| Title |
Oldsmobile at Andersons Tower |
| Collection |
Mss C 275; Shipler Commercial Photographers Collection |
| Photo Number |
Shipler #19456 |
| Creator |
Shipler Commercial Photographers; Shipler, Harry |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society; Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Date of Photograph |
14 May 1919 |
| Date |
1919-05-14 |
| Subject |
Monuments; Towers; Antique and classic cars; Automobiles; Follies (Architecture) |
| Person |
Anderson, Robert R. |
| Corporate Name |
Oldsmobile |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah; Salt Lake County; Salt Lake City |
| Historic Address |
A Street 5th (Fifth) Avenue |
| Historic Place Name |
Anderson Tower |
| Description |
Image shows a general view of a classic automobile parked at the base of Anderson Tower. |
| Comment |
Anderson Tower was built in 1884 by Robert R. Anderson. It was constructed of gray granite as a tourist attraction. Anderson thought that tourists might pay to see the view from the tower. This venture was unsuccessful, but the tower stood for 48 years before it was razed in 1932. |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2002 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Shipler Commercial Photographers, Series 1 |
| File Name |
39222000685680 |
| Source Format |
Glass Plate Negative |
| Source Size |
8 inches x 10 inches |
| Source Physical Description |
Good condition. |
| Source Donors |
Shipler, William H. |
| Source Donation Date |
1988 |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Resolution |
TIFF: 800 ppi |
| Bit Depth |
8-bit grayscale |
| Dimensions |
JPEG: 700 x 556 pixels |
| Scanning Device |
Creo-Scitex Jazz+ Flatbed Scanner |
| Date Digital |
2002-06-05 |
| Scanned By |
Digital Technologies, Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Collection Information |
http://heritage.utah.gov/apps/history/findaids/C00275/c0275.xml |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6sx6rh2 |
| Setname |
dha_scp |
| ID |
530380 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sx6rh2 |
