A Reflex of Salt Lake City by Savage, Charles Roscoe - 1893

[Salt Lake City]: Pubished at the Art Bazar by Charles Savage, 1893. 6 1/2 x 5". 48 pp. [18] accordian folded leaves of photographic plates.Some images include a 3-panel birds-eye view of the Salt Lake Valley; the Mormon Tabernacle; Salt Lake Temple; various public and private buildings around Salt Lake City; Brigham Young's Grave; Native Americans; the first 4 Presidents of the Mormon church and much more. Red and black blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering to front board. The text block appears to have been professionally re-attached with Japanese tape; minor wear; a near fine copy. Scarce view book of Salt Lake City Including letter-press description and illustrations of public edifices, hotels, business blocks, churches, Indians, bathing resorts, etc., and a variety of information, valuable for the tourist or resident, from reliable sources. Charles Roscoe Savage (1832 - 1909) was a British-born landscape and portrait photographer most notable for his images of the American West. Following his converstion to the LDS Church, Savage traveled to Salt Lake City in 1860 and opened up his Art Bazar where he sold many of his photographs. Savage concentrated his photographic efforts primarily on family portraits, landscapes, and documentary views. He is best known for his 1869 photographs of the linking of the First Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory, Utah. (Flake 7537).