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A color postcard of a stone monument and a gold domed government building.

State Capitol Building and Mormon Battalion Monument, Salt Lake City, Utah

Unknown

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1920

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Desert Book Company

    Printed by Curt Teich Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.l. to u.r. printed: 908 STATE CAPITOL BUILDING AND "MORMON" BATTALION MONUMENT, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

    l.r. printed: 3A-H208

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: This monument commemorates the contribution \ made to the early settlement and development of \ the State of Utah and the Western portion of this \ country by the Mormon Battalion. \ This battalion made the longest single march \ known to history. \ This monument is built to represent a pueblo \ with beautiful picturesque figures in relief on \ both sides. \\ The West side tells the story of the enlistment \ and the march; the East side, the discovery of gold \ in California and the home-coming in Salt Lake.

    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

    P1976.48.1244

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

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