Salt Lake City, Utah
I happened to have two vintage slides that are from Salt Lake City. So I have a theme!
First up is this great 1940 shot of the Mormon Temple in SLC. Strangely, this single Utah image was mixed in with some previously-shared photos from Allentown, Pennsylvania. It's not like PA and UT are right next to each other, but slides have a way of getting mixed up. Anyway, the temple is fairly easy to identify, so there was not much confusion on my part (for a change). I love this 85 year-old view!
Using Google Maps' Street View, I grabbed this relatively contemporary view as seen from Main Street (at the corner of South Temple Street. Wondering about the construction (other views show the temple completely encased in scaffolding, I discovered that the temple was closed in December 2019 for a general remodeling and seismic renovations, which were initially estimated to take approximately four years. That's a statue of Brigham Young to the right.
Next is this interesting 1969 photo of the Matterhorn after a weight loss regimen. It turns out that this is an image from the International Peace Gardens - something I'd never heard of. The garden was conceived in 1939 and dedicated in 1952. (It) is under the direction of the Salt Lake Council of Women Past Presidents Council. Each participating Utah-based nation group is allotted a plot in which to create a garden with native plantings, garden architecture, and statues of world peace leaders typical of its homeland and culture. The Peace Gardens currently represents the cultural diversity of 28 nations.
3 comments:
Major-
That's quite the 'temple'. I'm quite taken with those lovely electroliers (streetlights), however - very stylish-!
Thanks, Major.
I suppose the Utah and Pennsylvania images, being in the same lot, can be explained if the photographer that took the photos, took them as part of the same trip?
It's strange to see all those old cars in a color photo. It's like we were transported back in time, à la a Twilight Zone episode. Are those overhead wires part of an electric streetcar system?
I can see Fudgie!...... OK, maybe not. Where are the Bobsleds? Where are the Skyway buckets? Disneyland's Matterhorn is definitely funner. In some ways, this Utah Matterhorn is more like the real one, which is kind of pointy and angular, like this one.
A worthy subject for a Saturday travelogue. Thanks, Major.
^ JB, I think the Utah Matterhorn more resembles a Matterhorn macaroon.
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