Nothing new here but just happened to run across these two photos next to each other in an album from my parents house. A couple of famous and very similar Idaho sandstone arches. Unfortunately, the Idaho pen arch is gone. A lot of folks, and certainly most all the players in our Steunenberg assassination and Haywood trial saga, past under and through both of these entryways at one time or another.
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| IDAN-HA Hotel circa 1940's. The car on the left in front of the hotel says "Idan-Ha Cab" on the door. |
Idaho State Pen circa 1940's.
And from elsewhere on the bog, the
Steunenberg block in Caldwell with it's many mostly brick arches.
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| An original McD's still in Downey, CA |
In terms of my personal arch related history, I was known to walk quite frequently through arches just like these when I lived in Thousand Oaks (aka T.O.), CA circa 1960's. Outside service only with no place to go inside and sit like you could do at the Idan-Ha or the pen. The original arches in T.O. are now gone as are the 20¢ burgers (25¢'s usually, as I always wanted cheese) and an extra 15¢ for fries and 10¢ for a coke.
Related:
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THE GATE ON WARM SPRINGS ROAD (Idaho Penitentiary, Boise, Idaho)
Not a sandstone archway but the other famous gate in our story: Friday, January 30, 2009
"The Gate on 16th Avenue" - A Century Ago and Today
Boise Sandstone (ISHS Reference Series)
List of Quarries in Idaho & Quarry Links, Photographs and Articles
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