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Damn it. I'm so annoyed with the accuracy.

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Which OC?

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the only man that came to mind

Currently in Wales for my master's degree and saw these faces on the train station platform across from me in Shrewsbury, England. Beautiful 19th century work, probably Victorian because of the trains.

#history #shrewsbury town #trains #education for the middle aged

These are all generally from Arsenal Hill.

You can get a really nice view of the way that the valley starts to expand and grow around the construction of the Tabernacle. These are all again, between 1847-1869.

The Tabernacle was built between 1863 and 1875, The Assembly hall and Salt Lake Temple came along a little later. I'll post those pictures.

#history #utah #salt lake city #archives #19th century #utah territory #brigham young #vintage photography #salt lake Tabernacle #lds church #mormon

Here we have an illustration of the Salt Lake City and valley. It's early in the city's settling.

I love the little illustration in the lower corner.

#marginalia #history #utah #salt lake city #archives #antiques #19th century #utah territory #brigham young

Part of me wants to just upload another photo dump but I think it'd be pretty cool to theme it a little. So I pulled a bunch of early Salt Lake City illustrations, panoramic views of the SLC valley area between 1847 and 1869. This period is officially known as the Pioneer Era in Utah, when a great deal of immigration into the area took place. There were also a number of people who passed through the city on their way West into California.

In Some of these illustrations, we can see landmarks like The Salt Lake Temple and Tabernacle, State Street, There are some interesting little bits too.

I've included information in the individual captions for the images.

#history #salt lake city #utah #archives #19th century #antiques #utah territory #brigham young #Temple Square #great salt lake

Some of these are AJ Russell images held at the Oakland Museum of California, in their collection.

Some are of Echo city near Echo Canyon (I think they're mostly Echo Canyon area)

the octagon house is in Provo (or was), The large building ont he corner is in Ogden (I think).

#history #salt lake city #archives #Historical Buildings #Utah Cities #Echo Canyon #Utah Towns #AJ Russell #19th Century #19th Century photography #Vintage photography #Western Expansion #Utah Territory #Utah #Brigham Young

These are all a bunch of Mills through out Utah.

#Mills #Utah #Utah Territory #Commerce #Utah Economy #Utah History #History #Archives #19th Century

Most of these are of the ruins of the Brigham City Tannery in Brigham City. I think the hope was they could relocate and restore this for use in Heritage Park (which I cover in an earlier post).

I think they opted to just build a new one.

#Brigham City #Brigham Young #Brigham City Tannery #Utah #Utah Territory #History #Historical Buildings #Historical Photography #archives

Some of these are early 19th century Salt Lake City. The old Salt Lake Theater, the Gardo house, state street, etc.

they are also in the digitized collection.

#salt lake city #history #archives #State Street #19th Century #historic architecture #Historical Buildings #Utah #Utah Territory #Brigham Young #Pioneers

Forest Farms

This is one I can give you some information on. It's actually pretty cool if you're into this sort of thing. So this is the Forest Farm house that was used by Brigham Young's family some time ago. There's a whole Wikipedia page about it but basically:

It's a 2 story house with a basement build between 1861 and 1863.

I've heard rumors it's haunted.

They chopped it in half horizontally when they moved it to its current location.

Brigham Young didn't live there.

Some of these are in the current digital collection, which you can access here. They're specifically in the Classified Photographs collection, but you can click on the link and just go hog wild; there's a bunch of stuff. You won't be disappointed. And yes, it is digitally housed on the servers at the Marriott Library at the University of Utah. You can really get lost in the digital archives there. It's wonderful.

The other photographs were taken during the planning stages of the development of Heritage Park, where the giant "This is the Place" monument is located. Heritage Park is a collection of buildings, either original or replicas of the original.

The photographs of the walls, damage, etc., were taken during the park's planning stages, as they decided what they could save and how they were going to do it. It's pretty cool. You'll see other images from these boxes, as I upload everything I have so that it's out on the internet.

#history #archives #salt lake city #this is the place #Brigham Young #Forest Farm #Heritage Park #Utah #Utah history #Utah Territory #19th century #Preservation #historical architecture

People and stage coaches and a magic bridge.

#history #Utah #Stage coaches #19th Century #Vintage Photography #Historical fashion #salt lake city

More railroad stuff

#history #archives #antiques #Bears Ears #Zion National Park #Utah #Union Pacific #Railroads

These are a bunch of early pictures and if possible, the back of the photograph is in the image next to it.

Mostly used for Railroad PR materials to get folks on a choo choo train to see Utah.

#Trains #Union Pacific #Bears Ears #Zion National Park #Utah #The Canyonlands #history #archives #antiques

This is a supreme court judge who was the guy Thurgood Marshall replaced, and in the middle is one of the old Governors of Utah. I think his name was Carl.

#Utah #Utah Governors #Supreme Court Justices #History