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The pioneer women of Utah – Vintage Print

The pioneer women of Utah, [between 1830 and 1860] — antique engraving
The pioneer women of Utah, [between 1830 and 1860]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare antique engraving captures The pioneer women of Utah in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The title names these figures as pioneer women of Utah, and the engraving, credited to H.B. Hall's Sons, presents them as portraits rather than as a scene of travel. Beginning in 1846, Latter-day Saints left Nauvoo, Illinois, and crossed the plains toward the Salt Lake Valley, reaching it from 1847 onward, with many women walking alongside wagons and handcarts. The record's date range of 1830 to 1860 is an unverified catalog estimate, so the print is best read as a general portrait of that migration era.

Created / published[between 1830 and 1860]
Medium1 print : steel engraving.
SubjectsSteel engraving by H.B. Hall's Sons. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mormons--Hist.--1830-1860; Utah--Misc.--1830-1860; Women--Portraits--1830-1860; A/P/P I.; Women; Mormons; Publ. Ind.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,102 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-150043

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