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Sea Gull Monument, Temple Block, Salt Lake City, Utah

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Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1940

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Desert Book Company

    Printed by Curt Teich Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.l. to u.r. printed: ERECTED IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MERCY OF GOD \ TO THE MORMON PIONEERS

    l.l. to l.r. printed: 928 SEA GULL MONUMENT, TEMPLE BLOCK, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

    l.r. printed: 3A-H228

    Verso [vertical]:

    u.l. printed: THE SEA GULL MONUMENT, \ erected in commemoration of the Miraculous Delivery \ of the Mormon Pioneers from starvation when a \ plague of crickets threatened destruction of their \ crops in 1848 and 1849. Flocks of Sea Gulls \ appeared and preyed upon the destroyers until the \ pests vanished and the people were saved. Since then \ the Gulls have been protected in Utah by Legis- \ lative Enactment.

    u.c. to l.c. printed transverse: "C.T. ART-COLORTONE," MADE ONLY BY CURT TEICH & CO., INC., CHICAGO, U.S.A.

    c.l. printed along left edge: DESERT BOOK COMPANY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.1218

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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