By Annie Stratton
Title: MS 484 - Lawrence Lardinas Collection, 1937-1937
Predominant Dates:1937
Primary Creator: Lawrence Lardinas (1937)
Extent: 1.0 Boxes
Arrangement: The scrapbook is placed in a box with three other folders and one oversize folder outside of the box.
Date Acquired: 04/25/2016
Subjects: Badlands, Bears, Bison (American) [Buffalo], Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.), Cody (Wyo.), Dude ranches, Family Life, Nebraska, Photography, Artistic, Shoshone National Forest (Wyo.), Teton Mountains, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
Languages: English
This collection contains one photo album of a 1937 road trip from Toledo, Ohio to Yellowstone Park. There are guide brochures, decals, maps, and 303 black and white photographs of Mount Rushmore, the Badlands, the Black Hills, the Grand Tetons, Shoshone Dam, Yellowstone Park, and dude ranches.
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My cousin, Lawrence "Larry" Lardinais (1905-1988), created this photo scrapbook following a trip to Yellowstone National Park in August, 1937, beginning in his home city of Toledo, Ohio. Accompanying him were his mother, Cornelia Lardinais, and a friend, Evelyn Martin.
Larry is from a family whose history dates back to the early days of Toledo. He was a traffic manager for 45 years at the American Lincoln Company in Toledo. He also was a semi-professional photographer and took and developed many of the images in the scrapbook. The album contains hundreds of views documenting their trip to the west, including stops in Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska. The scrapbook encompasses not only Yellowstone but also includes photos of other parks such as the Grand Tetons, the Badlands, the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore (under construction), and Shoshone Dam. The scrapbook also includes a variety vintage guide brochures, decals, and maps.
I procured the scrapbook following Larry's death at an estate sale at the family home on Freeman Street in Toledo.
Badlands
Bears
Bison (American) [Buffalo]
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
Cody (Wyo.)
Dude ranches
Family Life
Nebraska
Photography, Artistic
Shoshone National Forest (Wyo.)
Teton Mountains
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Repository: McCracken Research Library
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Acquisition Source: Ted J. Ligibel
Acquisition Method: This collection was a gift from Ted J. Ligibel.
Preferred Citation: Lawrence Lardinas Collection, MS 484, McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West
