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Slide of the This Is The Place Monument, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1990s

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

A statue of early trappers that is inscribed with "This is the place." A view of the left-hand side of the This is the Place Monument. Several individual sculptures make up the full monument. The This is the Place Monument is a historical monument at the This is the Place Heritage Park, located on the east side of Salt Lake City, Utah, at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. It is named in honor of Brigham Young's famous statement in 1847 that the Latter-day Saint pioneers should settle in the Salt Lake Valley. Sculpted between 1939 and 1947 by Mahonri M. Young, a grandson of Brigham Young, it stands as a monument to the Mormon pioneers as well as the explorers and settlers of the American West. It was dedicated by LDS Church President George Albert Smith on 24 July 1947, the hundredth anniversary of the pioneers entering the Salt Lake Valley. It replaced a much smaller monument located nearby.

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Slide of the This Is The Place Monument, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1990s

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

A view of the right-hand side of the This is the Place Monument. Several individual sculptures make up the full monument. The This is the Place Monument is a historical monument at the This is the Place Heritage Park, located on the east side of Salt Lake City, Utah, at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. It is named in honor of Brigham Young's famous statement in 1847 that the Latter-day Saint pioneers should settle in the Salt Lake Valley. Sculpted between 1939 and 1947 by Mahonri M. Young, a grandson of Brigham Young, it stands as a monument to the Mormon pioneers as well as the explorers and settlers of the American West. It was dedicated by LDS Church President George Albert Smith on 24 July 1947, the hundredth anniversary of the pioneers entering the Salt Lake Valley. It replaced a much smaller monument located nearby.

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Carl Stitak's portait and military documents (Boulder City, Nevada): photographic print and ephemera

Date

1935-10-24 to 1939-08-12

Description

Carl Stitak at boat dock, February 1936. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Co. 2536, in Boulder City, Nevada.

Mixed Content

Film transparency showing a billboard in Boulder City, circa late 1930s-1940s

Date

1937 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

An image of a billboard for advertising the Visitor's Bureau in Boulder City. The text on the sign reads: "After your tour of the dam, see the official movie! The Building of the Boulder Dam."

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Caesars Boardwalk Regency, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Nat Hart Professional Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00419
Collection Name: Nat Hart Professional Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of outdoor dinner for the Red Cross, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930-1940

Date

1930 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

Red Cross charity dinner in Government Park, Boulder City

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Film transparency of Manix Department Store, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1930-1940

Date

1930 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

An interior view of Manix Department Store in downtown Boulder City.

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Photograph of the desert site that later became Boulder City, Nevada, March 13, 1931

Date

1931-03-13

Description

The grayscale, view of the desert site that later became Boulder City.

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