The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. The list below is just a sample of the many Utah resources available for free on the Library's Web site.
The tools at the end of the page can help teachers use these in the classroom. Teachers can find even more primary sources, along with the tools to help use them in the classroom, at www.loc.gov/teachers. They can also search the Library's American Memory or Prints and Photographs collections.

Birds eye view of Ogden City, Utah
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Carr Fork Canyon as seen from “G” bridge, Bingham Copper Mine, Utah. In the background can be seen a train with waste or over-burden material on its way to the dump, 1942
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Mormon Temple grounds, c1912 |

24th Infantry Leaving Salt Lake City, Utah for Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 24th, 1898
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“Does not such a meeting make amends?” 1869 |

The Salt Lake Herald, July 1, 1882
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![Utah Indian burial places [between 1890 and 1910?]](images/burial.jpg)
Utah Indian burial places [between 1890 and 1910?] |

The Latter-day Saints' emigrants' guide, 1848 |

Valley of babbling waters, southern Utah, c1876 |

Temple Creek Canon, 1875 |

Salt making by evaporization, Great Salt Lake, c1908 |

Portrait of a woman training to operate buses and taxicabs, 1942 |
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