Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909

Reinhard Maeser was the son of Karl G. Maeser, a president of Brigham Young Academy. He was born in 1855 and died in 1926.

From the description of Reinhard Maeser photograph collection, 1855-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367867066

Pioneer Utah photographer.

From the description of C.R. Savage diaries, 1855-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 365135505

C.R. Savage was a prominent photographer of Utah and the West. He is known for his photographs of the nation's railroads and matters relating to Utah's history. He operated the "Pioneer Art Bazaar" on Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah, from the 1860s until his death in 1909.

From the description of Photographs of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1880s-1890s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368017644

C.R. Savage was a prominent photographer of Utah and the West. He operated the Pioneer Art Bazaar in Salt Lake City, Utah, from the 1860s until the time of his death.

From the description of C.R. Savage photograph of the St. George Temple, circa 1877. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 137733334

Savage was a prominent photographer of Utah and the West. He is known for his photographs of the nation's railroads and matters relating to Utah's history. He operated the "Pioneer Art Bazaar" on Main Street Salt Lake City, Utah from the 1860s until the time of his death. He was also a charter member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

From the description of Scrapbook, 1883-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 365135470

Savage was a prominent photographer of Utah and the West. He is known for his photographs of the nation's railroads and matters relating to Utah's history. He operated the "Pioneer Art Bazaar" on Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, from the 1860s until his death in 1909.

From the description of C.R. Savage Canyon photographs, circa 1885-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367901988

Charles Roscoe Savage was born August 16, 1832, in Southampton, Hampshire, England to John Savage and Ann Rogers. At the age of thirteen, Charles began investigating religion in the local Southampton churches and was baptized a member of the LDS church on May 25, 1848. In 1855, having learned German and French fluently on service missions for the church, he was asked to serve as interpreter for a group of Saints who were emigrating to New York. He and his wife, Annie Adkins, made their home in Williamsburg, New York, where Charles worked in Samuel Booth's printing shop. While living in New York, Savage began to learn the photography business. In 1862, Savage formed a partnership with artist George Martin Ottinger, called Savage and Ottinger. Perhaps of all of his work, he is best known as one of the three photographers of the joining of the rails at Promontory Point. Savage and Ottinger legally dissolved their firm in 1870, after which Savage formed the Pioneer Art Gallery. In 1875, needing more space, he replaced it with the Art Bazaar.

From the description of C.R. Savage's Carte-de-Visites of the Joining of the Rails, 1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367867516

Mormon photographer. Charles R. Savage was one of the most prominent American photographers of the late 19th Century. He is best known for his photograph of the coming together of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869. He took photographic trips throughout the West from the 1860s to the 1890s. His photographs were sold across the United States and reproduced in Eastern periodicals. He grew up in Southampton, England, moved to New York City in 1855, and then moved with his family to Utah in 1860 where he set up his photographic studio in Salt Lake City.

From the description of C.R. Savage photograph collection, 1832-1910 (bulk 1870-1895). (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 50727229

C.R. Savage was a prominent photographer of Utah and the West. He operated the Pioneer Art Bazaar, located at 12 and 14 Main St., Salt Lake City, Utah, from the 1860s until the time of his death.

From the description of C.R. Savage photograph of Joseph and Lottie Bird Booth, circa 1891. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 123235285

Savage was a prominent photographer of Utah and the West. He is known for his photographs of the nation's railroads and matters relating to Utah's history. He operated the "Pioneer Art Bazaar" on Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah from the 1860s until the time of his death. He was also a charter member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

From the guide to the Savage and Ottinger photograph of Mormons at South Pass, circa 1859, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Naamah Kendall Jenkins Carter Twiss Young, daughter of Billings and Betsy Law Carter, was born at Wilmington, Massachusetts, 20 March 1821. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 3 April 1842. She went to Nauvoo in March 1845 where she met John Saunders Twiss, whom she married on 30 May 1845. Her husband died 10 September 1845 and Naamah married Brigham Young on 26 January 1846. She moved with the rest of President Young's family to the Salt Lake Valley in 1848 and died in 1905.

From the description of Photographs of the Naamah Kendall Jenkins Carter Twiss Young family, ca. 1856-1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367867082

Charles R. Savage (1832-1909) was one of the most prominent American photographers of the late nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known for shooting the coming together of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869. His photographic trips, however, took him throughout the West from the 1860s to the 1890s and his images were sold across the United States and reproduced in Eastern periodicals. A convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he grew up in Southampton, England and moved to New York City in 1855. He slowly mastered the new medium of photography and by the time he and his young family made their way to Utah in 1860 he was ready to set up a permanent studio. Savage was a savvy businessman whose profits from a successful art/photography store funded his various photographic endeavors. In Utah he was known not only as a photographer but also as a philanthropist and passionate defender of the Mormon Chuch. He would eventually enter into polygamist unions with four women.

From the guide to the C.R. Savage photograph collection, 1865-1910, 1870-1895, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives)

Savage was a prominent photographer of Utah and the West. He is known for his photographs of the nation's railroads and matters relating to Utah's history. He operated the "Pioneer Art Bazaar" on Main Street of Salt Lake City, Utah, from the 1860s until his death in 1909.

From the description of C.R. Savage photographs, ca. 1890s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368013107

Charles Roscoe Savage was born August 16, 1832, in Southampton, Hampshire, England to John Savage and Ann Rogers. At the age of thirteen, Charles began investigating religion in the local Southampton churches and was baptized a member of the LDS church of Mary 25, 1848. In 1855, having learned German and French fluently on service missions for the church, he was asked to serve as interpreter for a group of Saints who were emigrating to New York. He and his wife, Annie Adkins, made their home in Williamsburg, New York, where Charles worked in Samuel Booth's printing shop. While living in New York, Savage began to learn the photography business. By 1860 he had set up his photography business in Council Bluffs, Nebraska. On June 8, 1860, the Savage family left for the Salt Lake Valley. In 1862, Savage formed a partnership with artist George Martin Ottinger, called Savage and Ottinger. A major photographic venture was his grand tour of the photographic studios of the United States in 1866. On this 9,000 mile trip, he cultivated relationships with newspapers, and saw the latest equipment and techniques, as well as stocked up on new equipment, including a photographic wagon for field work. Perhaps of all of his work, he is best known as one of the three photographers of the joining of the rails at Promontory Point. Savage and Ottinger legally dissolved their firm in 1870, after which Savage formed the Pioneer Art Gall

ery. In 1875, needing more space, he replaced it with the Art Bazaar. During the decades of the 1870s and 1880s, he took numerous trips, often to California. On June 26, 1883, his Art Bazaar was destroyed by fire and all of his negatives with it. Recovering rapidly, he began using the new dry plate technique and he reopened the new Art Bazaar just six months later. On April 6, 1892, he photographed the completion of the Salt Lake Temple and sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the capstone ceremony. And, although he retired from management of his store and studio in 1906, he still continued to work sporadically until his death on February 3, 1909. His sons continued to run the Art Bazaar, but once again in August 1911, all of the glass plate negatives from the last 25 years of Savage's life were destroyed by fired. On December 31, 1926, the Art Bazaar closed its doors permanently.

From the description of Savage photographs, ca. 1860-ca. 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77904786

C.R. Savage (1832-1909) was a photographer of the American West in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

C.R. Savage, born August 16, 1832, in England, became one of the foremost 19th century landscape photographers of the western United States, as well as a renowned studio portrait photographer, with his studio in Salt Lake City, Utah. The idea to emigrate from England to Utah undoubtedly began shortly after his 1848 baptism and membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

Savage's immigration in 1856 to New York marked the beginning of his known interest in establishing a photography business. On assignment from the LDS Church he traveled to Florence, Nebraska. His family subsequently joined him in 1860 and Savage established a primitive studio in Council Bluffs, Nebraska. Finally, the family made their way across the country arriving in Salt Lake City on August 29, 1860. The next day he made business arrangements with Marsena Cannon, a daguerreotype photographer and owner of a studio on East Temple. In 1862, with Cannon's departure to St. George, Utah, Savage formed a partnership with George Martin Ottinger. Savage & Ottinger legally dissolved their firm in 1870, and that same year Savage formed the Pioneer Art Gallery, and in 1875, needing more space, he replaced it with the Art Bazaar.

On June 26, 1883, his Art Bazaar burned to the ground, with all of his negatives. After his death on February 3, 1909, another fire in 1911 destroyed all of the negatives from the last twenty-five years of his career. Although his sons continued to operate the business, the Art Bazaar closed its doors permanently on December 31, 1926.

From the guide to the C. R. Savage photograph collection, 1860-ca. 1900, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

C. R. Savage (1832-1909) was a photographer in the late 1800s and early 1900s of the American West.

Charles Roscoe Savage, born August 16, 1832, in England, became one of the foremost nineteenth-century landscape photographers of the western United States, as well as a renowned studio portrait photographer, with his studio in Salt Lake City, Utah. The idea to emigrate from England to Utah undoubtedly began shortly after his 1848 baptism and membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

Savage's immigration in 1856 to New York marked the beginning of his known interest in establishing a photography business. On assignment from the LDS Church he traveled to Florence, Nebraska. His family subsequently joined him in 1860 and Savage established a primitive studio in Council Bluffs, Nebraska. Finally, the family made their way across the country arriving in Salt Lake City on August 29, 1860. The next day he made business arrangements with Marsena Cannon, a daguerreotype photographer and owner of a studio on East Temple. In 1862, with Cannon's departure to St. George, Utah, Savage formed a partnership with George Martin Ottinger. Savage & Ottinger legally dissolved their firm in 1870, and that same year Savage formed the Pioneer Art Gallery, and in 1875, needing more space, he replaced it with the Art Bazaar.

On June 26, 1883, his Art Bazaar burned to the ground, with all of his negatives. After his death on February 3, 1909, another fire in 1911 destroyed all of the negatives from the last twenty-five years of his career. Although his sons continued to operate the business, the Art Bazaar closed its doors permanently on December 31, 1926.

From the guide to the C. R. Savage landscape and family photographs, 1830-1949, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

C.R. Savage (1832-1909) was a photographer of the American West in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

C.R. Savage, born August 16, 1832, in England, became one of the foremost 19th century landscape photographers of the western United States, as well as a renowned studio portrait photographer, with his studio in Salt Lake City, Utah. The idea to emigrate from England to Utah undoubtedly began shortly after his 1848 baptism and membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

Savage's immigration in 1856 to New York marked the beginning of his known interest in establishing a photography business. On assignment from the LDS Church he traveled to Florence, Nebraska. His family subsequently joined him in 1860 and Savage established a primitive studio in Council Bluffs, Nebraska. Finally, the family made their way across the country arriving in Salt Lake City on August 29, 1860. The next day he made business arrangements with Marsena Cannon, a daguerreotype photographer and owner of a studio on East Temple. In 1862, with Cannon's departure to St. George, Utah, Savage formed a partnership with George Martin Ottinger. Savage & Ottinger legally dissolved their firm in 1870, and that same year Savage formed the Pioneer Art Gallery, and in 1875, needing more space, he replaced it with the Art Bazaar.

On June 26, 1883, his Art Bazaar burned to the ground, with all of his negatives. After his death on February 3, 1909, another fire in 1911 destroyed all of the negatives from the last twenty-five years of his career. Although his sons continued to operate the business, the Art Bazaar closed its doors permanently on December 31, 1926.

From the guide to the C. R. Savage diaries, 1855-1909, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

C.R. Savage (1832-1909) was a photographer of the American West in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

C.R. Savage, born August 16, 1832, in England, became one of the foremost 19th century landscape photographers of the western United States, as well as a renowned studio portrait photographer, with his studio in Salt Lake City, Utah. The idea to emigrate from England to Utah undoubtedly began shortly after his 1848 baptism and membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

Savage's immigration in 1856 to New York marked the beginning of his known interest in establishing a photography business. On assignment from the LDS Church he traveled to Florence, Nebraska. His family subsequently joined him in 1860 and Savage established a primitive studio in Council Bluffs, Nebraska. Finally, the family made their way across the country arriving in Salt Lake City on August 29, 1860. The next day he made business arrangements with Marsena Cannon, a daguerreotype photographer and owner of a studio on East Temple. In 1862, with Cannon's departure to St. George, Utah, Savage formed a partnership with George Martin Ottinger. Savage & Ottinger legally dissolved their firm in 1870, and that same year Savage formed the Pioneer Art Gallery, and in 1875, needing more space, he replaced it with the Art Bazaar.

On June 26, 1883, his Art Bazaar burned to the ground, with all of his negatives. After his death on February 3, 1909, another fire in 1911 destroyed all of the negatives from the last twenty-five years of his career. Although his sons continued to operate the business, the Art Bazaar closed its doors permanently on December 31, 1926.

From the guide to the C. R. Savage portraits, circa 1890, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

C.R. Savage (1832-1909) was a photographer of the American West in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

C.R. Savage, born August 16, 1832, in England, became one of the foremost 19th century landscape photographers of the western United States, as well as a renowned studio portrait photographer, with his studio in Salt Lake City, Utah. The idea to emigrate from England to Utah undoubtedly began shortly after his 1848 baptism and membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

Savage's immigration in 1856 to New York marked the beginning of his known interest in establishing a photography business. On assignment from the LDS Church he traveled to Florence, Nebraska. His family subsequently joined him in 1860 and Savage established a primitive studio in Council Bluffs, Nebraska. Finally, the family made their way across the country arriving in Salt Lake City on August 29, 1860. The next day he made business arrangements with Marsena Cannon, a daguerreotype photographer and owner of a studio on East Temple. In 1862, with Cannon's departure to St. George, Utah, Savage formed a partnership with George Martin Ottinger. Savage & Ottinger legally dissolved their firm in 1870, and that same year Savage formed the Pioneer Art Gallery, and in 1875, needing more space, he replaced it with the Art Bazaar.

On June 26, 1883, his Art Bazaar burned to the ground, with all of his negatives. After his death on February 3, 1909, another fire in 1911 destroyed all of the negatives from the last twenty-five years of his career. Although his sons continued to operate the business, the Art Bazaar closed its doors permanently on December 31, 1926.

From the guide to the C. R. Savage scrapbook, 1883-1909, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

C.R. Savage (1832-1909) was a photographer of the American West in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

C.R. Savage, born August 16, 1832, in England, became one of the foremost 19th century landscape photographers of the western United States, as well as a renowned studio portrait photographer, with his studio in Salt Lake City, Utah. The idea to emigrate from England to Utah undoubtedly began shortly after his 1848 baptism and membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

Savage's immigration in 1856 to New York marked the beginning of his known interest in establishing a photography business. On assignment from the LDS Church he traveled to Florence, Nebraska. His family subsequently joined him in 1860 and Savage established a primitive studio in Council Bluffs, Nebraska. Finally, the family made their way across the country arriving in Salt Lake City on August 29, 1860. The next day he made business arrangements with Marsena Cannon, a daguerreotype photographer and owner of a studio on East Temple. In 1862, with Cannon's departure to St. George, Utah, Savage formed a partnership with George Martin Ottinger. Savage & Ottinger legally dissolved their firm in 1870, and that same year Savage formed the Pioneer Art Gallery, and in 1875, needing more space, he replaced it with the Art Bazaar.

On June 26, 1883, his Art Bazaar burned to the ground, with all of his negatives. After his death on February 3, 1909, another fire in 1911 destroyed all of the negatives from the last twenty-five years of his career. Although his sons continued to operate the business, the Art Bazaar closed its doors permanently on December 31, 1926.

From the guide to the C. R. Savage photographs of Temple Square buildings, approximately 1885-1889, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)