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Latter Day Saints -- Folklore

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

M. Wilford Poulson photographs

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239270488]
Identifier: MSS P 187
Scope and Contents

Photographs of alleged "seer stone" brought from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Utah by Philo Dibble who settled in Springville, Utah. The stills show the stone and a chicken egg in the hand of a man and on a black cloth. Seer stones were believed by some early Mormons to allow certain individuals to see into the future or to find lost objects. Dated approximately 1920.

Dates: approximately 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / M. Wilford Poulson photographs

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