Main Street showing Deseret News Building, Salt Lake City, UT, 1908
- Card type
- Printed photo
About this postcard
A view down Main Street in Salt Lake City, with the multi-story Deseret News Building filling the right side of the frame and a statue on a tall pedestal standing in the roadway near the center. Horse-drawn wagons and a few pedestrians share the wide, rutted dirt street, which is lined with tall telegraph poles and bare trees. The Deseret News, founded in 1850, is Utah's oldest continuously published newspaper and was long owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; its Main Street quarters placed it at the heart of the city's commercial district in the early 20th century. The card went home to Massachusetts in December 1908, signed simply "from Papa."
Postcard Details
Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | Salt Lake City, UT |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Thayer Publishing Co. |
| Series | 1008 |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Henrietta Barrett, Amesbury, MA |
| Publisher | The Thayer Publishing Co., Denver, CO |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | White border; printed caption "Main Street, Showing Deseret News Building, Salt Lake City, Utah" and card number 1008 along the bottom edge; a diagonal scratch/streak runs across the sky at left. Postmark: SALT LAKE CITY UTAH, 0-AM, 1908 (month/day illegible) — divided-back private postcard with "THIS SPACE CAN BE USED FOR A WRITTEN MESSAGE USING ONE-CENT STAMP" notice; printed imprint along left edge "THE THAYER PUBLISHING CO. DENVER COLO."; white border on front; light edge/corner wear and slight toning. |
Cite this card
Main Street showing Deseret News Building, Salt Lake City, UT, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-street-showing-deseret-news-building-salt-lake-city-ut. Accessed November 2, 2026.