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Photograph of Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, at the steering wheel of a bulldozer at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Photograph of a crowd gathered around a bulldozer driven by Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Photograph of a crowd gathered around Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, giving remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Photograph of Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, standing atop a bulldozer during a blizzard at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Third page of the Salt Lake City Freeway Highway Agencies program from the 1959 groundbreaking ceremony, held on January 28, 1959 at Sixth West & Fourth North. Features an illustrative drawing of the intended placement of the freeway in correlation…
Second page of the Salt Lake City Freeway Highway Agencies program from the 1959 groundbreaking ceremony, held on January 28, 1959 at Sixth West & Fourth North.
First page of the Salt Lake City Freeway Highway Agencies program from the 1959 groundbreaking ceremony, held on January 28, 1959 at Sixth West & Fourth North.
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of the North Salt Lake City Quadrangle in 1963. Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods and by plane-table surveys 1925, 1934, and 1951.…
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of the North Salt Lake City Quadrangle in 1951. Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods and by plane-table surveys 1925, 1934, and 1951.…
This state portrait of George Dewey Clyde (1957-1965), commissioned by famous Utah artist Everett Clark Thorpe, shows the Utah Governor holding the plans for the Glen Canyon Dam under his arm, and a vibrant Utah landscape (complete with dam) in the…
Photo of Jane Jacobs during her advocacy against the Washington Square Expressway. Mrs. Jane Jacobs, chairman of the Comm. to save the West Village holds up documentary evidence at press conference at Lions Head Restaurant at Hudson & Charles…
Photograph of picketers protesting against the San Francisco Embarcadero Freeway marching at City Hall on April 18 1961.
Political cartoon by Etta Hulme. This cartoon appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. This cartoon shows a bulldozer labeled "Highway Fund Bill" pushing a pile of dirt with a school house on it labeled "school financing." There is a smaller house…
A drawing of the 5th and 6th South interstate interchange system by Design Engineer Herbert M. Fehmel, created in service for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT).
Map of Interstate Highway plans from September 1955. The Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) was originally a part of the United States Department of Agriculture then the United States Department of Commerce. The BPR is the predecessor agency to the Federal…
Newspaper article discussing a public hearing on the proposed 6th West highway routing, published on March 31, 1950.
Newspaper article discussing the west side demands for considerations during ongoing highway plans, published July 28, 1950.
Newspaper article discussing the west side residents upset and fight againt the highway, published on January 13, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing west side protest to the proposed 6th West highway routing, published on March 28, 1950.
Fourth page of Utah Highways Department's Highways and Byways newsletter, published in October of 1957.
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of Salt Lake City and the surrounding Western United States. Prepare by the Army Map Service (ASSX), Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Washington D. C. Compiled in 1955 by photo-planimetric methods using road data…
Proposed Federal-Aid Urban System for the Salt Lake Urban Area in the form of a visual map. The map features urban area boundaries, federal-aid urban routes, federal-aid primary routes, etc.
Editorial on the west sides post-war development and growth, published on November 4, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing protests organized by west side residents and supported by church organizations and elected leaders against the proposed 7th West route for the freeway, published on January 22, 1957.
Editorial which elaborates on the purpose of an express highway and how the proposed express highway might impact the west side, published on January 15, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing a 7th West route of the proposed expressway, published on February 10, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing the formation of a committee to examine the expressway proposal, published on January 15, 1948. Scan of article is slightly skewed, cutting off words on the far left side.
Aerial view of the D&RGW Railroad yards in Salt Lake City, looking north. The 4th South viaduct through the middle of the yard is in the center of the photo
State portrait of Govenor Herbert Brown Maw, commissioned by famous Utah portrait artist, Lee Greene Richards, in 1947. Herbert Brown Maw was a politician and educator who served as the eighth Governor of Utah from 1941 to 1949 as a Democrat. Maw was…
Street view (looking north): historic State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, winter of 1946. View includes (in distance): Eagle Gate, Emery-Holmes Apartments / a.k.a. Bransford Apartments / a.k.a. Eagle Gate Apartments, and Utah State Capitol. Salt Lake…
Street view: historic State Street (during Christmas season), Salt Lake City, Utah, December 7, 1948. Image includes a view of Utah State Capitol (in distance). Salt Lake Tribune #14959 C-400.
Photograph of a blue and white pin-back button that reads: "I have Seen The Future." This pin was distributed to visitors at 1939 New York World's Fair, specifically the Futurama exhibit by General Motors.
Photograph of spectators at the 1939 New York World's Fair overlooking the Futurama exhibit by General Motors.
Aerial view of Salt Lake City about 1950, taken from the northwest, looking over the Rose Park area.
Editorial on the west sides post-war development and growth, published Nov. 4, 1948.
Street view: North Temple looking west from historic Seventh (7th) West, April 3, 1933.
Street view (looking northwest): historic Eighth (8th) West and Seventh (7th) South, Salt Lake City, Utah, May of 1907. Riverside School is visible in background. Shipler Commercial Photography #2863.
Street view: Fourth (4th) South Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photograph of historic 300 South looking west from State Street, revealing unpaved roads with heavy use marked by wheel/tire tracks. Horses and wagons are visible to the left. A trolley…
Map of strategic routes between Salt Lake City, Utah and California preapred for the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States by the Lincoln highway Association. Points of interest include highways, trails, lakes, national parks, mountains,…
Reprint of a photograph showing early highway construction in Price-Castle Gate, Utah.
Reprint of a photograph showing early highway construction in Smithfield, Utah.
Panoramic view: State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, July of 1938. View includes: Utah State Capitol and Cathedral of the Madeleine (in distance). Salt Lake Tribune #4480.
Street view (looking north from Third (3rd) South Street, also known as Broadway): State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1920-1925. Image includes a view of Utah State Capitol (in distance). Donated by L.V. (Lionel V.) McNeely.
Photograph of Ford Model "T" operated by the Utah Power and Light Company and two other Model "T" taken in 1923. Courtesy Utah Power and Light Company.
Aerial view of Salt Lake City, looking north, in 1891. Hand-drawn, illustrated map includes views of the Salt Lake, River Jordan, Antelope Island, Garfield Beach, neighborhood suburbs, public parks, churches, railroads, schools, hotels, and public…
Street view (looking north, from South Temple): Third (3rd) West, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photograph of historic 300 West shows the railway interspersed with businesses and homes in the area, c. 1900-1920. View includes Salt Lake Hardware Building…
Aerial view of Salt Lake City, oriented from the north looking southeast, in 1875. Map is hand-drawn with particular reference to the city grid, principle public buildings, churches, and select named roads. This illustrated panoramic map also…
A graphic created by the Utah Department of Transporation that presents 1-15 mainline alternatives, two concepts for the I-15 interstate from Farmington to Salt Lake City. The two options for I-15, Option A and Option B, are overlayed vertically to…