Organ in Tabernacle, 50 feet high. Contains 3000 pipes.
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Utah stereoscopic card.
Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assembled it over a period of more than six decades, Robert N. Dennis (1900-1983).
Stereographs consist of two nearly identical photographs or photomechanical prints, paired to produce the illusion of a single three-dimensional image, usually when viewed through a stereoscope. Stereographs were produced from the 1850s to the 1940s, with the bulk between 1870 and 1920.
"The first effect of looking at a good photograph through the stereoscope is a surprise such as no painting ever produced. The mind feels its way into the very depths of the picture. The scraggy branches of a tree in the foreground run out at us as if they would scratch our eyes out. The elbow of a figure stands forth as to make us almost uncomfortable." Oliver Wendell Holmes, an affordable stereo viewer inventor for the American market. Atlantic Monthly, June 1859.
Savage was born in 1832 in Southampton, England. He immigrated to the United States in 1851 and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he became a prominent photographer. He specialised in landscape photography, capturing the natural beauty of the American West, particularly the rugged terrain of Utah. Savage also photographed many prominent figures of his time, including Brigham Young, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and John Wesley Powell, the explorer who led the first expedition down the Colorado River. In addition to his photographic work, Savage was involved in other business ventures, including mining and publishing. He died in Salt Lake City in 1909 at the age of 77. Today, Savage's photographs are highly regarded for their artistic and historical value. Many of his images are in the collections of museums and archives throughout the United States.
Collection - Retro VR - Stereoscope
Stereographs consist of two nearly identical photographs, paired to produce the illusion of a single three-dimensional image when viewed through a stereoscope.Collection - Charles Roscoe Savage (1832–1909)
British-born landscape and portrait photographer most notable for his images of the American West.
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