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Exploring the West in the Golden Age of Photography: Charles Roscoe Savage: Utah's Own
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Charles Roscoe Savage
Utah's Own
Charles R. Savage was Utah’s best-known nineteenth century photographer. He shot the Golden Spike Ceremony, but his photographic travels took him throughout the West from the 1860s to the 1890s, and his images were sold across the United States and reproduced in Eastern periodicals.
A convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he grew up in Southampton, England, and moved to New York City in 1855. He slowly mastered the new medium of photography, and by the time he and his young family made their way to Utah in 1860, he was ready to set up a permanent studio.
Savage was a savvy businessman, whose profits from a successful art and photography store funded his various photographic endeavors.
He was a strong defender of polygamy and would eventually enter into polygamist unions with four women.
