Savage, Charles Roscoe. [C. R. Savage] [Stereoview]

Tunnel No. 3 [Union Pacific Railroad] and Weber River. Weber Canyon, Utah.

Salt Lake City, UT: C. R. Savage, Pioneer Art Gallery, [c. 1860s]. Photograph. Stereoview photograph on a light blue/green Union Pacific Railroad mount [9 cm x 18 cm]. C. R. Savage Pioneer Art Gallery backstamp. Some general overall wear, rubbing with a few tiny abrasions to the image near the margins, some dust soiling and signs of handling, especially around edges. Still, a nice example. Very Good. Item #71491

A nice stereoview looking down on the railroad tracks and bridge leading over the Weber River and into tunnel number three in Weber Canyon, UT. Several small building structures are visible to the right of the tunnel. Backstamp reads "Photographic Scenes in Utah, Arizona, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming Territories. Views of the Most Interesting Points on the Union Pacific, Central Pacific, and Utah Central Railroads, Groups of Indians, And Portraits of the Representative Men of Utah. Taken by C. R. Savage, Pioneer Art Gallery. East Temple St. Salt Lake City, Utah."

A lovely image from the renowned Mormon pioneer photographer, Charles Roscoe Savage, who is best known for his images of the linking of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point, Utah. Savage was a prolific photographer of the American West in general, and of Utah and the Mormon experience in particular. He thoroughly documented the early settlement and development of Salt Lake City, including the long and arduous construction of the Mormon Temple over several decades. He also photographed many Indigenous North Americans, and is credited for taking the first photographs of what would later become Zion National Park.

Price: $50.00