Scrapbook, 1923 - 1925

File — Box: 2, Folder: 5

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Scope and Contents

(Most captions are faded and illegible)
1-34: Portraits of missionaries serving in South Africa.
35: "Our home in Rexburg, Idaho."
36: "Anna Cardon and ?"
37: "Hyram ?'s scrapper."
38: "Basil."
39: "The Goshing family."
40: "The doings of the Goslings." Gosling family dog dressed in baby clothing.
41: "Billy Bathing." Dog in a wash bucket outside.
42: "Picnic near Brighton." Group portrait, April 18, 1924.
43: "Picnic on Cape Good Hope point." Group portrait of Mormons picnicking in South Africa, December 28, 1923.
44: "On lands end." L.D.S. missionaries posing for a picture at Cape Good Hope in South Africa, December 28, 1923.
45: (left to right) "President James Wyley Sessions, Elder W. Sevy, L.C. Okerlund, L.N. Judkins, F. Nye, C.A. Engstrom, W.D. Harris, K.C. Daily, O.S. Cox, C. Van der Ende, G.H. Sears, O.H. Harwood, H.S. Ballard, W.Y. Clayton, M.P. Romney, C.M. Black, K.D. Wright, L.S. Saunders, R.D. Crook, J.R. Howard, H.J. Nelson, C.W. Jones, A.T. Peters, G.W. Harris." Group portrait of L.D.S. missionaries and their mission president in South Africa; December 27, 1923.
46: "Clayton, Romney, Saunders, Brother Walsh, Okerlund." L.D.S. missionaries in swimsuits, on the beach in Muizenberg, South Africa; December 15, 1923.
47: "Sunday School." Group portrait of L.D.S. congregation in South Africa, December 30, 1923.
48: "Meeting on Lion's Head." Group portait of L.D.S. missionaries in South Africa, January 1, 1924.
49: "New Year's Day dinner" at the home of William Paul Daniels, thirty people present; January 1, 1926.
50: "All the Elders and President James W. Sessions." December 27, 1923.
51: "Rhodes Monument." View of Rhodes Memorial in Cape Town, South Africa; December 16, 1923.
52: "Oxen team, one mode of South African travel." Uitenhage, South Africa, 1924.
53: "A remnant of a tract we delivered to a gentleman on a train. Port Elizabeth, May 1925."
54: "President and Sister Sessions, Dr. Williams and family." Mormon families posing with a car in Uitenhage, South Africa; April 29, 1924.
55: "A real South African watermelon." Elder Cox eating a watermelon in his living quarters, Uitenhage, South Africa.
56: "Sister Mathus and Duke, April 1924."
57-59: Unidentified people (men, women, and children)
60: Ocean scape.
61-62: "Swimming bath." L.D.S. missionaries diving into pool in Uitenhage, South Africa, 1924.
63: "Dad in backyard." Picture of Gaskell Romney, 1924.
64: "Mother." Anna Amelia Pratt Romney standing on the stoop of a house.
65: "Judd."
66: "Charles." Charles Wilcken Romney playing with Bill, the family dog.
67: "Meryl." Meryl Romney Ward as a child, standing on the stoop of a house, 1924.
68: "Bill the dog."
69-70: "Mrs. White" Uitenhage, South Africa, 1924.
71: "Mr. and Mrs. Suhr" Uitenhage, South Africa, 1924.
72: "Have a bite." Elder Cox eating a watermelon, Uitenhage, South Africa, 1924.
73-74: Deseret News clippings about George Wilcken Romney and the L.D.S. University basketball team.
75-77: Newspaper clippings about the opening of the first L.D.S. chapel in Johannesburg, South Africa.
78: "Meryl and Beth on the back lawn."
79: Newspaper clipping about the annual conference of the South African mission, 1923.
80: "Book of Bricks in aid of the L.D.S. Church Mission Hall." Small booklet with paper "bricks" to sell for fundraising.
81: "Grand Concert by Musicians' Union Orchestra" and "Grand Popular Concert in aid of British Empire Service League Relief Fund." Two concert programs, Feather Market Hall in Port Elizabeth, July 1924.
82: "Family in canyon, Summer 1924."
83: "Meryl, Douglas and Dad at Pinecrest, Summer 1924."
84: "Dad leaving for work."
85: "New Yale Ward chapel, which dad constructed while I was building in South Africa, 1924-1925."
86: "Front of new Yale Ward chapel. Built by Dad." Yale Ward chapel on 1431 E Gilmer Drive, Salt Lake City. Built by Gaskell Romney, 1924-1925.
87: "George, my old hat." George Wilcken Romney dressed in a suit and hat.
88-90: Yale Ward meetinghouse under construction, completed in 1925.
91: "Winter snows, 1925. Yale Ward chapel complete."
92: "Mother in backyard." Anna Amelia Pratt Romney pictured on a windy day.
93: Bud Poulton
94: Douglas Wood
95: "Hall in South Africa under construction, 1924."
96: "Charles on Christmas morning, 1924."
97: Meryl in her "birthday dress and parasol."
98: "Church dad built in seven days." L.D.S. meeting house at 1431 E Gilmer Drive.
99: "Sunday School in Western States, 1924." George Lawson Scott (fifth from left) in a bowtie.
100: "In Denver." Three missionaries on the Western States mission from 1922 to 1925. (left to right) Ira Lewis Harris, George Lawson Scott, and Franklin Cortell Hansen.
101: "Just arrived. 'Scotty'." Portrait of George Lawson Scott.
102: Man leaning on a pitch fork.
103: Thee L.D.S. missionaries posing for a photo with a Native American chief.
104: "Lady missionaries and Elder in the Western States Mission."
105: "George Wooley and a lady missionary. Central States."
106: "Father and son. You tell 'em." George Wooley sitting on an Abraham Lincoln statue, 1924.
107: George Woolley standing with canons at a historical site in Indiana.
108-109: Newspaper clippings announcing George Romney elected president of the L.D.S. university student body. Tuesday, May 5, 1925.
110-111: Customs declarations ticket stub, 1924.
112-115: Locations and durations Miles Pratt Romney served his mission in South Africa, dried flora and picture collages.
116-117: Excerpts from letters.
118-123: Romney family at the grave site of Lawrence Romney.
124: "Home, 1337 Gilmer Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah."
125: "Maurice's home on Laird Avenue."
126: "George."
127: "Panther Road." Romney family on a road trip, in a Dodge Brothers car.
128:"Mother." Picture of Anna Amelia Pratt Romney.
129: "Guns on board the Republic. Port Elizabeth, June 1925."
130: "There you are." Portrait of a missionary, Port Elizabeth, 1925.
131: "Ma!!" Young girl holding a baby.
132: "Go to sleep my baby." Harry Lorden Baker holding a baby, Port Elizabeth.
133: Hyrum Lowell Crane (left) and Harry Lorden Baker (right), while serving L.D.S. mission in South Africa.
134: L.D.S. missionary standing aboard the "Republic."
135: "President Sessions."
136: Completed church in Johannesburg.
137: "Salt Lakers, Annual Conference in Joberg - February 1, 1925. Clayton, Rockwood, Baker, Landerende, Wright, Woodruff, Hunir, and Romney."
138: Palm plants, South Africa.
139-140: Missionaries and member of the L.D.S. church in South Africa, 1925.
141: "The valley, Port Elizabeth."
142: Missionaries and member of the L.D.S. church in South Africa.
143: "Pugmire and myself on the Zwartskop River, April 1925."
144: Missionaries and member of the L.D.S. church in South Africa.
145: "Typical African picnic spots, aloes, bush cactus, gogumas." 1925.
146: Olna, member of the L.D.S. church in South Africa.
147: Kathleen, member of the L.D.S. church in South Africa.
148: Ella, member of the L.D.S. church in South Africa.
149: "Dear Miles, I wish you would come home soon." Letter from Meryl to Miles, October 29, 1925.
150: "Lost Actress Found. Girl's Narrative of Mormon Agents." Newspaper clipping about Miss Lilian Rushworth, an actress who was freightened after being followed by missionaries for multiple days.
151: "War on the Mormons." Newspaper clipping about the Witwatersrand Church Council's actions to counteract the influence of Mormons in South Africa; from the Joburg Times.
152: "Mormons." Newspaper clipping written by the Graham Brothers of the Crown Hotel, after they were accused of being Mormon for wearing black hats.
153: Letter from Royal D. Crook to Miles Pratt Romney, welcoming him to his new conference in Port Elizabeth.
154: Program for the Opening Concert held in the recently constructed L.D.S. meeting hall at 395 Commissioner Street; Friday, January 30, 1925.
155: "Plymouth Brethren tract." Small pamphlet with the story of Cain and Abel.
156: Newspaper clipping announcing the completion of the first L.D.S. meeting hall in Johannesburg. From the Deseret News, March 21, 1925.
157: "English and Zulu writing. Done by Ephraim. 1925" Paper with phrases translated from English to Zulu, for L.D.S. missionary use.
158: (Top left) Writing about Captain Butter Wald Walker, a man Miles met in Cookhouse, South Africa. (Top right) An advert for Ellis Brown's Coffee. (Bottom left) Newspaper clipping about the decline of the Church of England in South Africa. (Bottom right) Counterfoil from The National Bank of South Africa.
159: (Left) Portrait of a man. (Right) Business card for Kozak and Co. Sanitary Plumbers and Drainage Contractors.
160: "Elsie La Fount and sister. Big Falls." 1925.
161: "At play - Meryl, Bill, Charles."
162: Unidentified group.
163-164: "Front entrance, Yale Ward."
165: "Mother's primary class, 1924-1925."
166: "Lamb's Canyon. 1925."
167: Anna Amelia Pratt Romney at the steps of her home.
168-170: "Making pancakes, Warm River 1925."
171: "On the road, all packed up."
172: "The party." Group of children gathered for a picture.
173: "Some outfit." Young girl sitting at a campsite, pitched on a car.
174: "Yellowstone 1925." Portrait of the Romney family.
175: (left to right) Charles, Anna, Gaskell, and Meryl. 1925.
176: "Geese on Warm River."
177: "Meryl. Taken in Africa, 1924."
178: George Romney feeding geese.
179: The family car, a dodge.
180: (left to right) Anna, George, and Meryl sitting on a rock; photo collage.
181: "Looking natural." George sitting at the top of a waterfall.
182: Cleone Smith
183: George Wolley
184: "Liola, Eila and Douglas."
185: "Nice scenery."
186: "Garage"
187: Car parked next to a house.
188: Obituary of Anna Pratt Romney.
189-191: Flowers at the funeral of Anna Pratt Romney.

Dates

1923 - 1925

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