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Aerial view of Salt Lake City, oriented from the north looking southeast, in 1875. Map is hand-drawn with particular reference to the city grid, principle public buildings, churches, and select named roads. This illustrated panoramic map also…
Aerial view of Salt Lake City, looking north, in 1891. Hand-drawn, illustrated map includes views of the Salt Lake, River Jordan, Antelope Island, Garfield Beach, neighborhood suburbs, public parks, churches, railroads, schools, hotels, and public…
Panoramic view: State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, July of 1938. View includes: Utah State Capitol and Cathedral of the Madeleine (in distance). Salt Lake Tribune #4480.
Street view: Fourth (4th) South Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photograph of historic 300 South looking west from State Street, revealing unpaved roads with heavy use marked by wheel/tire tracks. Horses and wagons are visible to the left. A trolley…
Street view (looking northwest): historic Eighth (8th) West and Seventh (7th) South, Salt Lake City, Utah, May of 1907. Riverside School is visible in background. Shipler Commercial Photography #2863.
Street view: North Temple looking west from historic Seventh (7th) West, April 3, 1933.
Editorial on the west sides post-war development and growth, published Nov. 4, 1948.
Street view: historic State Street (during Christmas season), Salt Lake City, Utah, December 7, 1948. Image includes a view of Utah State Capitol (in distance). Salt Lake Tribune #14959 C-400.
Street view (looking north): historic State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, winter of 1946. View includes (in distance): Eagle Gate, Emery-Holmes Apartments / a.k.a. Bransford Apartments / a.k.a. Eagle Gate Apartments, and Utah State Capitol. Salt Lake…
State portrait of Govenor Herbert Brown Maw, commissioned by famous Utah portrait artist, Lee Greene Richards, in 1947. Herbert Brown Maw was a politician and educator who served as the eighth Governor of Utah from 1941 to 1949 as a Democrat. Maw was…
Aerial view of the D&RGW Railroad yards in Salt Lake City, looking north. The 4th South viaduct through the middle of the yard is in the center of the photo
Newspaper article discussing the formation of a committee to examine the expressway proposal, published on January 15, 1948. Scan of article is slightly skewed, cutting off words on the far left side.
Newspaper article discussing a 7th West route of the proposed expressway, published on February 10, 1948.
Editorial which elaborates on the purpose of an express highway and how the proposed express highway might impact the west side, published on January 15, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing protests organized by west side residents and supported by church organizations and elected leaders against the proposed 7th West route for the freeway, published on January 22, 1957.
Editorial on the west sides post-war development and growth, published on November 4, 1948.
Proposed Federal-Aid Urban System for the Salt Lake Urban Area in the form of a visual map. The map features urban area boundaries, federal-aid urban routes, federal-aid primary routes, etc.
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of Salt Lake City and the surrounding Western United States. Prepare by the Army Map Service (ASSX), Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Washington D. C. Compiled in 1955 by photo-planimetric methods using road data…
Fourth page of Utah Highways Department's Highways and Byways newsletter, published in October of 1957.
Newspaper article discussing west side protest to the proposed 6th West highway routing, published on March 28, 1950.
Newspaper article discussing the west side residents upset and fight againt the highway, published on January 13, 1948.
Newspaper article discussing the west side demands for considerations during ongoing highway plans, published July 28, 1950.
Newspaper article discussing a public hearing on the proposed 6th West highway routing, published on March 31, 1950.
A drawing of the 5th and 6th South interstate interchange system by Design Engineer Herbert M. Fehmel, created in service for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT).
This state portrait of George Dewey Clyde (1957-1965), commissioned by famous Utah artist Everett Clark Thorpe, shows the Utah Governor holding the plans for the Glen Canyon Dam under his arm, and a vibrant Utah landscape (complete with dam) in the…
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of the North Salt Lake City Quadrangle in 1951. Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods and by plane-table surveys 1925, 1934, and 1951.…
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of the North Salt Lake City Quadrangle in 1963. Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods and by plane-table surveys 1925, 1934, and 1951.…
First page of the Salt Lake City Freeway Highway Agencies program from the 1959 groundbreaking ceremony, held on January 28, 1959 at Sixth West & Fourth North.
Second page of the Salt Lake City Freeway Highway Agencies program from the 1959 groundbreaking ceremony, held on January 28, 1959 at Sixth West & Fourth North.
Third page of the Salt Lake City Freeway Highway Agencies program from the 1959 groundbreaking ceremony, held on January 28, 1959 at Sixth West & Fourth North. Features an illustrative drawing of the intended placement of the freeway in correlation…
Photograph of Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, standing atop a bulldozer during a blizzard at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Photograph of a crowd gathered around Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, giving remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Photograph of Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, at the steering wheel of a bulldozer at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Photograph of heavy machinery at the interstate construction site during tree removal.
Photograph of workers and supervisors at the interstate construction site during tree removal.
Photograph of survey workers at the interstate construction site during tree removal.
Photograph of semi-trucks on dirt roads during the construction of Interstate-15 (I-15) in 1959.
Road Commission Resident Engineer Ed Kennelly and Information Officer Horace Gunn stand before the retaining wall construction site next to the Se Rancho Motor Lodge in 1959.
A drawing of the 5th and 6th South interstate interchange system by Design Engineer Herbert M. Fehmel, created in service for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT).
A drawing of the belt route and Salt Lake interstate network by Design Engineer Herbert M. Fehmel, created in service for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT).
Photograph of parked cars lined up along both lanes of a three-lane highway for the dedication of Interstate-15 (I-15). Passengers are visible sitting in the parked cars while some are standing outstide of their cars. Two standing persons hold…
Aerial photograph of Salt Lake City from 1950. Salt Lake City features the distinct Mormon Grid, with 660-foot, 10-acre blocks, yet the ubiquitous superblock still makes an appearance at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Temple Square, the heart of…
Aerial photograph of Salt Lake City from 1950. Salt Lake City features the distinct Mormon Grid, with 660-foot, 10-acre blocks, yet the ubiquitous superblock still makes an appearance at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Temple Square, the heart of…
A 1947 map of Minneapolis, created by architect Adam Paul Susaneck using historic aerial photography, highlighting areas that would eventually be the freeway and urban renewal projects.
A 2006 map of Minneapolis, created by architect Adam Paul Susaneck using historic aerial photography, highlighting the freeway and urban renewal projects.
Photograph showing the construction of an underpass between Fourteenth North and First South in Salt Lake City in 1961.
Newspaper article advocating an attack on the "blighted housing problem" in the west side after completion of the freeway, published on September 14, 1964.
Newspaper article on the Swede Town neighborhood of the west side noting its decline, but continued presence in Salt Lake City, puublished on Decemeber 9, 1976.
Photograph of demolition and tree removal for freeway development at 1st South and 14th North in Salt Lake City taken 1959.
Classified advertisement for homes in Rose Park neighborhood directed toward freeway displaced west side residents.