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Salt Lake Temple

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1893-

Administrative History

The Salt Lake Temple (est. 1893) is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Citation:
The Salt Lake Temple, 1983: t.p. (Salt Lake Temple) p. 50, etc. (cornerstones laid 4/6/1853; dedicated 4/6/1893)

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

C. W. Carter composite photograph of Salt Lake Temple

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233636379]
Identifier: MSS 8233
Scope and Contents

Photograph by Carter from 1892 containing images taken during the construction of the Salt Lake Tabernacle and the Salt Lake Temple, with the dates of the pictures. It also contains portraits of Brigham Young, John Taylor, and Wilford Woodruff and some short quotes about the construction of the Tabernacle and the Temple.

Dates: approximately 1892

Photograph of Salt Lake Temple

 Item — Item 1: [Barcode: 31197233637070]
Identifier: MSS 8241
Scope and Contents

The item is a photograph of the Salt Lake Temple. The photograph was taken between the laying of the capstone in April 1892 and the dedication in April 1893. A part of the Salt Lake Tabernacle is barely visible on the left side of the photograph. Trees surround the Temple, but the gardens have not yet been planted. Two ladders and a man can be seen on the west spires.

Dates: approximately 1892-1893

Photographs of Salt Lake City

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233360]
Identifier: MSS 3260
Scope and Contents

This collection contains three photographs, ca. 1867-1892. Two photographs are of city scenes (Salt Lake City) from 1870 and 1872. The third is a collage of pictures that follow the construction of the temple and tabernacle in Salt Lake City from 1867-1892.

Dates: 1867-1892

Hyrum Sainsbury photograph of the Salt Lake Temple

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239271015]
Identifier: MSS P 592
Scope and Contents

One photograph of the Salt Lake Temple, in Salt Lake City, Utah, taken by Hyrum Sainsbury in the 1900s.

Dates: approximately 1900