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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West walking with a group of other tourists on a guided group tour of the Temple Square grounds. Manicured grounds stand in the foreground at left and extend into the distance. At right, tourists walk in a large group away from the camera along a walkway. Mertie West walks in the middle of the group and glances back towards the camera. The corner of a 2-story building stands along the left frame. Tall trees stands behind the tour group, dotting the grounds. Through the trees, another building is barely visible at center. Text from negative sleeve: 1584. Yellowstone trip 1942. Salt Lake City, Utah. Sunday June 21, 1942. 1. At left, the Mormon Tabernacle thru under the trees. At right, the Temple The tabernacle was closed to the public, owing to a bomb being found in it one day. Closed for duration of the war. Beautiful grounds. 2. Escorted group of tourists in the Temple grounds. Mertie West turns to look back at camera. 3. We drove out to Saltair to see Great Salt Lake. The pavilion was a mile from the lake. Lake is evaporating. We never got near the lake. Sign at the end of a wooden wharf where pavilion in located. 3 films. [Note: In all instances of the year date, 1942, the last digit (2) is handwritten over a typed 3.]
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1584_002 ark:/21198/zz002htjsp
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Temple Square (Salt Lake City, Utah) Tourists--Utah--Salt Lake City West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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