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Salt-Lake City die Mormonen Stadt
| Article ID | AMU294 |
Title | Salt-Lake City die Mormonen Stadt |
Total view of Salt Lake City, USA. | |
| Year | ca. 1845 |
Artist | Kunstanstalt Hildburghausen (1828-1874) |
The German publishing company Bibliographisches Institut was founded 1826 in Gotha by Joseph Meyer, moved 1828 to Hildburghausen and 1874 to Leipzig. Its production over the years includes such well-known titles as Meyers Lexikon. | |
Historical Description | In 1847, Salt Lake City was founded by 143 men, three women and two children on the east shore of the Great Salt Lake. These members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also called Mormons, had fled the eastern states primarily because of religious persecution and discrimination. They were the first white people to settle in Utah. |
| Place of Publication | Hildburghausen |
| Dimensions (cm) | 11 x 16 cm |
| Condition | Perfect condition |
| Coloring | colored |
| Technique | Steel engraving |