Salt Lake City from Ensign Peak, Utah, 1911 – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Salt Lake City from Ensign Peak, Utah, 1911. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Salt Lake City and environs, from Ensign Peak
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Salt Lake City from Ensign Peak, Utah, 1911
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Salt Lake City in 1911 was a railroad and mining supply center at the foot of the Wasatch Range, shaped by the Mormon settlement laid out on a grid by Brigham Young's followers beginning in 1847. The city's economy leaned on the rail lines that crossed the valley, on smelting and mining from the nearby Oquirrh Mountains, and on wholesale trade serving farms and small towns across Utah and southern Idaho. Its population had grown steadily since the transcontinental railroad reached Utah in 1869, and by 1911 it counted well over 90,000 residents. From Ensign Peak, a viewer could see the orderly blocks of the downtown, the domes and spires of the Latter-day Saints' temple district, and the Great Salt Lake glinting to the west.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ward, v. c. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Utah |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,260 × 1,072 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Salt Lake City and environs, from Ensign Peak |
| Reference | UT Salt Lake City from Ensign Peak 1911 |
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