Ogden, Utah, 1914 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Ogden, Utah, 1914. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Ogden, Utah
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Ogden, Utah, 1914
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Ogden, Utah, in 1914 was a railroad town at the junction of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific lines, where the Ogden rail yards and shops employed large numbers of machinists, carmen, and clerks. Its position at the mouth of Ogden Canyon, where the Weber River meets the Wasatch Front, had made it a shipping and supply center for the region's farms, orchards, and coal and mineral districts. The city had grown steadily since the arrival of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, and by the 1910s its streets carried streetcars, a growing number of automobiles, and a busy commercial downtown along Twenty-Fifth Street. Mormon church wards, union halls, and fraternal lodges shaped daily civic life, and residents would have known Ogden as the gateway between the Great Salt Lake and the mountains beyond.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Creator | hollard photo co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Utah |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,142 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Ogden, Utah |
| Reference | UT Ogden 1914 |
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