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Mormon Temple, laying the capstone

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Call NumberZ-1047CreatorHeliotype Printing Co.Date1892 April 6SummaryMen and women crowd into Temple Square at the corner of Main and South Temple Streets in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. People and horses and buggies fill the streets outside the walls of Temple Square; some men climb telephone poles. Scaffolding encloses the spires of the granite Salt Lake Mormon Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Shows the dome of the Mormon Tabernacle and the spires of the Assembly Hall. Inked on heliotype: "Reached via the Union Pacific System."Physical Description1 photomechanical print : collotype ; 37 x 46 cm (15 x 18 in.) printed on sheet 56 x 72 cm (22 x 28 in.).Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Buildings--19th centurySalt Lake Temple--19th centuryTabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--19th centuryUnion Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--19th centuryMormon tabernacles--Utah--Salt Lake City--19th centurySalt Lake City (Utah)--19th centuryTemple Square (Salt Lake City, Utah)--19th centuryBuilding construction--Utah--Salt Lake City--19th centuryMormon churches--Utah--Salt Lake City--19th centuryPlazas--Utah--Salt Lake City--19th centuryRites and ceremonies--Utah--Salt Lake City--19th centurySpectators--Utah--Salt Lake City--19th centuryGeographic AreaSalt Lake City (Utah)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711001047Type of MaterialCollotypesTravel postersDigital Version Created FromMiss Mary J. MunroeNotesCondition: mat soiled, torn. Title printed on sheet. Union Pacific Railroad insignia imprinted on front of poster with title. Shows a shield that reads: "Union Pacific. The Overland Route."; R7110010472

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Mormon Temple, laying the capstone