River Street Digital History Project gallery

I’ve been busting my hump this whole week working on the website that will eventually contribute to my PhD dissertation project at the University of Arizona. It has been a long haul, but the River Street Digital History Project has almost come to a close.

The River Street Neighborhood in Boise, Idaho has long been known as Boise’s black neighborhood, even though it was occupied by a range of different ethnicities and races including Japanese, Basque, and European immigrants. It was mainly inhabited by Euroamericans.

Here are some of the photos I’ve digitized for the digital history project’s website:

Lee Rice, II as a baby (c.1950)

House on Lee Street (1981)

House on Lee Street (1981)

Terrell child in River Street Neighborhood (nd)

Terrell child with goat cart in River Street Neighborhood (nd)

During the early 1900s, Riverside Park in Boise, Idaho was a major recreation venure (nd)

Baseball advertisement for Riverside Park, Boise, Idaho (1902)

Lee Rice, II’s grandmother (nd)

Blackjack’s Barbeque is now a community center

The former Zurcher’s grocery store is now a karate dojo

Former residents recall playing in a gravel pit that used to occupy the location of this parking lot

The Pioneer Walkway of today follows the route of Lover’s Lane– River Street’s street renown entertainment district

Blackjack’s Barbeque was founded by Pistol Johnson, one of Boise’s African American entrepreneurs

The Erma Hayman House is one of the most iconic historical homes in the River Street Neighborhood

Ultimately, I would like to use this data to help craft a research design to guide archaeological excavations. Please visit the River Street Digital History website and tell me what you think (http://www.riverstreetdigitalhistory.com/).

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