Identifier |
000501 |
Source |
000501 |
Title |
Student Body (Girls) 1920 |
Subject |
Church Schools--Utah--Salt Lake City; Presbyterian Church in Utah; Presbyterians -- Utah; Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ferry Hall(Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah) |
Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah); Sugar House (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
OCR Text |
Show Five rows of girls line up on the steps of Ferry Hall wearing skirts, blouses, dresses, and jackets of varying colors, patterns and styles along with dark high-heeled or high-lace up shoes. On the left side, two girls sit on the second tier on the stone walls alongside the stairs. Beside the wall and the stairs on the left side, there is a woman turned away from the camera. Snow is visible to the side of the concrete path, and wet splotches are visible on the concrete. There are crooked white margins on the side and top of the image. |
Further Information |
Photo is in good condition, with only a few creases in the lower left corner. On the left margin, the numbers "1920" are written in blue ink. There is some glue on the back. The numbers "1920-21" are handwritten in pencil. There are also three stamps in the center. Two of them read "PHOTO ARTS COMPANY [?], 108 SO. MAIN[,] SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH" in purplish ink, and the other says "SAINSBURY-SIDDOWAY PHOTO CO.[,] Commercial Photographing Kodak Finishing Films Etc.[,] Main Street Salt Lake City Wasatch". Ferry Hall began construction on October 10, 1907 and was finished two years later due to lack of funding. The hall bore the name of Colonel William and Jeannette Ferry, Park City residents who contributed $15,000 of the $25,000 needed to erect the hall. The Ferry's were also a crucial factor in securing the land (in 1901) that Westminster College calls home today. Ferry Hall was originally built to be a women's dormitory; however, it served many functions throughout the years such |
Creator |
Photo Arts Company? Sainsbury-Siddoway Photo Co.? |
Funding |
The Westminster College digital archives project is partially funded by the Masonic Foundation of Utah. |
Publisher |
Westminster College |
Date |
1920 |
Type |
Image |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Language |
eng |
Coverage |
1920 |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2006, Westminster College. All rights reserved. |
Holding Institution |
Westminster College |
Source Physical Dimensions |
Archival TIFF 3000 X 4600 |
Source Resolution |
400ppi |
Display Dimensions |
JPEG: 640 X 480 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
Scanning Device |
Epson Expression 836 XL flatbed scanner |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6vf04ds |
Setname |
wc_pc |
ID |
1094360 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vf04ds |