Three stories tall American Flag near Mormon Battalion Monument at night with Olympic rings in background

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Title Three stories tall American Flag near Mormon Battalion Monument at night with Olympic rings in background
Collection Travis Manning Olympic photograph collection, 2002, Mss C 1521.
Identifier MssC_1521_001_001_095.tif
Description Built after the September 11th terrorist attacks by 40 companies in Chicago, the 3 stories tall, 50 feet wide, 53,000 pound flag is made of blue, red, and white cathode ray tube and neon white stars, which give this flag a very supersized fluorescent patriotic feel. This USA flag sat on Capitol Hill during the 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games that were held in Salt Lake City, Utah and surrounding area.
Subject Olympic Winter Games (19th : 2002 : Salt Lake City, Utah); Paralympic Winter Games (8th : 2002 : Salt Lake City, Utah); Flags
Material color slides
Date 2002
Spatial Coverage Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, https://www.geonames.org/5772440
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Rights Management http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Source Rights Notice For further information please contact the Research Center for the Utah Division of State History, historyresearch@utah.gov
Creator Manning, Travis
Format image/jpeg
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6yn58fz
Setname dha_olyleg
ID 1741386
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6yn58fz
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