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Photo shows the Hotel Utah Motor Lodge in the 1950s or 1960s, Salt Lake City, Utah
Interior scene of people walking through a car dealership talking with one another in groups while looking at cars that are on display. Signs read, "The 59 Ford brings Thunderbird elegence to the low price field" and "Ford trucks cost less."
Aerial view of the D&RGW Railroad yards in Salt Lake City, looking north. The 4th South viaduct through the middle of the yard is in the center of the photo
Street view: North Temple looking west from historic Seventh (7th) West, April 3, 1933.
Street view: Fourth (4th) South Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Photograph of historic 300 South looking west from State Street, revealing unpaved roads with heavy use marked by wheel/tire tracks. Horses and wagons are visible to the left. A trolley…
A full page op-ed (opposite the editorial page), published in 1998, advocating against freeway expansion plans and advocating action on supporting a monorail project in the Salt Lake Metropolitain Area.
Photograph of cars driving Interstate-15 in Salt Lake City after completion in 1968.
Photograph of retaining wall construction for the interstate next to the Se Rancho Motor Lodge in 1959.
Photograph of a man guiding traffic during interstate construction in Salt Lake City 1961.
Photograph of demolition and tree removal for freeway development at 1st South and 14th North in Salt Lake City taken 1959.
Photograph showing the construction of an underpass between Fourteenth North and First South in Salt Lake City in 1961.
Photograph of parked cars lined up along both lanes of a three-lane highway for the dedication of Interstate-15 (I-15). Passengers are visible sitting in the parked cars while some are standing outstide of their cars. Two standing persons hold…
A drawing of the belt route and Salt Lake interstate network by Design Engineer Herbert M. Fehmel, created in service for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT).
A drawing of the 5th and 6th South interstate interchange system by Design Engineer Herbert M. Fehmel, created in service for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT).
Road Commission Resident Engineer Ed Kennelly and Information Officer Horace Gunn stand before the retaining wall construction site next to the Se Rancho Motor Lodge in 1959.
Photograph of semi-trucks on dirt roads during the construction of Interstate-15 (I-15) in 1959.
Photograph of survey workers at the interstate construction site during tree removal.
Photograph of workers and supervisors at the interstate construction site during tree removal.
Photograph of heavy machinery at the interstate construction site during tree removal.
Photograph of Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, at the steering wheel of a bulldozer at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Photograph of a crowd gathered around Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, giving remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Photograph of Lamont B. Toronto, Secretary of State, standing atop a bulldozer during a blizzard at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Salt Lake City Freeway, 1959.
Third page of the Salt Lake City Freeway Highway Agencies program from the 1959 groundbreaking ceremony, held on January 28, 1959 at Sixth West & Fourth North. Features an illustrative drawing of the intended placement of the freeway in correlation…
Second page of the Salt Lake City Freeway Highway Agencies program from the 1959 groundbreaking ceremony, held on January 28, 1959 at Sixth West & Fourth North.
First page of the Salt Lake City Freeway Highway Agencies program from the 1959 groundbreaking ceremony, held on January 28, 1959 at Sixth West & Fourth North.
A drawing of the 5th and 6th South interstate interchange system by Design Engineer Herbert M. Fehmel, created in service for the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT).
Aerial photograph of Salt Lake City from 1950. Salt Lake City features the distinct Mormon Grid, with 660-foot, 10-acre blocks, yet the ubiquitous superblock still makes an appearance at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Temple Square, the heart of…
Aerial photograph of Salt Lake City from 1950. Salt Lake City features the distinct Mormon Grid, with 660-foot, 10-acre blocks, yet the ubiquitous superblock still makes an appearance at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Temple Square, the heart of…
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of the North Salt Lake City Quadrangle in 1963. Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods and by plane-table surveys 1925, 1934, and 1951.…
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of the North Salt Lake City Quadrangle in 1951. Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey. Topography from aerial photographs by multiplex methods and by plane-table surveys 1925, 1934, and 1951.…
U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of Salt Lake City and the surrounding Western United States. Prepare by the Army Map Service (ASSX), Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Washington D. C. Compiled in 1955 by photo-planimetric methods using road data…
This state portrait of George Dewey Clyde (1957-1965), commissioned by famous Utah artist Everett Clark Thorpe, shows the Utah Governor holding the plans for the Glen Canyon Dam under his arm, and a vibrant Utah landscape (complete with dam) in the…
A 2006 map of Minneapolis, created by architect Adam Paul Susaneck using historic aerial photography, highlighting the freeway and urban renewal projects.
A 1947 map of Minneapolis, created by architect Adam Paul Susaneck using historic aerial photography, highlighting areas that would eventually be the freeway and urban renewal projects.
Exterior of the Beeline Refining Company gas station. Beeline had five different gas stations in the downtown Salt Lake area.
Electrical Products electric sign for Dee's Hamburgers. Cars fill the drive-in of the restaurant. A telephone booth is in the foreground of the picture.
Photograph of the Franklin School, historically located on southwest corner, 700 West and 200 South. Currently at southwest corner, 800 West and 200 South. Donated by William H. Shipler.
Street view (looking northwest): historic Eighth (8th) West and Seventh (7th) South, Salt Lake City, Utah, May of 1907. Riverside School is visible in background. Shipler Commercial Photography #2863.
An op-ed piece (opposite the editorial page), published in 1998, expressing upset about the then upcoming freeway expansion project being "steam-roll[ed]" through the legislature.
Newspaper article discussing the state fuel tax exemption given to Salt Lake City Line published on March 6, 1967.
Newspaper article discussing another cut service of the Salt Lake City Lines, published onNovember 24, 1965.
Newspaper article, featuring a business portrait of H.M. Selander, discusses his background and goals as manager for Salt Lake City Lines following declines in patronage, published on September 2, 1962.
Newspaper article discussing an award presented to the People's Freeway, Inc. for their use of neglected right-of-way land as a community garden published Dec. 20, 1975.
Classified advertisement for homes in local developments directed toward freeway displaced west side residents.
Classified advertisement for homes in Rose Park neighborhood directed toward freeway displaced west side residents.