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Photograph of parked cars lined up along both lanes of a three-lane highway for the dedication of Interstate-15 (I-15). Passengers are visible sitting in the parked cars while some are standing outstide of their cars. Two standing persons hold…
Photograph of cars driving Interstate-15 in Salt Lake City after completion in 1968.
Aerial photograph of Interstate-15 in Salt Lake City after completion in 1968.
Photograph showing the construction of an underpass between Fourteenth North and First South in Salt Lake City in 1961.
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.
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.
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,…
A 1947 map of Minneapolis, created by architect Adam Paul Susaneck using historic aerial photography, highlighting areas that would eventually be the freeway and urban renewal projects.
A 2006 map of Minneapolis, created by architect Adam Paul Susaneck using historic aerial photography, highlighting the freeway and urban renewal projects.
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.
Two maps of population density, one true and one projected, from the 1972 Salt Lake Area Transportation Study.
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…
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…
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.
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…
Street view: North Temple looking west from historic Seventh (7th) West, April 3, 1933.
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.
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.
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 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 photograph of Salt Lake City from 1950. Salt Lake City features the distinct Mormon Grid, with 660-foot, 10-acre blocks, yet the ubiquitous superblock still makes an appearance at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Temple Square, the heart of…
Aerial photograph of Salt Lake City from 1950. Salt Lake City features the distinct Mormon Grid, with 660-foot, 10-acre blocks, yet the ubiquitous superblock still makes an appearance at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Temple Square, the heart of…
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.
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.
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…
Photograph showing traffic in Salt Lake City, near the 400 S interchange. This interchange is located along 765 W. Taken by Natalie Athalye.
Photograph overlooking Interstate-15 oriented looking north from the Interstate-80 off-ramp located along 200 S 700 W. Taken by Natalie Athalye.
Redlining map of Salt Lake City featured in the Mapping Inequality project.
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
Aerial view of Salt Lake City about 1950, taken from the northwest, looking over the Rose Park area.
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…
Photograph of dense smog over Salt Lake City in 1967, taken by Salt Lake Tribune staff.
Photograph of New York City Park Commissioner Robert Moses with model of proposed Battery Bridge.
Photograph of survey workers at the interstate construction site during tree removal.
Photograph of a man guiding traffic during interstate construction in Salt Lake City 1961.
Photograph of heavy machinery at the interstate construction site during tree removal.
Photograph of semi-trucks on dirt roads during the construction of Interstate-15 (I-15) in 1959.
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.
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…
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.…
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 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…
Photograph of workers and supervisors at the interstate construction site during tree removal.