Meeting during the construction of Casper's first court house

Item Metadata

Title

Meeting during the construction of Casper's first court house

Date Created

1908

Subject

Casper (Wyo.) -- History -- Pictorial works.; Casper (inhabited place)

Description

Photograph of a meeting of men at the construction cite of the first court house in the City of Casper, Wyoming. This photograph may have been taking in 1908 after Schmidt & Esmay were awarded the contract at a board of county commissioners meeting in November of 1907 (Mokler, 1923). In addition to Schmidt and Essay being listed as contractors on the sign in the photo, it also reads "Kim & Searl are doing the painting and decorating on this Court House."

Type

Image

Is Part Of

Charles "Chuck" Morrison Photographs and Papers, NCA 01.v.1998.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.

Identifier

NCA_01.v.1998.01_FirstCourtHouse

Format

JPG

Has Format

TIFF

Original Format

Photo

Citation

“Meeting during the construction of Casper's first court house,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed March 26, 2026, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/10297.