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Seagull Monument, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT, 1952

Subjects
BirdsMonuments & Memorials
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1952 (Chrome)
Front of Seagull Monument, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT, 1952, c. 1952 linen postcard
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Back of Seagull Monument, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT, 1952, c. 1952 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The Seagull Monument stands on a circular paved plaza in Temple Square, a granite column crowned with bronze gulls, with a large evergreen and the spires of the Salt Lake Temple behind it. Dedicated in 1913, the monument was designed and carved by Mahonri M. Young, who also supervised its erection; the caption identifies him as a grandson of Brigham Young. It commemorates the 1848 episode in which seagulls reportedly saved the Mormon pioneers' crops from hordes of crickets, an event the caption calls "a miracle as real as any found in Holy Writ." Temple Square is a historic center of the Latter-day Saint faith in downtown Salt Lake City.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hi Everybody: Am seeing many wonderful sights. Will be in Denver

PublisherGeorge F. Evans
37 - SEAGULL MONUMENT, TEMPLE SQUARE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH This is one of the beautiful views on Temple Square. The Seagull Monument commemorating the coming of the Seagulls to save the crops of the Mormon pioneers in 1848 from the hordes of crickets which were destroying everything in their path, thus saving the lives of the colonists - a miracle as real as any found in Holy Writ. The monument was designed, carved and its er- ection supervised by Mahonri M. Young, noted sculptor and grandson of Brigham Young.
PostmarkedSalt Lake City, UT, June 25, 1952, 13:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Shipping Dept.

Rte 25 St. Charles Rd. Elgin, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked, Salt Lake City, UT
PublisherGeorge F. Evans
Series12,604F
ConditionVery good
Place addressedShipping Dept., Rte 25 St. Charles Rd., Elgin, IL
Place depictedTemple Square, Salt Lake City, UT
receivedElgin, IL
Stamp2c John Adams, red, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen-texture stock with a white border; printed card number 37 at top left. Postmark: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH JUN 25 1952 1 PM. Linen-texture, divided-back card with white border; red "Received" handstamp (SHAKERTOWN, ELGIN, ILL. JUN 27 1952) over address; light soiling and smudge at top edge.

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Seagull Monument, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT, 1952, postcard, c. 1952. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/seagull-monument-temple-square-salt-lake-city-ut-1952. Accessed November 2, 2026.