Amon Carter print details

Harvesting Salt near Great Salt Lake, Utah

Davis

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1940

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Desert Book Company

    Printed by Curt Teich Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.r. printed in black, above image: 942 Harvesting Salt near Great Salt Lake, Utah

    l.l. printed in black, below image: PHOTO BY DAVIS

    l.r. printed in black, below image: 7A-H3735

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: SOUVENIR OF \ THE GREAT SALT LAKE, UTAH \ This Great Dead Sea, the largest in the \ world, is located 18 miles west of Salt Lake \ City. It covers an approximate area of 2,140 \ square miles, being 50 miles wide and 75 \ miles long with an average depth of 13 feet. \ Like the Dead Sea in Palestine, it is fed by \ the Jordan River, but has no known outlet \ other than evaporation. The Salt Shrimp is \ the only living insect known to exist therein. \ The water is 21 per cent salt and thousands \ of tons of salt are shipped annually from \ this source.

    c.l. printed along left edge: DESERT BOOK COMPANY, SALT LAKE CIRY, UTAH

    l.c. to u.c. printed transverse: GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.85

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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