Enjoy a glimpse of history through old images of Boise, Idaho, USA.
Old Pictures of Boise
Old picture of the US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho, published 1885. Image: Washington State Library/Flikr.Old picture of Main Street, Boise, Idaho, looking east, published in 1885. Image: Washington State Library/Flikr.Old picture of Main Street, Boise, Idaho, looking west, published in 1885. Image: Washington State Library/Flikr.Old picture of Grove Street, Boise, Idaho, published 1885. Image: Washington State Library/Flikr.Old picture of the US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho. Image: Cornell University Library/Flikr.
Old Photos of Boise
Old photo of the State Capitol in Boise, Idaho. Image: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library.Old photo of Boise Streets, Idaho, taken around 1907. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of an old photo of Boise Streets, Idaho, taken around 1907. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of old photo of Boise Streets, Idaho, taken around 1907. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of Old photo of Boise Streets, Idaho, taken around 1907. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup extract of old photo of Boise Streets, Idaho, taken around 1907. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of old photo of Boise Streets, Idaho, taken around 1907, showing people standing near camera. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of Boise, Idaho, taken around 1907. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of an old photo of Boise, Idaho, taken around 1907. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup extract of an old photo of Boise, Idaho, taken around 1907. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of Boise streets, Idaho, circa 1909. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of an old photo of Boise streets, Idaho, circa 1909. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of old photo of Boise streets, Idaho, circa 1909. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo panorama of Boise, Idaho, circa 1909. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of old photo panorama of Boise, Idaho, circa 1909. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of an old photo panorama of Boise, Idaho, circa 1909. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of Boise, Idaho, taken around 1909. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of old photo of Boise, Idaho, taken around 1909. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of an old photo of Boise, Idaho, taken around 1909. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of ladies in a gin and trap outside houses, Boise, Idaho, 1910. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Fourth of July parade in Boise, Idaho, between 1917 and 1920. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of timber logs before milling at the Boise Payette Lumber Company, Idaho, June 1941. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of a man working at the Boise Payette Lumber Company, Idaho, June 1941. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of a secondhand garment auction in Boise, Idaho, in November 1941. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of apple sellers at the Boise Farmers Market, Idaho, November 1941. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Farmers Market at Boise, Idaho, in November 1941. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of Union Block, 710-720 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of old photo of Union Block, 710-720 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of an old photo of Union Block, 710-720 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Montandon Building at 722 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of an old photo of the Montandon Building at 722 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of an old photo of the Montandon Building at 722 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of Idaho Building, 216 North Eighth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of an old photo of Idaho Building, 216 North Eighth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of old photo of Idaho Building, 216 North Eighth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Overland Building, 101-109 North Eight Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of an old photo of the Overland Building, 101-109 North Eight Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of old photo of the Overland Building, 101-109 North Eight Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Falk-Bloch Mercantile Company, 100 North Eighth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of an old photo of the Falk-Bloch Mercantile Company, 100 North Eighth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Closeup of old photo of the Falk-Bloch Mercantile Company, 100 North Eighth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the OW Smith Building Complex, 417 South Eighth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Idaho Milling & Elevator Company, 416 South Eighth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Idaho Candy Company Warehouse, 500 South Eighth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Gowen Field Recreation Building, 303 Fourth Avenue, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Gowan Field Heating Plant east of Broadway Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Boise Project Office, 214 Broadway, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the US Assay Office, 210 Main Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of Alexander’s Building, 826 Main Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Boise Ice & Produce Company, 504 South Ninth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Union Pacific Railroad Depot, 1701 Eastover Terrace, Boise Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of a steam train at the depot in Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Governor Brady Mansion, 140 Main Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Moore-Cunningham House, 1109 Warm Springs Avenue, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Allen-Wright Furniture Company, 817-819 West Bannock Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of Christ Chapel, Broadway & Campus Drive, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue, 1102 State Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Boise City National Bank, 805 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the St Alphonsus Hospital, 508 North Fifth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Davis Warehouse, 418 South Ninth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of the Turnverein Hall, 100 South Sixth Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of 609-611 Ash Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of 611 Ash Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Old photo of 609 Ash Street, Boise, Idaho. Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Building Boise in the 1890s
Using old photos, maps and pictures, this video charts the expansion of Boise, including building developments, the introduction of the streetcar system, and the local homes of note.
Building Boise: 1890s – Boise Architecture Project on YouTube
Boise’s Urban Renewal in the 1970s
Discover the urban rebewal programme that launched in 1965 and led to the destruction of many of Boise’s older properties in the 1970s.
Lots of 1960s and 1970s photos are shown, including a picture of 84 year old Billy Fong, one of the last occupants of Boise’s once thriving downtown Chinatown, and many of the buildings which disappeared in the demolition phase.
It wasn’t all doom and gloom though, as some of the buildings and facilcities born during this redevelopment programme are still in use today.
Building Boise: 1970s – Boise Architecture Project on YouTube
Boise Redevelopment 1988
Boise’s redevelopment was still underway in 1988 when this video was made by a city bus employee, who had enjoyed a company picnic out and stopped to record the downtown streets as they were at the time.
Boise Idaho Downtown Summer 1988 – Robert Eller on YouTube
Boise Mall Opening 1988
Taken from a VHS recording of a 1988 local news report, we see the car parks and shops busy with visitors attending the Boise Mall opening.
Quite a few people are seen clearly on screen, either giving interviews or walking through the galleries.
80s Boise Mall Opening, Karcher Mall’s reaction. (1988) – Max Willson on YouTube
Boise Photos 1890-1918
Enjoy old photos taken in and around Boise, in Idaho, between 1890 and 1918.
Includes Placer Mining in 1901, construction of the Arrowrock Dam about 1910, Roosevelt’s visit around 1903, a steam train at the Short Line Depot in 1890, and rooftop views of Boise taken more than a century ago.
Old Photos of Boise (Idaho)1890-1918 – oldstuff4all on YouTube
Discover what the people and places of Boise, Idaho, looked like in the past, with a collection of old photos and vintage films.
About the author
Hi, I’m Debbie. I’ve enjoyed books, films, and documentaries about history for more than 30 years. My favourite trips with friends and family are to museums, historic houses, archaeological sites, and I love unearthing old photos and archive film bringing history to life.
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Discover what the people and places of Boise, Idaho, looked like in the past, with a collection of old photos and vintage films.