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William Edward Hook was born in 1833. He set up his photographic studio in Manitou Springs, Colorado in 1885. The biographical information provided by Kenneth Johnson provided stated that Hook moved to the "tourist town" with an already established reputation as a Rocky Mountain photographer. Hook spent four years traveling through Montana, Canada, Yellowstone, and Utah taking pictures. From 1878 to 1882 he traveled 15,000 miles by horse and wagon photographing scenery, Canadian Mounties and most of the American Indians in the remote areas. Hook died in 1908 and was soon forgotten; since his death his photographs have rarely been seen.
The negatives in this collection are of buildings, life, people, railroads, and scenic views of the Salt Lake area and Utah. They are images taken between 1878 and 1882 when William Edward Hook traveled 15,000 miles through the Western United States and Canada documenting his travels. Many are unidentified photographs of men, women and children in everyday scenes. There are many railroad negatives showing construction, depots, locomotives, railroad tracks and construction/maintenance workers. The Denver & Rio Grande and the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad are the two railroads most easily identified railroads.
William Edward Hook Photograph Collection, 1878-1882, Utah State Historical Society.
Gift of Kenneth W. Johnson and contributed by Bruce and Jan Hubby
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