402 East Anderson, Lincoln, Mercury, Toyota Dealer Monte Wight and Sons Car Dealership, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Grand Opening, October 5, 1977 ,402 East Anderson Monte Wight Motors, 402 East Anderspn, Grand Opening, October 5, 1977 Gary Wight on left, Monte Wight in middle, George Wight on right Monte Wight and Sons Car Dealership, 402 East Anderson, Grand Opening, October 5, 1977 Employees Jesse M. Chase Used Car Market Indoor display store was located at 430 B Street. August 8, 1946 Jesse M Clark Fine Used Car Market 430 B Street. August 8, 1946. There was another location at 296 C Street, which carried Goodyears tires, automotive service and parts and Westinghouse appliances. Jesse M Chase used car lot. This could not be found in the city directories but the picture indicates that it was located on what was to become Royal Avenue. Pinecrest Golf Course clubhouse can be seen in the background. Smith-Hart Company Car Dealership Corner of Park Avenue and C Street,  This is a 1934 Chevrolet Bonneville Auto Company Ford Dealership 403 North Capital, 1939, men unidentified Ira N. Corey Company Nash car dealership 298 D Street , northeaswt corner of Shoup and D Street. 1946 Ira N. Corey Company display area showing a new 1946 Nash Rambler, 298 D Street windows looking to the west. Ira N. Corey Company Parts Department 1946 Ira N. Corey Company Repair Department 298 D Street 1946 Town and Country Motor, 1957, 700 North Yellowstone Highway. An in depth search of the city directories did not reveal a business named Town and Country Motor. In the 1957 Idaho Falls City Directory at 2000 North Yellowstone was a business named King Auto Sales. Deans Auto Body tow truck, 471 College Street June 19, 1968. Hopkins Auto Body Shop, 348 Garfield,1959 Wrecked Cars Wrecked Trucks Superior Safty Auto Clinic, November 17, 1967, 225 Eagle Rock Street. Superior Auto Clinic November 17, 1967 Auto repair shop Munson's Towing truck, Ucon, Idaho, June 30, 1967 Western Bearings, Inc., 191 Lomax, April 12, 1972. Western Bearings Parts Department 191 Lomax 1967 Sheehan's Wheel and Axle 251 A Street, The building has been there since the early 1920s and it is still there today as Bybee's Sheehan's Welding Shop 251 A Street 1938 Sheehan's Staff inside the business Vans Tire Center 1977 Located at 945 West Broadway Street. Hock Tire Service, 340 1st Street, November 22, 1968 Hock Tire Service, 340 1st Street, November 22, 1968.Office Hock Tire Service, 340 1st Street, November 22, 1968 Looking to the west from the east Hock Tire Service, 340 1st Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho, February 17, 1969 Superior Safty Auto Clinic, November 17, 1967, 225 Eagle Rock Street. Superior Auto Clinic November 17, 1967 Auto repair shop Idaho Falls Battery Company 220 C Street, about 1960 Idaho Falls Battery and Delco Service Station 220 C Street https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bqNsKZME54jihU6J7fWVQabGnKSEWJgG/preview? Idaho Falls Battery office 220 C Street 1940s Idaho Falls Battery 220 C Street, Street view showing the entire complex Idaho Falls Battery Collage 220 C Streets Interior views showing the counter, the radio area, the parts area and the battery testing area. Idaho Falls Battery employees late 1930s or early 1940s Idaho Falls Tire & Battery Company, Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 15, 1975, 220 C Street Updated building Boozer Oil Company new opening, June 25, 1967. 1330 West Broadway. Boozer Oil had been at the location since 1940 but this was honoring Boozer’s newly remolded building-siding/signage J H Boozer Oil Company 1330 West Broadway, June 25, 1967 Boozer and General Tire Open House. The lower right is identified as Ray Best, Bob Boozer, Chris Boozer.General Tire Salesman, and Robert Boozer on the Lower left. Boozer Oil Co. new opening, 1330 West Broadway June 25, 1967. John H Boozer President and Manager Forde Johnson Oil Company, 1900 South Yellowstone, May 23, 1967. Forde Johnson Oil Company Storage Tanks, 1900 South Yellowstone 1967 Forde Johnson Oil Company, 1900 South Yellowstone,Storage Area and Warehouse Forde Johnson Oil Company Truck 1900 South Yellowstone Highway. The vehicle is an International Harvester K-Series truck , which was a workhorse of the 1940s. Forde L Johnson Interior Tire Shop 1900 South Yellowstone 1967 Forde Johnson and son Forde Johnson Jr in their office at 1900 South Yellowstone 1967 Continental Oil Company 1200 West Broadway, Wholesale Gas distributor. A Jay Webb was the sales agent for the copmpany. He had a company that delivered the oil and gas to ga stations in town. The trucks are part of his delivery fleet. Picture is dated in the early 1960s. Bair Tire Shop new station, December 27, 1950. Originally at1680 South Yellowstone Highway! It moved to 440 South Yellowstone Idaho State Automobile Association (AAA), 376 S Freeman Ave, Idaho Falls, Idaho, May 14, 1969. Idaho State Automobile Association (AAA), 376 S Freeman Ave, Idaho Falls, Idaho, May 14, 1969. Employees Budget Rent a Car, Idaho Falls, Idaho, June 22, 1971, 490 Northgate Mile It was on Skyline close to the airport.It also had an automatic car wash. Cars for Budget Rent A Car and some of the other car rental companies that were at the airport used that car wash. Many new cars weedetailed in the shop in the shop mostly for B A Wackerli. The car wash was also open to the public. Freeway Coaches, Idaho Falls, Idaho, September 26, 1970 Manufacturing RV campers Bairs Service new station, Idaho Falls, Idaho, October 20, 1971. C.H. Bennett Texaco Service Station. 302 1st St, Idaho Falls, Idaho, April 13, 1955. Clarence H Bennett The owner of the Texaco Service Station. 302 1st Street. In 1959 he started Union Oil's first bulk plant in Idaho Falls. Crockett Brothers Conoco Service Station this picture is dated to 1954 -1955. In 1954 Crockett Brothers' Conoco was at 206 Elm Street. Ellsworth Brothers Gas Station 275 A street In 1946, the Ellsworth brothers became the lessees of the super service station directly across the street, a Utoco-branded “Super Service” station that appears in 1940s photographs and local historical records under the Ellsworth Brothers name. Olivers Texaco Station,1660 S. Yellowstone Highway, March 11, 1959. Handy Corner Gas Station. Roy J Kellers original service station in Idaho falls located at 1100 W Broadway taken 1935. In 1936 Roy moved locations to 895 W Broadway street and opened a car dealership. Handy Corner gas and groceries 1100 W Broadway. Eldon D Oliverson and Roy Keller stand in front of Handy Corner ls about 1935. The gas and grocery business, owned by Keller, stood on West Broadway,kitty corner from wher Broadway Ford is now. The Original Convience Store with a shoe box for a register. This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history. Molen Conoco Service Station about 1936 580 Broadway. Broadway and Memorial drive Molen Conoco Service Station. You can see the Consolidated Wagon and Freight building in the back. Molen Conoco Service Station lobby about 1936 Molen Conoco Service Station garage area Norm and Gene’s Utoco Service Station 1957 110 N Holmes Ave. Owners Norm and Gene Jones. Located on the corner of 1st street and Holmes Ave. From Utoco it became American and then Amoco. PEP Gas Station part of the Prestion Blair Company 954 G Street about 1935. There are Wayne 851 pumps behind the first car used from 1931-1935, That pep 88 globe also is Black on orange regular grade used from 11/1929 till 1935 Pearson and Larch Service Court Station 270 Broadway on the North East Corner of Broadway and Shoup about 1940. In about 1944 the business became Larch and Merrill Larch and Merrill Chevron Gas Station 298 Broadway Their first advertisement in the Post-Register was March 1, 1944. Before that it was Pearson and Larch Service court Station Riverside Garage Conoco Dealership 342 Memorial Drive Riverside Garage 342 Memorial Drive. The building on the right is the Idaho Falls Sheetmetal Works. This building became the Green Stamp store and then an outlet for Melaleuca products. Yellowstone Service Station Rulon Hendersons Texaco on the corner of 1st street and Boulevard, 110 1st street. Photo taken 1926. Sonny's Super Service Station 500 Park, Corner of Park and B Street about 1945. The large building in the back is the back of the Hotel Rogers. This was originally Sandy's Gas Station. The colorful Texaco station became a downtown landmark that operated into the 1960's. The city bought the property and made the Civitan Plaza Sandy's Texaco Station. The opening of the new Texaco station in August 1937 was a Big Deal. Squires and various contractors took out a full page ad in the Idaho Falls "Post-Register" newspaper. A gas station once occupied a prime corner in downtown Idaho Falls.  S.L. "Sandy" Squires opened a Texaco station sometime in the early 1930's on the northeast corner of Park and B Streets. This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history.It goes along with the above pictures.  Thayne Earl's Texaco South corner of Yellowstone and C Street, Thayne Earl it over in 1947, then moved to the corner of Park Avenueand B street in May of 1948. Behined the gas station is Duke's Delicatessen, behind that is the Mountain Bell Office. The Hotel Bonneville can be seen in the far back. On the right is Covey's Coffe Shop located at 240 B Street, Montgomery Ward can be seen in the middle back. Thayne only had this location for a short time then moved to 900 Park Avenue. Thayne Earl's Texaco Truck The lettering on the truck say this was on Yellowstone opposite the RR Depot. This indicates it is sitting at Thayne Earl's Texaco on the corner of Yelllowstone and C Street. Earl's IGA Foodliner and Texaco Station, September 1956, The grocery and gas station were owned by two brothers, Grant Earl owned the grocery, Thayne Earl owned the gas station. They had a grand opening on September 21, 1956. Earl's Texaco on John Adams This was Thayne Earl's Second location he had another Texaco gas station at 900 Park Avenue Walts Conoco Service, 450 South Yellowstone Highway ,Hill St and Yellowstone Highway, May 7 and 19, 1951. Walts Conoco Service Exterior View 450 South Yellowstone Highway, 1951. These negatives from Walts Conoco Service are badly damaged. The top photo shows the origianal photo ditiyized from the negative. The bottom photo is enhanced using Google Gemini AI. Walts Conoco Service Street View. These negatives from Walts Conoco Service are badly damaged. The top photo shows the origianal photo ditiyized from the negative. The bottom photo is enhanced using Google Gemini AI. Walts Conoco Service fleet of trucks. These negatives from Walts Conoco Service are badly damaged. The top photo shows the origianal photo ditiyized from the negative. The bottom photo is enhanced using Google Gemini AI. Walter L Searle Owner of Walts Conoco Service Station Conoco Service Station Name, location, and date is unknown Conoco Service Station Name, location, and date is unknown Standard Station, 689 1st Street Idaho Falls, Idaho, November 25, 1967. Northway Conoco 3750 North Yellowstone Hoghway Northway Conoco 3750 North Yellowstone Highway street view Northway Conoco 3750 North Yellowstone Highway display area Conoco Station and Red Carpet Car Wash, Idaho Falls, Idaho, June 24, 1970 located at 360 Olive Plaza behind Buttrey's Grocery Store on First Street. Bairs Service new station, Idaho Falls, Idaho, October 20, 1971. View two Bairs had three locations in Idaho Falls in 1971 one on North Yellowstone Highway, which had a cafe attached to it, and one on South Yellowstone Highway. These pictures are from Bairs Service new station, 195 E Anderson, Idaho Falls, Idaho, October 20, 1971. Ralph's Elm Street Conoco 206 Elm Street, mid 1960s Collage Hock Texaco Gas Station , 3o2 1st Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho, February 17, 1969 Connected to Hock's Tire Service. Holiday Oil Service Station 1977, 1625 West Broadway Street. Part of the Conrad and Bischoff Group of businesses Phillips 66 Service Station 1977 , 295 South Holmes Avenue Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, 1934, 470 Broadway Broadway & Capital, Idaho Falls, Idaho. The C W and M came to Eagle Rock Idaho in 1888 The first buildings were on Capital and Railroad Street. Rapidly they built more buildings to the north on Broadway. After the 1908 fire when the wood building burned down,, they moved everything across the river while they built this new brick building. Snake River Equipment Company March 1948 455 River Parkway. Selling agricultural implements https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GGCi4srYhghnbsPDJ-5dpGBKqFhgLxKe/preview? Pioneer Machinery & Vissing's AuTel 1301 North Yellowstone Highway, on North Yellowstone Highway north of the subway and across from the west end Gladstone Street, where the Post-Register Building is located. Taken March 28, 1948. Catepillar tractors, road machinery, John Deere agricultural equipment. Snake River Equipment interiors showing the parts department, the service dpartment, tire department and more Snake River Equipment This was apparently some grand event where the public was invited and food was served. Snake River Equipment display area showing the equipment and trucks for sale. Snake River Equipment company manager or salesmen March 1948 455 River Parkway Pioneer Machinery & Vissing's AuTel 1301 North Yellowstone Highway,March 28, 1948. Mountain States Implement Company 195 Park Avenue South of Broadway, Park and Market Streets, Idaho Falls, Idaho, March 26, 1947. Torn down with the Urban renewal in the early 1970s McCormick Deer Implement Store,445 River Parkway, McCormick-Deering was a dominant brand of agricultural machinery produced by International Harvester (IH) from the early 1920s to the late 1940s. McCormick Deering Implement Store Salesroom 445 River Parkway Massey Ferguson Farm Service Truck1955–1956 Chevrolet 3100 (½-ton) Task Force pickup Massey Ferguson Farm Service indoor show room Lewisville Highway late 1950s Holloway Manufacturing, July 26, 1966, South Yellowstone and Sunnyside Road. They built potato harvesters, pilers, and bulk beds. Later they becam Miskin Manufactoring https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w4llf6DmCKap_K8gOEazdLUTjqLLAYFy/preview? Ferguson Tractor Sales Company Newspaper article April 2 1948 Located in the Wackerli building on Park and Market Street 197 Park Avenue Mountain States Implement Company 195 Park Avenue , Park and Market Streets, Idaho Falls, Idaho, March 26, 1947. Torn down with the Urban renewal in the early 1970s Western Equipment Company, August 17, 1957 North Yellowstone Highway near the intersection with Iona Road. Oliver Row Crop 70 Tractors likely in the 1930s or 1940s Compa Bags, Twine, Carlining Paper This file was labeled Johnston's Wholesale, March 3, 1936, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Probably located on Market Avenue Chase Bag Company Chase Bag Company, new building, Idaho Falls, Idaho, November 28, 1972. First Street Blacksmith & Welding Shop, 473 1st Street, Corner of First & Holmes. In business since 1944 Idaho Falls Foundry, Idaho, August 21, 1946. Foundry 501 North Yellowstone Highway Wackerli Building 197 Park Avenue Opened at Park and Market in 1948. Photo from February 1948. This building was built by Burt Wackerli and housed Falls Tractor and Equipment and Wholesale Potatoes. Allis-Chalmers Tractors, other farm equpiment This is the first Tractor Sales. 197 Park and Market in 1947.The lady is Cecelia Wackerli wife of Burt L. Wackerli. Keith Douglass and Burt Wackerli started the business. Cecelia ran the store for a short period of time while Burtwas in Spokane machining guns for warships during World war II. Tractor Sales is now on 3117 N Holmes. Arnold Machinery, Idaho Falls, Idaho, October 16, 1975 North Yellowstone Highway and Iona Road, Heavy equipment dealer Arnold Machinery, Idaho Falls, Idaho, October 16, 1975 North Yellowstone Highway and Iona Road remodeled building Western Equipment Company, August 17, 1957 1333 North Yellowstone Highway near the intersection with Iona Road. Catapiller Dealer Consolidated Freightways, 1959 465 Milligan Road 13 blocks south of West Broadway, just off Utah Avenue Westergard Transfer and Storage 1948 This is taken on the west bank of the Snake River. The new Idaho Falls Temple and the LDS Hospital and the Nursing Home is in the background. This Truck appears to be an International Harvester D-Series, specifically, the International D-35 or D-40 models, which were common workhorse trucks manufactured in the late 1930s and early 1940s. In 1948 Westergard Transfer and Storage moved from 375 Eagle Rock Street to 225 River Parkway The truck belongs to International Harvester's D-Series, which was produced between 1937 and 1940. This appears to be taken on Eagle Rock Street because of the grain elevators in the back. Idaho Potato Growers Starch Plant, December 18, 1947 This was west of the Snake River, near the old Water Tower. Idaho Falls Bonded Produce and Supply Company May 6, 1948, Prior to June 1947 it was known as the Idaho Falls Warehouse. Located on Eastern near the intersection with Holmes and Northgate Mile Idaho Potato Growers Starch Plant interior photos Idaho Potato Growers Starch Plant workers California Packing Plant, 615 West Broadway just west of the Broadway Bridge, about 1955 Dick Wilson Potatoes 1241 West Broadway Dick Wilson Potatoes Truck  In the 1930's Dick Wilson stored potatoes in this Weyl-Zuckerman Warehouse.at 1241 West Broadway, but there was also a Shelley location. L K Stein-Taube Potato Company about 1929,1055 West Broadway, just before where the tracks crossed Broadway. L K Stein-Taube Potato Company unloading potatos at the West Broadway location Michael - Swanson - Brady Produce Company 1100 West Broadway, January 13, 1936. The June 1, 1939 Post Register indicates the company became Holden Brothers The lower picture is enhance by Google Gemini AI Michael - Swanson - Brady Produce Company Interior Rogers Brothers disposal plant, March 29, 1971.Roger Brothers Peas, Beans and corn seed producers, Dehydrated Potato and Vegatable Products. This was located about 850 Chamberlain Avenue in the Eagle Rock District. Unidentified Potato Processing Plant late 1940s Unidentified Potato Processing Plant interior workings R T French Potato Processing Plant Shelley Idaho The R T. French Company, , introduced instant mashed potatoes to the American consuming public. They first tried a production plant in the Eastern United States and later relocated in Shelley, Idaho, where the first Idaho granule plant was built in 1952 R T French Potato Processing Plant Shelley Idaho Midland Elevators 125 Cottage Cottage is what is now known as Yellowstone. Dates from the early 1940s. The vehicle is an International Harvester K-Series semi-tractor. Utah and Idaho Sugar Factory June 14, 1949. View from the back. The open area to the front of this picture is where the kids set up a baseball diamond in the summer and in the winter the guys at the factory would flood that area and make an ice skating rink Utah and Idaho Sugar Factory June 14, 1949. Processing Sugar Beets. The open area to the front of this picture is where the kids set up a baseball diamond in the summer and in the winter the guys at the factory would flood that area and make an ice skating rink! Utah Idaho Sugar Factory Lincoln Idaho front view. In 1903 the Utah Sugar Company built the first sugar beet processing plant in Idaho, in Lincoln Idaho. This picture is not a part of the Geo. Scott and sons collection but it is an important part of Idaho Falls history. Sugar Beet Harvest you can see a team of draft horses hitched to the front of the assembly, while a tractor ( provides the primary power. During this era, farmers often used horses to assist tractors in muddy fields or to help with the heavy initial pull. Sugar Beet Harvest Men may possibly be Grant, Max and Sherwood Johnson.  Probably taken in the early 1930's Topping Sugar Beets 1949 Topping sugar beets involves removing the leafy green tops in the field to prevent rot during storage Idaho Live Stock Commission Auction Yards North Yellowstone Highway loading cattle early 1940's Idaho Live Stock Commission Auction Yards North Yellowstone Highway trucks loading cattle.Certain days were set aside for certain animals. Cattle was always on Wednesday Livestock Auction loading shoots loading cattle 1949 Idaho Live Stock Commission Auction Yards truck Idaho Live Stock Commission Auction Yards the stockyards used to have a fire every so often. The hay would catch fire. Ken McCowin Livestock Transportation at the stockyards, Idaho Falls, Idaho, May 13, 1968. Darryl Sessions, on the right! Ken McCowin Livestock Transportation at the stockyards, Idaho Falls, Idaho, May 13, 1968. Golden Valley Packers, September 26, 1968. Ken McCowin, T. Ross Clement. Stacy Pullen. Golden Valley Packers, Ken McCowin, September 26, 1968. 405 College Street Golden Valley Packers, January 26, 1971. located 15 miles north of Idaho Falls and 4 miles ourth of Roberts on the Snake River Golden Valley Packers, January 26, 1971. street view Golden Valley Packers, January 26, 1971. near Roberts was a beef packing plant, processing 465 head of cattle per day. Golden Valley Packers, January 26, 1971.near Roberts holding pens and shipping truck Westergard Transfer and Storage Truck 1948 Westergard Transfer and Storage Challenge Creamery, 1956, 750 and 752 Chamberlain Avenue. You can still see a bit of the Challenge sign. Challenge Creamery, butter packaging line, 752 Chamberlain Avenue https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O-aZ3Trr9T1Nq3hlj5sXaQeJ1k7Vd6Gg/preview? Co-Operative Cream Station, known as the Co-Op Creamery 340 North Capital across Chamberlain Avenue from the Challenge Creamery building . They were both part of the Upper Snake River Valley Dairyman's Association. Co-op Creamery interior view , empty the milk cans after they come from the farmers and then filling the milk bottles, getting them ready for distribution Co-op Creamery fleet of milk trucks and truck drivers as they bring the milk from the farmers. In the 1950s Meadow Gold Dairies would give out samples of their ice cream in the grocery stores. The man is Dick Williams Kraft Foods Diary Processing Plant in Ririe Idaho, known locally as the “Cheese Factory” closed in the early 1980s Kraft Foods Diary Processing Plant in Ririe Idaho Employees Top row: George Izatt,?,? Keith Park, Dallin Mason, Steve Harris, Leatha Clark, Glen Pitman, BethSummers, James Moncur, Stan Hoag, burl Cromwell, Ewell McEwen the plant Manager Bottom Row: Dean Bush,?, Bud wheeler, Merle Ferguson, ?, Deloy Coles,?, Junior Streeper Dairyland Dairy 260 S State, Rigby, Idaho, December 12, 1968 " width="100%" height="600"> Ready to Pour Concrete gravel pit and vehicles 1960 West Side across the river from the Creamery Ready to pour concrete managers and employees Ready to Pour Concrete - New Grand Central Building, Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 14, 1972. West Side across the river from the Creamery Cope Drilling and Pump Company Lindsey Boulevard 1961 East Side Paint Company 465 Broadway Mid 1930s State Hardware, 385 Broadway, Idaho Falls, Idaho, November 23 and December 3, 1968, Left picture is Ron Pedersen Falls Lumber, 1954 North Yellowstone Highway, Idaho Falls, Idaho, June 27, 1967. Boise Cascade, Idaho Falls, Idaho, September 27, 1968. This was located on Mercury Street which is situated between I-15 and Lindsey Boulevard just north of Highway 20 Bestway Builders, 1425 North Holmes, Idaho Falls, Idaho, September 24, 1968. Decker Brothers Paints and Wallpaper 256 Broadway. 1946u Decker Brothers, Idaho Falls, Idaho, October 28, 1971. interior with Karen Herd Miss Idaho and 1st Runner up to Miss America Unknown House Constructione Location and date unknown Unknown house completed There is a commercial building on the side which could be the Times-Register Newspaper operation 1920s C Street and Capital Avenue Yellowstone Park Company Tourist Bus These buses were the backbone of park transport from 1936 through the 1950s. They replaced the horse-drawn stagecoaches and smaller touring cars, allowing groups of roughly 14 passengers to see the sights together. Yellowstone Park Company Tourist Bus Number 406. Tourist would come to Idaho Falls by train. The Yellowstone Park Company would pick them up at the depot and take them to Yellowstone park. This picture was taken at the River Walk turnout on the west side of the Snake River. About 1950 Teton Stage lineTeton Stage Lines has been operating since the 1930's. The Stage Depot was located at the southeast corner of Capital Avenue & A Street. The bus in the foreground is a 1947 Flxible Clipper. The second bus is a Greyhound.