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September 2026 Vernacular Photo History Auction

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Our September 2026 auction is anchored by two remarkable private collections, together making up about half the sale, alongside a broader selection of consignments spanning early photography, Civil War material, and vernacular imagery. The Soffer Collection, built with an eye for rarity and historical significance, is particularly strong in vernacular portraiture, Native American photographs, and Iowa Civil War imagery. The Palmer, Massachusetts collection, much of it found at Brimfield, centers on maker-marked daguerreotypes from the golden age of the American daguerreian studio.
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Lot 532

Stereoview, Residence of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Savage

Estimate: $100 - $200
Starting Bid
$50

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The residence of Brigham Young, second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and first governor of Utah Territory, is captured in this albumen stereoview by C. R. Savage of Savage and Ottinger's Pioneer Photograph and Fine Art Gallery, Great Salt Lake City, Utah. The view looks northeast, taking in the full sweep of the Young compound against the Wasatch Range. The card mount is yellow, consistent with early Savage and Ottinger production, and the title is inscribed in ink on the right edge of the recto.

The elevated vantage point reveals a long, multi-gabled roofline punctuated by regularly spaced dormers and multiple chimneys, with a bell tower or cupola rising at center. Mature shade trees line a broad unpaved road in the foreground, flanked by low fencing and cultivated garden plots. Several outbuildings and whitewashed structures extend to the left, and a second ornate structure is visible at the far right middle distance.

Charles Roscoe Savage (1832–1909) was among the most significant photographers of the American West, documenting Utah Territory extensively from the 1860s onward. His partnership with George Martin Ottinger produced the "Utah Scenery" series, of which this view is No. 5, making it one of the earliest issues in that sequence.

The reverse label reads: "Utah Scenery. No. 5. Residence of Prest B. Young Looking North East. From Savage and Ottinger's Pioneer Photograph and Fine Art Gallery, Great Salt Lake City, Utah." Dealer notations appear in pencil at upper corners of the reverse mount.

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