Harold Stanley "Stan" Sanders photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1706
Scope and Contents
The Harold Stanley "Stan" Sanders Collection is separated into two parts: the first (boxes 1-5, 7) contains prints and negatives related to Utah and Salt Lake City history. This includes 68 black and white prints and stereographs of Utah's Saltair resort taken between the 1880s and 1930s; 84 prints and negatives of breweries and saloons in Utah between the 1870s and 1910s; 193 black and white prints, retouched photographs, and negatives of the Auerbach family and Auerbach's department store taken between the 1860s and 1940s; and 41 negatives and prints of Salt Lake City businesses and houses from the 1860s to the 1900s. The second part (Box 6) contains personal photographs of Stan Sanders' life. This contains 514 black and white prints documenting Sanders' 1945-1947 military service in California, Korea, and Japan; it also contains 49 color photographs of a 1989 museum exhibit of Sanders' collections.
Dates
- 1860-1989
Creator
- Sanders, Harold Stanley (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical Note
"Harold Stanley 'Stan' Sanders (1927-2008) was a rockhound, numismatist, philatelist, tropical fish fancier, deep-sea fisherman, bull rider, deltiologist, antique bottle collector and race car driver to name a few of his many and varied passions and pursuits. Sanders founded his own business, with his wife Ellie, in 1966, Priced-Rite Trophy, that they ran successfully for many years. His Stans Sanders Window Shade basketball team won 121 straight games, a record that still stands, and his Priced-Rite Trophy slow pitch softball team won many championships. He was also a World War II veteran and served his country honorably." (Biographical note quoted from Sander's obituary published in the Salt Lake Tribune, August 28, 2008.)
Sanders served in the United States Army from 1945-1947 in Company A 87th Infantry Training Battalion and Company B 85th Signal Operators Battalion. He trained in Camp Roberts, California, and was stationed primarily in Korea from 1946 to 1947. The collection depicts the interwar period between the 1945 end of World War II and the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, particularly the early years of the Cold War during the Soviet and United States occupation of northern and southern Korea immediately prior to the 1948 establishment of the separate governments of North Korea and South Korea. Sanders provided detailed identification of fellow soldiers, and the images provide insight into the daily lives of the soldiers, particularly their leisure pursuits, which include hunting, fishing, and golfing. The collection also depicts tourist activities taken by the soldiers in Korea, where they were stationed, and in Japan; these include visits to Korean tourist destionations as well as snapshots of citizens and street scenes in Seoul and Tokyo. (Summarized from information provided by donor)
In addition to the personal photographs of Sanders’ military service, the collection contains prints and negatives related to Utah history collected by Sanders. Areas of focus include Saltair, the resort and amusement park located on the Great Salt Lake and marketed nationally as the “Coney Island of the West,” with a concentration of images of the attractions that Saltair built in the 1910s prior to the 1925 fire that destroyed the first iteration of this resort. Also included are print copies and negatives of historic Utah breweries and saloons. There are also prints depicting the early Jewish settlers to Salt Lake City, the Auerbach family, and their department store, which opened in 1864 and closed in 1979. The collection contains portraits of three generations of the Auerbach family as well as commercial photographs taken of the exterior and interior of the business as it moved through four locations in downtown Salt Lake City between 1864 and the 1930s.
Sanders served in the United States Army from 1945-1947 in Company A 87th Infantry Training Battalion and Company B 85th Signal Operators Battalion. He trained in Camp Roberts, California, and was stationed primarily in Korea from 1946 to 1947. The collection depicts the interwar period between the 1945 end of World War II and the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, particularly the early years of the Cold War during the Soviet and United States occupation of northern and southern Korea immediately prior to the 1948 establishment of the separate governments of North Korea and South Korea. Sanders provided detailed identification of fellow soldiers, and the images provide insight into the daily lives of the soldiers, particularly their leisure pursuits, which include hunting, fishing, and golfing. The collection also depicts tourist activities taken by the soldiers in Korea, where they were stationed, and in Japan; these include visits to Korean tourist destionations as well as snapshots of citizens and street scenes in Seoul and Tokyo. (Summarized from information provided by donor)
In addition to the personal photographs of Sanders’ military service, the collection contains prints and negatives related to Utah history collected by Sanders. Areas of focus include Saltair, the resort and amusement park located on the Great Salt Lake and marketed nationally as the “Coney Island of the West,” with a concentration of images of the attractions that Saltair built in the 1910s prior to the 1925 fire that destroyed the first iteration of this resort. Also included are print copies and negatives of historic Utah breweries and saloons. There are also prints depicting the early Jewish settlers to Salt Lake City, the Auerbach family, and their department store, which opened in 1864 and closed in 1979. The collection contains portraits of three generations of the Auerbach family as well as commercial photographs taken of the exterior and interior of the business as it moved through four locations in downtown Salt Lake City between 1864 and the 1930s.
Extent
7 Boxes
Abstract
This collection consists of prints and negatives collected and created by Harold Stanley "Stan" Sanders about Utah history; subjects include resorts, breweries, saloons, the Auerbach's department stores, and early Salt Lake City architecture. It also contains personal photographs taken of and by Sanders during his military service in Korea following World War II and photographs of an 1989 exhibit featuring his collections.
Arrangement
arranged by subject
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Ken Sanders in 2011.
Separated Materials
See also the Harold Stanley Sanders collection (ACCN 2589) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Claire A. Kempa in 2021.
- Amusement parks -- Utah -- Photographs
- Auerbach Company
- Auerbach, Herbert S. (Herbert Samuel), 1882-1945
- Bars (drinking establishments) -- Utah -- Photographs
- Black-and-white negatives
- Black-and-white photographs
- Breweries -- Utah -- Photographs
- Camp Roberts (Calif.)
- Color photographs
- Military training camps -- California -- 20th century
- Photographs
- Salt Lake City (Utah)
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs
- Saltair Resort (Utah)
- Seoul (Korea)
- Tokyo (Japan)
Creator
- Sanders, Harold Stanley (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Harold Stanley "Stan" Sanders photograph collection, 1860-1989
- Author
- Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa.
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu