Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
Identifier
39222001411466
Photo Number
30567
Photographer
Shipler Commercial Photographers;
Publisher
Utah State Historical Society
Subject
Photographers; Family; Men in popular culture; Children
Person
Shipler, James William; Shipler, Harry; Shipler, George William (Bill); Shipler, William Hollis (Bill)
Geopolitical place
Utah
Description
Image shows four generations of Shiplers: James Shipler (right), son Harry Shipler (left, holding child), grandson George William (Bill) Shipler (standing), and great-grandson William Hollis (Bill) Shipler (child) All four of these men were professionial photography business in Salt Lake City.
Comment
James W. Shipler founded Shipler Commercial Photographers when he moved to Salt Lake City in 1890. His son, Harry, eventually took over the company. Grandson Bill, and great-grandson Bill were also in the family photo business. The Utah State Historical Society now has over 100,000 Shipler photo negatives which invaluably document the history of Salt Lake City.
Rights management
Digital Image (c) 2005 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding institution
Utah State Historical Society
Relation
Classified Photo Collection, 921 Biography
Source format
Paper print
Source size
8 inches x 10 inches
Source donors
Shipler Collection;
Type
Image
Format.use
image/jpeg
Format.creation
Image scanned on Creo-Scitex Jazz+ Flatbed Scanner at TIFF: 800 ppi resolution and 8-bit grayscale. Dimensions are JPEG: 700 x 556 pixels.
Scanned by
Digital Technologies, Marriott Library, University of Utah