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

Subjects: Monuments & Memorials Squares & Plazas
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1952 (Chrome)

Back of Seagull Monument, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1952, Shipping Dept., IL, USA, c. 1952 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

The Seagull Monument stands on a paved plaza in Temple Square, a tall granite column topped by two gilded seagulls. A large evergreen and a spired, Gothic-style building of the square rise behind it. The monument commemorates the 1848 "Miracle of the Gulls," when California gulls were said to have saved the Mormon pioneers' first crops by eating a plague of crickets. Mahonri M. Young, a noted sculptor and grandson of Brigham Young, designed and carved the work, which was dedicated in 1913. The caption calls the deliverance "a miracle as real as any found in Holy Writ."

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 erection supervised by Mahonri M. Young, noted sculptor and grandson of Brigham Young. 12,604F Pub. by George F. Evans, Salt Lake City 7, Utah Post Card

PostmarkedSalt Lake City, UT, June 25, 1952, 13:00

Addressed to

Shipping Dept.

Ill. Coal Works Rte 25 St. Chas Rd. Elgin, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked	June 25, 1952, 13:00, Salt Lake City, UT
Publisher	George F. Evans
Series	12,604F
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Shipping Dept., Rte 25 St. Chas Rd., Ill. Coal Works, Elgin, IL
received	Elgin, IL
Stamp	2c John Adams, red, perforated on all sides
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a white border; card number 37 printed at the start of the caption. No publisher imprint visible on the front. Postmark: SALT LAKE CITY 25 UTAH JUN 25 1 PM 1952. Linen divided-back card; red RECEIVED JUN 27 1952 ELGIN, ILL. / SHAKERTOWN, ILL. receiving stamp; light edge wear.

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