Utah
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State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Beehive insert has the date, Sept 9th, MDCCCL. Antique postcard published circa 1905.

This old state capitol was designed and built from 1891 to 1894 as the Salt Lake City and County Building. It was used as the Utah state capitol from 1896 to 1915, and has now regained its original name.

 
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The Utah State Capitol. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Antique postcard published circa 1905 by
Raphael Tuck & Sons. Printed in England.

While this view is from almost the same angle as that on the card above, the added pedestrians and trees so typical of a Tuck give a very different impression.

 
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Utah State Capitol. Salt Lake City, Utah
Pre-linen postcard published circa 1915.

This view shows the new state capitol with the copper dome in the new copper color.

 
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State Capitol Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Sepia real photo postcard published circa 1920.

Many views of this capitol show nothing in the background. The mountains showing in this one are a welcome change.

Utah State Capitol
Copper postcard published circa 1950 by the Kopper Kard Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Engraved on Utah copper.

There are postcards made of leather, wood, tin, and copper. That is, besides the heavy paper ones. This card is really embossed, not engraved, and the company still produces copper cards.

Capitol, at Salt Lake City.
Antique, educational series postcard.
Copyright 1906 by E. C. Kropp, Milwaukee.

The date in the seal is Sept. 9th, 1850, the date Utah became a Territory.

County Building, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Antique postcard published by Illustrated Post Card circa 1905.

This postcard labels the old capitol as the county building, which it became again in 1915 with the completion of the new capitol.

County Building, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Antique postcard published circa 1905.

This is the same view as the one above with gold-tone embossing that was a popular decoration at the time.

Utah State Capitol. Salt Lake City, Utah
Antique, embossed postcard published circa 1905 by S. Langsdorf & Co. Publishing, New York, N. Y. Made in Germany.

This view is from a series of cards of the capitols of the 45 States of 1905.

State Flower and City and County Building.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Antique postcard published circa 1915.

This view is similar to those in a series of postcards of the state flowers and state capitols published about the same time. The design is different, and I have not found a Utah card done in the series' design. Perhaps one was not made because this building was a temporary capitol.

 
 
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