Charles Roscoe Savage / Saltair Beach Pavilion Great Salt Lake Utah 1890

Description: Saltair Beach Pavilion. Great Salt Lake, Utah Author: Savage, Charles Roscoe Title: Saltair Beach Pavilion. Great Salt Lake, Utah Publication: Salt Lake City: (c.1890) Description: Cabinet card. Albumen photograph [12.5 cm x 20.5 cm] on a tan mount [18 cm x 25.5 cm] Title in the negative at the foot. Overall sunning and fading. Bird's eye illustration of the original Saltair. Founded by Mormon leaders and the Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway, as an alternative to the "Gentile" resorts on the Great Salt Lake, Saltair has been the most successful of all of these resorts, and now in its third incarnation, after the previous were both destroyed by fires. Saltair also played a starring role in the horror film, 'Carnival of Souls.' Charles Roscoe Savage (1832-1909) was an accomplished and prolific photographer who lived successfully within his Salt Lake City community and traveled widely throughout the West taking photographs and befriending other important photographers of his day such as Carleton Watkins, Edward Wilson, Timothy O'Sullivan, Alfred Hart and A.J. Russell. Savage took several of the West's most famous images at the celebration of the joining of the transcontinental railroads at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869. Savage also took the first photographs of what became Zion National Park. Seller ID: 9899 Subject: Utah Photography Tschanz Rare Books We actively buy and sell books, photographs, ephemera, maps and objects in our specialities: Utah & the Mormons, Interior West, Western National Parks, Western Indians, Railroads and Western Americana generally. Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 165 USD

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

End Time: 2024-12-10T20:59:03.000Z

Shipping Cost: 8 USD