The Latter-Day Saints' Tour from Palmyra, New York, to Salt Lake City, Through the Stereoscope; A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Embodied in descriptions of Original Stereographs of Noted Persons, Famous Buildings, Sacred Places and Interesting Scenes Connected with the Story of the Origin, Struggles and Growth of the Mormon People.
Ottawa, Kansas: Underwood & Underwood, 1904. First edition. Photograph. Flake-Draper 7329. 38 stereoviews of scenes concerning the beginnings of Mormonism. Lacks # 29 (Lion House) replaced by International Stereograph Company, 1906 stereograph; Lacks box and book. All stereographs are in excellent condition and each is in its own protective sleeve.
Captions for "The Latter Day Saints' Tour from Palmyra, New
York to Salt Lake City, Utah through the Stereoscope," published by
Underwood & Underwood in 1904.
(1) Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet and Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
(2) The Old Smith Homestead—Scene of Joseph Smith's first revelations and visions -near Palmyra, New York.
(3) Cumorah Hill, where the Prophet received the golden plates or records of [the] Book of Mormon near Palmyra.
(4) The Mormon Temple at Kirtland, Ohio-(59 x 79 feet), cost $70,000, dedicated March 27, 1836.
(5) North over temple lot, site marked by Mormon prophecy for world's greatest temple, Independence, Mo.
(6) Ruins of Jail where Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and other Mormon leaders were imprisoned, Liberty, Missouri.
(7) Apostle Lyman White's House at Adam-ondi-Ahman, near Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri.
(8) Looking east along Mullholland Street, from south side of temple block, Nauvoo, Illinois.
(9) The temple of Nauvoo, Illinois (88 x 128 feet), corner stone laid April 6, 1841; burned November 10, 1848.
(10) Home of President Wilford Woodruff, Nauvoo, Illinois (facing east).
(11) Home of President Lorenzo Snow, Nauvoo, Illinois.
(12) Nauvoo Mansion, home of Joseph Smith, from which murdered brothers were buried, Nauvoo, Illinois.
(13) Old Smith Homestead, Emma Smith's grave, and lot where martyred brothers were buried, Nauvoo, Illinois.
(14) Home of President Brigham Young, Nauvoo, Illinois (facing north).
(15) Home of President John Taylor, Nauvoo, Illinois, (facing east).
(16) The Old Jail where the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were murdered (south front), Carthage, Illinois.
(17) Hall, Door to debtor's prison, stairway ascended by mob, and door to main prison, jail, Carthage, Illinois.
(18) Door to main prison, Hall where mob stood while firing into Jailor's Parlor, Jail, Carthage, IL
(19) Jailor's Parlor where mob slew Joseph and Hyrum Smith - bullet hole in door - Old Jail, Carthage, Illinois.
(20) East side of Jail, showing window where Joseph Smith was shot from which he fell, Carthage, Illinois.
(21) Court House, scene of trial of the murders of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Carthage, Illinois.
(22) Brigham Young, the great leader of the Nauvoo Exodus, and Colonizer of the American Desert.
(23) The Great Temple and Tabernacle (cost of temple $4,000,000; height 210 feet), Salt Lake City, Utah.
(24) Pioneer Monument—in honor of Brigham Young and the Pioneers July 24, 1847, Salt Lake City, Utah.
(25) The East Side of Temple Block, looking North, Salt Lake City, Utah
(26) The Interior of the Tabernacle (seating 8,000) and the Great Organ, Salt Lake City, Utah.
(27) Assembly Hall, Temple Block - Gothic Architecture, seating capacity 3000, Salt Lake City, Utah.
(28) The Beehive House, official residences of President Joseph F. Smith. Salt Lake City, Utah.
(29) The Lion House and Great Temple at distance / northwest. Salt Lake City, Utah
(30) Amelia Palace, last official residence of Brigham Young. Salt Lake City, Utah.
(31) Grave of Brigham Young. Salt Lake City, Utah.
(32) Court House-City and County Buildings—height 256 ft., cost $800,000. Salt Lake City, Utah.
(33) Salt Lake City, Northwest from the Court House—the Temple at distant left—Utah.
(34) Looking southeast along Main Street. Salt Lake City, Utah.
(35) Great Pavilion at Saltair Beach. Salt Lake, 13 miles due west from Salt Lake City, Utah
(36) Great Salt Lake and the Pavilion—bathing scene, showing density of water in Great Salt Lake.
(37) Honorable Heber M. Wells, Governor of Utah, in his office, Salt Lake City
(38) President Joseph F. Smith (left), 2nd Coun. Anthon H. Lund (center), 1st Coun. John R. Winder (right).
Stereoscopic images are two slightly different views of the same scene which, when viewed, side by side through a stereoscope, an instrument with two eyepieces, gives a three-dimensional effect to photographs seen as a single image. Scenes that appeared flat and uninteresting as simple photographs assumed three-dimensional reality in stereo.
Ricalton photographed Mormon historic sites in 1903 as he returned to New Jersey after a visit to the Far East, and in 1904 as he crossed the continent again. From the foliage in these views, it is obvious that the photographs were taken in all four seasons, most probably between summer 1903 and spring 1904. Like other Underwood & Underwood travel sets, the Mormon "stereographs [were] arranged in the order in which a tourist would visit the actual place"—beginning with the Hill Cumorah in New York, and continuing with the Kirtland Temple in Ohio, Liberty Jail
in Missouri, and the Salt Lake Temple, then ending with views of Salt Lake City itself. Condition: Very good+. Item #39346
Price: $2,000.00