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Lot 183
Western Americana -- Utah
SAVAGE, C.R. (1832-1909), photographer. A pair of images related to Mormonism including Utah's Best Crop. Salt Lake City, UT: ca 1880-1890.
Sale 2112 - Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection
Oct 24, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati

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$600 - 800
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Western Americana -- Utah
SAVAGE, C.R. (1832-1909), photographer. A pair of images related to Mormonism including Utah's Best Crop. Salt Lake City, UT: ca 1880-1890.

8 x 5 in. photograph on cardstock mount. A photographic collage comprised of more than 100 bust-length portraits of babies, credited to Savage in the lower margin and cleverly titled "Utah's Best Crop."

[With:] 8 3/8 x 5 in. photograph on 12 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. cardstock mount. Captioned in the negative, "Eagle Gate And Bee Hive House." The Beehive House, shown at left, was built in Salt Lake City, Utah, ca 1852-1854, and served as the primary residence of Brigham Young as the first territorial governor of Utah and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Eagle Gate, which spans State Street east of the Beehive House, was originally erected in 1859 at the entrance to Brigham Young’s private family compound.

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Together, 2 photographs by British-born photographer C.R. Savage, a member of the Mormon Church who operated a studio in Salt Lake City. He is best known for his images documenting the American West.
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