In Nauvoo, Illinois, views of the homes of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Lorenzo Snow and John Taylor and the grave of Joseph Smith, and of the jail in Carthage where Joseph and Hyram Smith were held, and the room in which they were killed. In Missouri, views of the jail at Liberty and of Lyman Wight's home at Adam-on-di-Aliman [?], near Gallatin, Missouri., In Utah, views of the Tabernacle, Beehive houses, Eagle Gate, Temple Block, Assembly house, Court house, the grave of Brigham Young, and various street scenes in Salt Lake City. One photograph shows an advertisement for a baseball game between Salt Lake and Spokane. There are also views of the pavilion at Saltair Beach featuring bathers at Black Rock floating in the salt water, and of produce farming (beans, potatoes, onions) showing irrigated fields and water pipes., and Photographs of the homes and haunts of prominent Mormons in Illinois, Missouri and Utah, and of Salt Lake City and Saltair views.
Description:
Individual prints are 9.6 x 12.8 cm. or smaller and are attached to both sides of large ledger pages. They are accompanied by manuscript captions and numbers., Purchased from Morils on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1983., and The pages appear to constitute a proof book of photographs. See also WA Photos Folio 17.
Subject (Geographic):
Carthage (Ill.)--Pictorial works, Nauvoo (Ill.)--Pictorial works, and Salt Lake City (Utah)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Saltair Resort (Utah)--Pictorial works, Smith, Hyrum,--1800-1844--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works, Smith, Joseph,--1805-1844--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works, Snow, Lorenzo,--1814-1901--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works, Wight, Lyman,--1796- --Homes and haunts--Pictorial works, and Young, Brigham,--1801-1877--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Irrigation farming--Utah--Pictorial works and Mormons--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works
Embossed: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten". and Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission".
Embossed: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten". and Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission".
