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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 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.
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 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.
Newspaper article discussing the west side demands for considerations during ongoing highway plans, published July 28, 1950.
Human interest story on a young boy who was reunited with his lost dog after his family was moved following the west side freeway development.
Classified advertisement for homes in Highland Park neighborhood directed toward freeway displaced west side residents.
Newspaper article discussing the recognition People's Freeway, Inc. received as highly valued anti-poverty program, published on January 9, 1974.
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.
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…
Photograph of dense smog over Salt Lake City in 1967, taken by Salt Lake Tribune staff.
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…
Pollution hotspot map of Salt Lake City with redlining classification laid over. Map was retrieved from the Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (UT AGRC).
Reprint of a photograph showing early highway construction in Smithfield, Utah.
Reprint of a photograph showing early highway construction in Price-Castle Gate, Utah.
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,…
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.
Redlining map of Salt Lake City featured in the Mapping Inequality project.
Photograph of spectators at the 1939 New York World's Fair overlooking the Futurama exhibit by General Motors.
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.
Fourth page of Utah Highways Department's Highways and Byways newsletter, published in October of 1957.
Two maps of population density, one true and one projected, from the 1972 Salt Lake Area Transportation Study.
Editorial on the west sides post-war development and growth, published Nov. 4, 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.
Newspaper article discussing a 7th West route of the proposed expressway, published on February 10, 1948.
Editorial on the west sides post-war development and growth, published on November 4, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing the west side residents upset and fight againt the highway, published on January 13, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing the Transportation Commission's recognition of People's Freeway, Inc. for their use of dormant state land as a community garden, published December on 19, 1975. Transportation Commission Honors Peoples Freeway Inc. Garden…
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: 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.
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…
Newspaper article discussing west side protest to the proposed 6th West highway routing, published on March 28, 1950.
Newspaper article discussing a public hearing on the proposed 6th West highway routing, published on March 31, 1950.
Newspaper article advocating an attack on the "blighted housing problem" in the west side after completion of the freeway, published on September 14, 1964.
Newspaper article on the Swede Town neighborhood of the west side noting its decline, but continued presence in Salt Lake City, puublished on Decemeber 9, 1976.
Classified advertisement for homes in Rose Park neighborhood directed toward freeway displaced west side residents.
Classified advertisement for homes in local developments directed toward freeway displaced west side residents.
Newspaper article discussing an award presented to the People's Freeway, Inc. for their use of neglected right-of-way land as a community garden published Dec. 20, 1975.
Newspaper article, featuring a business portrait of H.M. Selander, discusses his background and goals as manager for Salt Lake City Lines following declines in patronage, published on September 2, 1962.
Newspaper article discussing another cut service of the Salt Lake City Lines, published onNovember 24, 1965.
Newspaper article discussing the state fuel tax exemption given to Salt Lake City Line published on March 6, 1967.
An op-ed piece (opposite the editorial page), published in 1998, expressing upset about the then upcoming freeway expansion project being "steam-roll[ed]" through the legislature.
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.
Photograph of the Franklin School, historically located on southwest corner, 700 West and 200 South. Currently at southwest corner, 800 West and 200 South. Donated by William H. Shipler.
Electrical Products electric sign for Dee's Hamburgers. Cars fill the drive-in of the restaurant. A telephone booth is in the foreground of the picture.
Exterior of the Beeline Refining Company gas station. Beeline had five different gas stations in the downtown Salt Lake area.