Mallory Collection

The Mallory Collection

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Title

The Mallory Collection

Subject

Photos of Early Hailey Idaho and Blaine County dated

Description

Martyn Mallory (1880-1936) traversing the Wood River Valley, Smoky Mountains, Galena Summit, and Sawtooth Valley/Stanely Basin areas of central Idaho, taking archetypal photos on glass plate negatives. Mallory’s subjects included lakes, scenic vistas, early settlements, and cultural events. He also documented the valley’s early 20th century mining towns as they developed, and was reported to be the first photographer hired to capture the construction of the Sun Valley Lodge in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Creator

Martyn Mallory

Source

Over 1,500 original glass-plate negatives and 2,500 positives.

Publisher

Hailey Public Library

Date

1910-1936

Contributor

Martyn Mallory

Rights

The Hailey Public Library retains exclusive rights to the Mallory Collection. The Mallory Photographs are copyrighted and may not be used or copied for any reason without prior written permission from the Hailey Public Library.

Format

JPG photo file format

Language

English

Type

Historical Photographs

Coverage

Historical Photographs of the Wood River Valley and Blaine County

Collection Items

  • 1-1.jpg

    Friedman Airport dedication. John Bolliger's (second from right with clarinet) band. Dedication marker behind drum. {Description from Rose Mallory's notes}
  • 1-2.jpg

    Martyn Mallory and ? (Mr. Condie?) in court house. Martyn was county assessor for many years. {Description from Rose Mallory's notes}
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    Bill in front, Glen Bradford neighbor and friend, brother Jim in leather coat and hat. Jean Mallory, oldest of Mallory Children in back. Photo taken at side entrance of house on 1st Ave and Silver. {Description from Rose Mallory's notes}
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    Bill (left) and Jim (right) dressed as policemen - badges, hats, guns, and whistles around their necks. Photo taken at back of house at enclosed shed. {Description from Rose Mallory's notes}
  • 1-5.jpg

    Jim Mallory (left) and Bill (right) with roller skates on high boots. {Description from Rose Mallory's notes}
  • 1-6.jpg

    Part of irrigation system (fish screen) that ran through streets of Hailey. Location unknown. See photos 9-35 and 28-67 {Description from Rose Mallory's notes}
  • 1-7.jpg

    Wood River? {Description from Rose Mallory's notes}
  • 1-8.jpg

    West Bullion Street Bridge over Wood River looking north. Ice on bridge formed from leaks in water pipe running across bridges from hot spring to Hiawatha Hotel's swimming pool. {Description from Rose Mallory's notes}
  • 1-9.jpg

    Team pulling log near Russian John. Boulder Mountains in background. {Description from Rose Mallory's notes}
  • 1-10.jpg

    Unknown man with black faced sheep {Description from Rose Mallory's notes}

A full 30 years before Ansel Adams began taking his renowned photographs in the California foothills, Sierra-Nevada Mountain Range and Northwest Coastal areas, Martyn Mallory (1880-1936) was traversing the Wood River Valley, Smoky Mountains, Galena Summit, and Sawtooth Valley/Stanely Basin areas of central Idaho, taking archetypal photos on glass plate negatives. Mallory’s subjects included lakes, scenic vistas, early settlements, and cultural events. He also documented the valley’s early 20th century mining towns as they developed, and was reported to be the first photographer hired to capture the construction of the Sun Valley Lodge in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Mallory was serving as Blaine County’s Assessor when he passed at the age of 56. He had worked for the Forest Service, the pioneering Friedman family, and he ran his own store. Despite Idaho’s harsh climate and difficult geography, Martyn Mallory left behind a collection of over 1,500 original glass-plate negatives and 2,500 positives–a testimony of his passion for the state of Idaho, or what Susan Swetnam has called a “tough paradise”.

At the settling of his estate, his third son, William (Bill) Mallory, and son’s wife, Maria (Rose) Mallory, took it upon themselves to preserve Martyn’s lifework. They transported and stored the many steamer trunks of photos at their home until April 30, 1995, when they donated the entire contents of the Martyn Mallory Historic Photograph Collection, or the Mallory Collection, to the Hailey Public Library (HPL). They appointed HPL exclusive rights to determine the control and availability of materials for research and reproduction.