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Personal letter from Robert N. Sorensen to Alma N. Sorensen and family, dated February 13, 1952. Envelope reads: About finished at Forbes. Will go home and leave and then on to California (Travis AFB) and departure to Japan. Brother Carlisle is…
Personal letter from Robert N. Sorensen to Alma N. Sorensen, dated September 20, 1952. Envelope reads: A daylight mission, flown successfully. Overseas tour winding down.
Personal letter from Robert N. Sorensen to Alma N. Sorensen and family, dated July 30, 1952. Envelope reads: Getting ready for a combat mission in "Police Action," our new airplane. Some observations on Japan and the Japanese.
Personal letter from Robert N. Sorensen to Alma N. Sorensen and family, dated July 13, 1952. Envelope reads: Written after mission no. 9 when we crashed 25 June after landing at Ashiya, Japan. Will have a new aircraft commander (Kinnard) and new…
Personal letter from Robert N. Sorensen to Alma N. Sorensen and family, dated February 26, 1954. Envelope reads: written from the "nose" seat in a B-47 on a night training mission at Wichita, Kansas. Nicely done!
Personal letter from Robert N. Sorensen to Alma N. Sorensen, dated December 4, 1952. Envelope reads: Bob leaves for SAC survival training in Colorado "in the morning" good thing he didn't know what lay ahead.
Personal correspondence from Robert N. Sorensen to Alma N. Sorensen and family, dated August 11, 1952. Envelope reads: One of my best overviews of the Japanese culture and our temporary place in it. Good comparison between our old AC Don Funk and new…
Personal letter from Robert N. Sorensen to Alma N. Sorensen and family, dated August 16, 1953. Envelope reads: at Berksdale. Still in B-29s - but the B-47 is coming. Also - an unconventional "autobiography" done at Maxwell AFB squadron officers…
Personal letter from Robert N. Sorensen to Alma N. Sorensen,and family dated April 21, 1953. Envelope reads: Written from Maxwell AFB where I was enrolled in Squadron Officers Course.
Personal letter from Robert N. Sorensen to Alma N. Sorensen and family, dated June 15, 1952. Envelope reads: This one should be shared (again). Some of the quaint happenings by our local Japanese; 6th mission completed; my Ford convertible sold by…
Personal letter from Robert N. Sorensen to Alma N. Sorensen, dated April 12, 1952. Envelope reads: Kefa??? - Tennessee Waltz Taft - Beautiful Ohio Warren - California Here 2 come Ike - You're in the Army now Russell - Georgia. Written from Beautiful…
A pereson jumps over a large fire pit, with a man and a child waiting their turns in the background.
"The Grill" and "International Kitchen" food stations inside the Wholesome Choice market in Irvine. The sign under "The Grill" lists twelve types of "Traditional Persian Cuisines" and twelve varieties of "Grilled Kabobs" with pictures.
Students studying in the north end of the Current Periodicals reading room on the first floor of the Merrill Library, 1961. Size of photograph: 3 x 3 in.
This is an excerpt from "Japanese American Youth in Topaz Relocation Center, Utah: An Oral History," which is a thesis written by Akiko J. Tohmatsu in 1994. In this thesis, Tohmatsu interviews several Japanese American students who attended Topaz…
This is a map taken from the magazine Utah Science. it shows the percent of public lands in each state in the Untied States. This is to show why the west was part of the Sagebrush Rebellion as the west had more public lands than the rest of the US.
A picture of Pepe the frog with a glass of champagne. Above the picture is text that says: "When the customer says 'I won't be coming back here again' expecting you to burst into tears but really you're like.."
@France4Hillary tweets an image of a political cartoon. In the cartoon is Pepe the Frog next to two alligators. One is labeled "Anti-Semitism" and the other "White Nationalism." The wording across the top of the cartoon says: "Another swamp in need…
Three women fill small jars with homemade kumquat jam.
The Anti-Islamic Republic of Iran rally in the Westwood area, LA. Demonstraters wave pictures of the 45th US president and admire his supposed toughness against Iran.
A couple have their photo taken with four stiltwalkers. The stiltwalkers are wearing costumes that represent the characters traditonally associated with Nowruz: (from left to right): ??? , "Naneh Sarma," "Haji Firouz," and "Amoo Nowruz."
A a young boy in a paisley vest and traditionally-designed hat photographs a young girl and a woman in traditional costumes next to the haft-seen table.
People praying in the fire temple towards the end of the Zoroastrian celebration of Sadeh.
Two stiltwalkers in "Amoo Nowruz" and "Haji Firouz" costumes stand among the attendeess of the Farhang Foundation's Nowruz celebration.
This photograph was taken by either Zane Grey or another unknown photographer during Zane Grey's trip to Rainbow Bridge in April 1922. Three riders in front of Elephant Feet, a rock structure near Red Lake, Arizona.
Book cover, inscription, and title pages of People of the Abyss by Jack London. Published by Macmillan Company in 1903, this book is a first edition copy composed of xiii, 319 pages, 19 leaves of plates and is 22 cm. tall. It is inscribed to…
Several attendees, including women in traditional costumes, stand, talk, or take photos near the Haft-seen table.
A women pours spoonfulls of hot sohan asali on a foil spread on the kitchen counter, as another woman tops them with ground pistachio.
People looking at the Home Thrifts Practices exhibit.;
The Nowruz Bazaar brings together several generations of the Iranian American community who socialize and purchase goods conventionally used in Nowruz celebrations.
Congregants of IMAN (Iranian-American Muslim Association of North America) light candles which is a conventional practice as part of Shia mourning rituals to commemorate the martyrdom of the third Shia Imam--Imam Hossein.
People praying in the fire temple towards the end of the Zoroastrian celebration of Sadeh.
People gathered at Oregon Short-Line Railroad passenger depot, Logan, to welcome Utah-Idaho Central. 600 West Center. O.S.L.R.R. Back reads, "People gathering to welcome NE street car to Logan." Logan, Utah
Women stir the mixture of toasted flour and butter on the stove to prevent it from burning and getting bitter.
A congregant of al-Zahrah Mosque videotapes his fellow congregants practicing a Shia mourning ritual, a procession in commemoration of Imam Hossein who was assassinated in 680 AD in contemporary Iraq.
Visitors dance and clap to the music performed in the Nowruz Bazaar.
A list of observations of Iranian customs and people by Richard Welling Roskelley
Top photo: Overexposed image of Augusta (Sipapu) Bridge. Bottom photo: People and burros and the trail with Augusta (Sipapu) Bridge in the background.
Image of Penny Trinca selling summer lettuce at the Cache Valley Gardeners' Market. Lydia A. (Penny) Trinca owns and operates First Frost Farm, located in Nibley, Cache County, Utah, with her husband Bill Masslich. It is a five-acre certified organic…
Image of a smiling Penny Trinca, holding a basket of radishes. Lydia A. (Penny) Trinca owns and operates First Frost Farm, located in Nibley, Cache County, Utah, with her husband Bill Masslich. It is a five-acre certified organic produce farm,…
