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| Title | Sapp's Grocery and Hume Hotel storefronts, Lewiston, Idaho, ca. 1945 |
| Photographer | Grand, William |
| Date | ca. 1945 |
| Notes | Printed on verso: Mrs. Sapp Storekeeper, Banker, Friend. Mrs. Sapp, owner of Sapp's Grocery in Lewiston, Idaho, not only fills grocery orders for Snake River residents, but is also the only woman in Idaho licensed to handle the gold for the miners who gather the glittering dust from the canyon area. Mrs. Sapp is called upon to fill unique orders from that locality, including anything from baby layette to cyanide potassium.
PH Coll 773.31 |
| Contextual Notes | The ninety-five mile river mail route down Snake River runs from Lewiston to Johnson's Bar in Idaho and is known for being full of rapids. The tradition of the River Route began in 1926 when Captain Ed MacFarlane was awarded the first mail contract and it is still operational today. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Grocery stores--Idaho--Lewiston; Hotels--Idaho--Lewiston |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Sapp's Grocery (Lewiston, Idaho); Hume Hotel (Lewiston, Idaho) |
| Location Depicted | United States--Idaho--Lewiston |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC3335
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | William Grand Photographs of the Snake River Mail Boat Route. PH Coll 773 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008. |
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