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Salt Beds, Great Salt Lake, Utah

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This image starts a two week visit to Utah, featuring several notable sites. First off is a long view of the salt beds at the edge of the Great Salt Lake, at a time when they were extensively mined for salt.
Most notable about this card is the perforation and thread along the right edge. This indicates that when first sold, the card had a small cloth bag of salt attached to the card. Like most such cards, the salt bag was detached and inspected or displayed. However, there are two cards with the bags still attached that will be displayed at the end of these two weeks.

Carpenter Paper Co., Salt Lake City, Utah


The card description states:
Great Salt Lake, located 15 miles west of Salk Lake City, is the largest of its character in the world. The water is about 22% solids and one may float upon it surface without effort. Thousands of tone of salt, obtained by solar evaporation, are produced annually by the industries on its shores.
–Postage for these was an additional penny at the time, bringing the total postage from 2 cents to 3. Postcards like this one are now prohibited by the Postal Serivce, as the attached bags would foul or damage the address reading machines.
This postcard was used, and is dated July 1948

Salt Lake City, UT Folio

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The week concludes with an extensive set of colorized images from Salt Lake City and areas nearby.

All Images by Tichnor Quality Views, Boston










 

As indicated in the description above, the population at the time this folio was produced was over 170,000. The US Census figures for 1950 and 1960 indicate that this estimate falls between those two census totals. Thus, this folio was produced in the 1950s.

Capitol Building, Salt Lake City, UT

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The weekend brings a linen-textured colored card of the Utah state capitol building.

Genuine Curteich-Chicago “C.T. Art Colortone”


The description on this card is quite lengthy:
UTAH STATE CAPITOL, EXTERIOR
Utah may be justly proud of its State Capitol.The building was finished and formally opened to the public October 9, 1916. From its commanding location, a wonderful view of the whole of Salt Lake Valley may be had. The Capitol proper is 240 feet wide, 404 feet long and 285 feet high. The general style of the architecture is pure Corinthian. The diameter of the dome is 64 feet. Fifty-two columns 42 feet high grace the exterior. Total cost: $2,739,528.54.
–This card was mailed from the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce to my mother when she was 14 years old. The only remark on the card is “We are temporarily out of booklets.” This indicates that my mother had sent a letter requesting a booklet or brochure about the Utah government or building in hopes of receiving it in the mail for a school project or a scrapbook. These sorts of requests by students to businesses and government departments throughout the country were common in this era.
The card was mailed April 12, 1946. All the writing and addressing are typed, an unusual approach given the difficulty in feeding postcards through a manual typewriter roller without permanently curling it.

The Christus, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT

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With the last zoom in, this time into the North Visitor’s Center, the image features the Christus statue.

Intermountain Tourist Supply, Inc. Salt Lake City 1, Utah


This is not an original, but a copy based on a work by a Danish sculptor, as indicated in the description:
THE CHRISTUS by Berthold Thorvaldsen, TEMPLE SQUARE VISITOR CENTER, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. This impressive statue is located in the rotunda of the Visitor Center on Temple Square.
The postcard dates from the 1960s.

Visitor Center, Salt Lake City, UT

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Zooming along a bit further than yesterday, and just beyond the domed Tabernacle, is the Temple Square North Visitor Center.

Intermountain Tourist Supply, Inc. Salt Lake City 1, Utah


The description states:
TEMPLE SQUARE VISITOR CENTER, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. Recently opened to the public, this beautiful facility was built especially to accommodate the many visitors to Temple Square. In it are found interesting and educational paintings, statuary, dioramas and exhibits.
As the card states, the building was recently completed when the card photo was taken, and the building is recorded as opening to the public in October, 1967.

Tabernacle Choir and Organ, Salt Lake City, UT

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Zooming inside the Tabernacle seen in the previous post, this card shows the classic photo of the assembled choir and the magnificent organ.

Intermountain Tourist Supply, Inc. Salt Lake City 1, Utah


The description states:
INTERIOR OF “MORMON” TABERNACLE, TEMPLE SQUARE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. The world-famous Tabernacle on historic Temple Square with a seating capacity of 8,000 and housing one of the finest pipe organs in the world, was completed by the “Mormon” pioneers in 1867. Noted for its unique architecture and its exceptional acoustical qualities, it is used as a house of worship and for the presentation of cultural concerts and nationwide radio broadcasts.
Quotes are in the original. Another card in this collection dates this photo to the mid-1960s.

Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT

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From the overall city view yesterday the focus falls on the oldest historic part of the Temple Square area.

Intermountain Tourist Supply, Inc. Salt Lake City 1, Utah


The description on the back states:
TEMPLE SQUARE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. Within the walls of the world-famous Temple Square in the heart of Salt Lake City, stands the spired “Mormon’ Temple which required forty years of pioneer labor to build, and the domed Tabernacle, seating capacity 8,000 and housing the world-renowned Tabernacle organ. Temple Square is open to the public daily and free guided tours are provided.
This card has also been trimmed at the bottom to fit a scrapbook, but no information was lost. Another card in this series helps to date the photo to the mid-1960s.

Salt Lake City, UT

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Today begins a five day zoom into Salt Lake City and the Mormon church headquarters there. First is an aerial overview of the city core, with the three spired temple and the domed Tabernacle clearly visible in the lower center.

Intermountain Tourist Supply, Inc. Salt Lake City 1, Utah


This card was trimmed at the bottom to allow insertion into an album, so both the bottom of the image is missing as well as a line of description from the back, which states:
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. Nestled at the base of the snow-capped Wasatch Range, Salt Lake City is a thriving commercial and travel center. Here also are located the headquarters of the “Mormon” church as well as its famous Temple Square.
Even though the publisher of this card series uses the obsolete zone code in their address, shown above, another card in this series dates this photo as from the mid-1960s.