Abstract The C.W. Carter photograph collection consists of 47 carte-de-visite photographs and 3 stereographs. Some, if not all, of these images were taken by Carter before the building of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1868-1869. Included are notable landmarks from Utah and southwest Wyoming, including Echo Canyon, Church Buttes (Two Church Buttes carts-de-visite images include telegraph lines), and the Needles. The collection also includes wagon trains, a stage coach, views along what would become...

Abstract The C.R. Savage photograph collection consists of 130 original photographs taken from around 1865 to 1895. The majority of the photographs are cabinet card portraits (many of children) from his Salt Lake City studio including a 1888 portrait of Wilford Woodruff (4th LDS Church President), and a 1897 view of Temple Square. The remainder consists of: stereographs of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads; an interior shot of the Salt Lake City Tabernacle; two oversize landscapes; and...