Series 1: Casper Street Scenes, Tightrope Walker

Series 1: Casper Street Scenes, Tightrope Walker

The material in this collection may be reused so long as attribution is provided to its original source.

1916

Photograph of a tightrope walker balancing above Center Street in Casper, Wyoming. The Natrona County Court House can be seen at the end of the street in the background. Chuck Morrison would later write of the event: "Walking the tightrope: A daredevil tightrope walker stretched a wire between the Midwest Hotel and the Masonic Temple and proceeded to thrill the city residents with his death defying walk. Many early Casper residents can recall this famous tight rope walk in those days. About 1916" in When Casper was a Sunday School Town, 1888-1916. [Casper, Wyoming]: Wyoming Antique Press, [1976?].

The Bruce H. Thompson and Connie F. Bryant Collection is made up of 11 series containing digital scans of print photographs of Wyoming locations, businesses, industries, family photographs, groups, organizations, and events. The majority of the images refer to Casper, Wyoming, in connection with local photographer Fred A. Villnave. Their exact chain of custody is not known, and the collection may contain copies of photographs found in other collections. The negatives/images were brought to the Western History Center for scanning in 2003 but are not physically in the repository's special collections. The majority of the collection is stored digitally and available almost exclusively in electronic format.

Series 1: Casper Buildings, Street Scenes & Homes, 1928 - 1933
Series 2: Casper City Band
Series 3: Construction, Plants, Refineries & Railroads
Series 4: Casper Fire Department
Series 5: Horse Races & Bronc Riding
Series 6: Livestock Roundups, Ranches & Homesteads, & Native Americans
Series 7: Non-Casper
Series 8: Parades & Celebrations
Series 9: Pathfinder Dam
Series 10: Scenic Retreats & Wildlife
Series 11: Miscellaneous

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Bruce H. Thompson, Connie F. Bryant; Fred A. Villnave

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Bruce H. Thompson and Connie F. Bryant Collection, NCA 01.v.2003.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.

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Casper College Archives and Special Collections (Western History Center)

This collection may best be understood as one of multiple origin or provenance. It contains the scans of Fred A. Villnave's photographic prints and negatives. Original formats included glass negatives, negatatives, and photographic prints taken by Villnave. In total, there were 474 photographs that were scanned by the repository in single or mounted together. Folders one and two contain lists recorded on photograph envelopes and other categorized lists as well as scans of Villnave's photographs. In addition to their historical uses, another potential use for these could be for creative writing prompts or purposes.

Photographic print