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Slide of the This Is The Place Monument, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1990s
Date
1990 to 1999
Archival Collection
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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Photograph of Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of Fremont Street. Mike's Liquor and the Boulder Club can be seen on left and the Pioneer Club is on right. Possibly a postcard. Street Address: Fremont Street
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