The Charles Ellis Johnson Photograph Collection, ca. 1884-ca. 1926.

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The Charles Ellis Johnson Photograph Collection, ca. 1884-ca. 1926.

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Photographs taken during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries including portraits and group photographs, as well as images of historical events in and around Salt Lake City, Utah. Included are photographs of actors and actresses from the Salt Lake Theatre, prominent members of the community including LDS church leaders and members of Utah's first House of Representatives as well as Utah's first Governor. Also included in the collection are views taken while in Jerusalem in 1903.

3,000 images ; glass plate negatives.

Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7384489

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Johnson, Charles Ellis, 1857-1926

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Charles Ellis Johnson was born on March 21, 1857 to Joseph and Eliza Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1860 young Charles and his mother moved to Salt Lake City. In 1861 Joseph and his two other wives joined them, but Joseph did not like city life and soon thereafter the family moved to Utah Valley. In 1866 they moved even further south to St. George. As a boy Charles had a variety of interests including printing, botany, Indians, and the theater. In St. George he met Ruth Young, a daughter of ...

Sainsbury, Hyrum.

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