J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Edward P. Jennings photograph collection
P0101
476 photographic prints
1889-1920
The Edward P. Jennings photograph collection contains portraits of Edward Jennings, members of his family, and friends. The collection also consists of photographs of buildings and activities in Salt Lake City and at Saltair, as well as photographs of mining and logging operations, photographs of people and buildings in Europe and Mexico.
English
Edward P. Jennings was born in Beckett, Massachusetts on 24 August 1873. He graduated from Union College, New York, in 1873. He was a chemistry instructor at Cornell University for six years and began work for P. L. Kimberly in the iron industry in 1879. He was known as one of the best mining experts in the west, serving as consulting engineer of Utah Metals and Tunnel Company.
Jennings was a mining engineer who came to Salt Lake City in 1898 from the Lake Superior region where he had been working in the iron industry. He was a consulting engineer for the Utah Metal and Tunnel Company and one of the best known mining experts and engineers in the west. The photographs in the collection are personal and date from approximately 1889 to 1920. Many are of his family and friends on outings. There are also views of Salt Lake City and vicinity, Saltair, an auto race in 1908, photographs of scenery and of mining and freighting operations in Utah and Idaho, pictures of the Walker farm, and personal and commercial photographs from a trip to Europe.
The Edward P. Jennings photograph collection is digitized.
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.
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.
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Manuscript materials were transferred to the Edward P. Jennings papers (MS 0101).
Jennings, Edward P., 1853-1915--Photographs
Jennings, Edward P., 1853-1915--Family--Photographs
Salt Lake City (Utah)--Photographs
Europe--Photographs
Mexico--Photographs
Saltair Resort (Utah)--Photographs
Mines and Mineral Resources--History--Photographs
Logging--History--Photographs
Mines and Mineral Resources
Images
Group portraits
Photographic prints
Portrait photographs--1890-1920
People, Salt Lake Area, and Parades
People
1
1-7
- 1-189: Family friends circa 1890-1920
Homes-Exterior
1
8
- 190-200: Homes
Homes-Interior
1
9
- 201-209: Homes
Walker Farm
1907
1
10
- 210-212: Buildings
- 213-246: Scenery
Big Cottonwood Canyon
1
11
- 247-253: Scenery
Salt Lake City, Utah
1
12
- 254: Capitol hill area
- 255: Old Paper Mill
- 256: Sidewalk
Salt Lake City Parade
1908
1
13
- 257-260: Views of the parade down Main Street
Saltair
1
14-15
- 261-269: Buildings
- 270-273: Visitors
- 274: Boat
Saltair, Auto Race, Stores, Mining, Logging and Freighting
1a
Saltair
1a
15a
- 275-287: Swimmers
Auto Race
1908
1a
16
- 288-295: Views of race which was held in Salt Lake City
Stores
1a
17
- 296: Exterior
- 297: Interior
Freighting
1a
18
- 298-302: Views
Mining
1a
19-20
- 303-317: Buildings
- 318-321: Scenery
- 322-325: Operations
- 326-327: Rock
Logging
1a
21
- 328-332: Buildings
Europe, Mexico and Scenery
2
Europe
2
1-2
- 333-334: Statues and Monuments
- 335: Scenery
- 336-337: Boats
- 338-350: Buildings
Mexico
2
3
- 351-354: People
- 355-365: Buildings
- 366-372: Wagons
Scenery
2
4-8
- 373-414: Mountains
- 415-420: Rock Formations
- 421-425: Countryside
- 426-438: Snow
Scenery
2a
Scenery
2a
9-10
- 439-466: Water
- 467-476: Buildings