| Title |
Telegraph Office |
| Collection |
Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection |
| File Name |
39222001417042 |
| Photo Number |
05654 |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Date of Photograph |
24 October 1861 |
| Date |
1861-10-24 |
| Subject |
Telegraph; Telegraph industry |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah; Salt Lake County; Salt Lake City |
| Comment |
The connecting of the trans-continental telegraph wires took place on Main Street, Salt Lake City. This was the first telegraph office located just north of the First Security Bank on the northeast corner of the 100 South and Main Street (not to be confused with the Deseret Telgraph office located on South Temple, east of Main Street.) |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image (c) 2007 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Classified Photo Collection, 725.2 Commercial Buildings |
| Source Format |
Paper print |
| Source Size |
8 inches x 10 inches |
| Source Donors |
Putcamp, Luise |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Format Creation |
scanned 800dpi |
| Scanned By |
Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6t72r7c |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
434639 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t72r7c |
