| Identifier |
022.TIF |
| Source |
022.TIF |
| Title |
Josiah McClain |
| Subject |
Mission to Latter Day Saints; Presbyterian Church in Utah; Clergy--Utah--Salt Lake City; Presbyterians -- Utah |
| People |
McClain, Josiah |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake County (Utah); Sugar House (Salt Lake City, Utah); Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| OCR Text |
Show A studio photograph (presumably) of Josiah McClain who was appointed, along with George Bailey and Robert G. McNiece, by the board of trustee's to help secure acreage and financial backing for a permanent campus for Westminster College. The photograph is a close-up head and torso shot of McLain who is looking straight into the camera and wears a dark tweed suit coat with a high collar white shirt and tie. McLain wears a full beard and wire rimmed eye glasses with his hair combed to the side. |
| Further Information |
The photograph is free from any handwritten marks on the front side; however, it is a mediocre quality photograph with apparent limitations compared to that of a major photography studio. On the back is pencil written, "Joseph McClain? see page 11, Church Review." The rest of the backside is free from any marks and has a blemish of yellow discoloration along the right edge. The overall condition of the photograph is again mediocre. The edges are worn with no tears and there are slight creases from handling. Josiah McLain was instrumental in securing a permanent home for Westminster College outside the Salt Lake Collegiate campus facilities. Appointed by the board of trustees in the beginning of the 1902-3 academic year, along with Robert McNiece and Westminster President George Bailey, the three men set out to secure funding from prominent Presbyterian both local and abroad. There success in securing land along Thirteenth East and Eleventh South was solidified by the contribution of m |
| Funding |
The Westminster College digital archives project is partially funded by the Masonic Foundation of Utah. |
| Publisher |
Westminster College |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Language |
eng |
| 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: 650 x 1000 |
| Bit Depth |
8-bit |
| Scanning Device |
Epson Expression 836 XL flatbed scanner |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s67979m7 |
| Setname |
wc_pc |
| ID |
1094241 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67979m7 |
