Name/Title
Print, PhotograpicEntry/Object ID
2023.14.1-12Description
2023.14.1--Class photo titled, "6th-7th-8th Grades Independence." Photo was taken on May 16, 1941 by Curtis Phillips of Bishop. Joe Goff was the teacher (standing center).
2023.14.2--Photo of five or six young boys posing by an old wagon. There is a house in the background. Written in black ink on reverse: Morning after Halloween, Independence, CA 1940.
2023.14.3--Photo of a young boy sitting at a desk in a classroom. Written in black ink on reverse: Independence classroom, student circa 1940.
2023.14.4--Photo of the Independence school in winter with snow on the ground and roof. Written in black ink on reverse: Independence school 1940.
2023.14.5--Photo of the Independence school with three children in the scene. Written in black ink on reverse: Independence school 1940.
2023.14.6--Photo of four Boy Scouts walking in a row and a man who may be their troop leader (Mr. Tatum?). Written in pencil on reverse: Independence.
2023.14.7--Blurry photo of a group of eight Boy Scouts laying on what appears to be a pile of paper (paper drive for war effort or recycling?).
2023.14.8--Photo of a group of five young boys, who of whom appear to be wearing Boy Scout hats. There is a man sitting on the ground reading something. Written in black ink on reverse: Independence Boy Scout Troop 258, Black Hills.
2023.14.9--Photo of a man fishing. He was identified as Joe Goff by his daughter, who said this photo was taken around the time her father joined the Marines during WWII. Written in black ink on reverse: #27 Golden Trout Lake.
2023.14.10--Photo of a man on horseback in a rocky mountain landscape. Two mules of the pack train are ahead of him. The donor thinks it is her paternal grandfather, who went on the pack trip with his son, Joe Goff. Written in black ink on reverse: Pop ["Shepher" crossed out] Forester Pass 1940.
2023.14.11--Color photo of two women sitting side by side. They are Mary DeDecker on the left and Caroline Goff on the right. Written in black ink on reverse: The celebration of Paul and Mary DeDecker birthdays, Independence, CA. 90th birthday for Paul, 88th for Mary. Oct. 8, 1997.
2023.14.12--Color photo of a woman standing next to a man in a kitchen. They are Caroline Goff on the left and Paul DeDecker on the right. Written in blue ink on reverse: Caroline Goff and Paul DeDecker, October 1997, Indepdence.Collection
Katherine Goff Collection