Great Salt Lake photograph collection

Great Salt Lake photograph collection, circa 1880-1920

Overview of the Collection

Title: Great Salt Lake photograph collection
Dates: circa 1880-1920 (inclusive)
18751925
Quantity: 41 images
Collection Number: P0220
Summary: The Great Salt Lake photograph collection contains photographs and slides of the Salt Flats, sailing activities, and the Lucin Cutoff.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of prints and slides pertaining to the Great Salt Lake in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included are photographs of the Salt Flats, sailing on the Great Salt Lake, pleasure boats, Lucin Cutoff, Saltair, Garfield Beach and Black Rock.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection arranged by topic.

Related Materials

See also, Utah Humanities Research Foundation photograph collection (P0044) located in Special Collections.

See also, Thomas Adams photograph collection (P0043) located in Special Collections.

See also, Great Salt Lake audio-visual collection (A0416) located in Special Collections.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Salt Flats, Sailboats, Saltair, Lucin CutoffReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Salt Flats Photograph number 1: Salt Ponds, Near Great Salt Lake. C. R. Savage, photographer, circa 1897. Photograph number 2: Trail of Donner wagons along Salt Flats in 1846. Photograph was taken September 1936. Photograph number 3: Auto racing in the early days of the Western Pacific at Salduro, Utah, circa 1915. Photograph number 4: Western Pacific and Pullman passenger train. Took during auto racing season at Salduro, Utah, circa 1915.
1	2	Sailboats Photograph number 5-6: Cambria II, circa 1974. Sailed by Captain D. L. Davis. Photograph number 7-9: Sailboats on the Great Salt Lake, circa 1874.
1	3	Boats Photograph number 10: The Piedmont. Photograph number 11: The Garfield, 1871.
1	4	Lucin Cutoff Photograph number 12: Steamer and construction camps at the Lucin Cutoff. Photograph number 13: Steamer "Promontory", floating bunk-house, and floating pole-drive at the Lucin Cutoff. Photograph number 14: The Company's Runabout.
1	5	Slides Photograph number 15: Captain D. L. Davis, portrait. Photograph number 16: Salt Lake Yacht Club, certificate of membership, D. L. Davis, 1874. Photograph number 17-18: The Cambria II, duplicates of No.5. Photograph number 19-20: Sailboats, duplicates of No.7 and No.8. Photograph number 21: The Garfield, duplicate of No.11. Photograph number 22-25: Lucin Cutoff, duplicates of No.12-No.14. Photograph number 26: Lucin Cutoff, works and Embankment Trestle. Photograph number 27: Lucin Cutoff, pole-driver. Photograph number 28-29: Lucin Cutoff, Trestle and pole drivers.
1	6	Saltair Photograph number 30: Saltair Beach Pavilion. Photograph number 31: Interior of the Dancing Pavilion. Photograph number 32: Saltair Beach Pavilion. Photograph number 33: Saltair Beach Pavilion and bathers. Photograph number 34: Saltair Beach Pavilion.
1	7	Garfield Beach Photograph number 35-37: Garfield Beach Bathing Resort.
1	8	Black Rock Photograph number 38: Black Rock. C. R. Savage, photographer.
1	9	Unidentified Miscellaneous Photograph number 39: Two men in small flat paddle boat.
1	10	Bike trail Photograph number 40: Farmington Bay, person on a bike trail.
1	11	Garfield Beach Photograph number 41: Dining room at Garfield Beach

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