Photo Department

Welcome to the International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers Photo Department. We house and maintain a photographic collection of pioneers, their homes, communities, organizations, and artifacts. This collection provides a visual link to our pioneer ancestors and their era. Remember, a pioneer is an ancestor who came to the Utah Territory, died crossing the plains, or was born in the Utah Territory before May 10, 1869, the coming of the railroad. If your ancestors do not fit into these criteria, we will not have their photos.

Location:

The collection of photos is located in the basement of the museum. Many patrons do not realize that the collection of portraits and photographs hanging on the museum walls is only a small portion of our extensive photo collection. The photo department is generally staffed on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 9:30 AM until 4:00 PM.

Services:

Copies of photo prints or CD images are available for purchase. Images are scanned and printed using archival paper and pigment inks.
- Click here for our Photo Use Price List.
To order images, email or mail your list of pioneers. Include full names and birth and death dates if available.
- Click on this email address carolnielson@dupinternational.org to send your email.
- Click here for our Photo Dept Order Form.
To see what we have, start with our Photo Index. This index lists the subjects for whom we have photos.
- Click here to go to our Photo Index.

How You Can Help:

The photo department encourages donations of photographs or images of pioneers or period places or things. The PRIORITY of how we would like to see donations are:

1. Original photo
2. Our scan of your original photo
3. Professional copy of original
4. Your best copy of original
5. Your best digital copy (scanned or digital camera)

As many people are opting for number 5. "Your best digital copy", here are some GUIDELINES for donating digital images and for digitizing images in general. They are not all-encompassing, but they should be helpful. Click here for Digital Imaging Suggestions.

All of the photos and images in our collection are stored safely in the museum with archival quality protection and documentation. Contributing images to DUP collection enables others to enjoy them—remember your great-great-grandparents have many more grandchildren than just you!

Photo Identification Challenge:

We have a number of photos in our collection that have been donated in the past without any identification. We are asking visitors to this website for help in identifying these people. Click here to go to our Photo Identification Challenge