Governor's Reception Room, Salt Lake City, UT, circa 1916
- Subject
- Interiors
- Card type
- Real photo
About this postcard
The photograph shows the Governor's Reception Room in the Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, with a coffered and painted ceiling, large crystal chandeliers, paneled and mirrored walls, heavy draperies, and tufted settees arranged around a long central table on a patterned carpet. The room was part of the new capitol built in the 1910s and dedicated in 1916. Its furnishings cost $65,000; the 22-by-48-foot rug weighed 1,350 pounds and was made in Dundee, Scotland; the building itself cost $2,750,528.54. The room's scale and the Scottish-made rug suggest the state's effort to furnish the capitol in a formal, monumental style.
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Postcard record
| Condition | Good |
|---|---|
| Place mentioned | Dundee, Scotland |
| Stamp | none AZO stamp box (PLACE STAMP HERE) with diamond corner ornaments |
| Notes | White border around a black-and-white photographic image; caption printed in white script lettering across the lower edge. AZO stamp box, triangles up (1904–1918 era); divided back; real-photo card with white border; no postmark, stamp, address, or message present; pencil dealer/price mark 'RML 3-' at top left. |
Cite this card
Governor's Reception Room, Salt Lake City, UT, circa 1916, postcard, c. 1916. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/governors-reception-room-salt-lake-city-ut-circa-1916-1916. Accessed November 2, 2026.