Highland Boy, Utah, 1909 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Highland Boy, Utah, 1909 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Highland Boy
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Highland Boy, Utah, 1909
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Highland Boy, a copper mining community in the Oquirrh Mountains southwest of Salt Lake City, was part of the Bingham district in 1909, when copper was the main source of wealth in Utah. Ore from the Bingham open pits and underground workings fed concentrators and smelters in the region, and rail lines carried the metal out to market. The mines drew a large and varied workforce, including many immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, Greece, Japan, and Mexico, who lived in company housing and boarding houses near the workings. Life in these camps revolved around shifts, company stores, churches, and fraternal lodges, and labor disputes over wages and safety were common in the years before 1910. Residents in 1909 knew the place chiefly as a mining camp whose fortunes rose and fell with the price of copper.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | west coast art co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Utah |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,455 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Highland Boy |
| Reference | UT Highland Boy 1909 |
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