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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

George Edward Anderson photographs of Icelanders

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233624805]
Identifier: MSS 8111
Scope and Contents

Contains five photographs of people who emigrated from Iceland to Utah. Portraits were taken by George Edward Anderson, circa 1890-1910. There is also a packet of pages that identifies the people in each of the photographs.

Dates: approximately 1890-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Edward Anderson photographs of Icelanders

John F. Bennett photograph album of Church history

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225540480]
Identifier: MSS P 801
Scope and Contents This collection contains one small black photo album. The album was made by John F. Bennett for Mr. and Mrs. George Albert Smith in the 1930s. It is similar to other albums put together by Bennett but is uniquely arranged with the Smiths in mind. Bennett used images created by several notable pioneer photographers such as William H. Jackson, C. R. Savage, George E. Anderson, C. W. Carter etc. The photographs selected should be considered some of the most notable images depicting the pioneer...
Dates: 1847-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John F. Bennett photograph album of Church history

George Edward Anderson photographs of the Gardner family

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227643233]
Identifier: MSS 5930
Scope and Contents

This collection contains five George Edward Anderson prints of the Gardner family. The pictures are of (1) Regina Evensen Gardner, (2) a 4-generation photograph of Neil Gardner, Vernon Neil Gardner, Neil Livingston Gardner, and Archibald Gardner, (3) Neil Livingston Gardner, (4) Neil Livingston Gardner, his wife Elizabeth Ann Thomas Davis, and his son Vernon Neil, (5) Vernon Neil Gardner, son of Elizabeth and Neil Livingston Gardner.

Dates: approximately 1880-1890
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Edward Anderson photographs of the Gardner family

Nelson B. Wadsworth collection of frontier photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 69
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of exhibit photographs assembled by Nelson Wadsworth about the American frontier. Items include the work of various photographers.

Dates: approximately 1870-1919
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Nelson B. Wadsworth collection of frontier photographs

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