An elevated view over Salt Lake City, with the six-spired Salt Lake Temple and the Tabernacle rising above trees at right, red-brick houses and orchards in the foreground, and the snow-capped Wasatch Range along the horizon. The city lies on the southern slope of a Wasatch spur at about 4,500 feet. Mormon pioneers led by Brigham Young entered the valley in July 1847, and the temple, completed in 1893, and the Tabernacle had become the city's defining landmarks by the time this view was printed.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pencil
We are now
crossing the
Nevada Desert
nothing but sagebrush
for hundreds of miles
the mountains are
capped with snow all around us
in a few hours we will cross the Sierra
Nevada mts.
Deckle/scalloped edge; worn and chipped corners, especially upper right.
Postmark: [illegible] 100 P.M. NEV. Divided-back "POST CARD." with green 1¢ Franklin adhesive stamp; imprint "The Bureau, Salt Lake City and Leipsic. Made in Germany." Worn/rounded corners, toning, crease at upper left, heavy cancel over stamp.
Cite this card
Bird's-eye view, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/birds-eye-view-salt-lake-city-utah-circa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
