Here's another vintage postcard that my grandparents purchased while they traveled across the United States in the summer of 1952. My regular readers may remember that they had emigrated from Brazil in July of 1952, and after they arrived in New York, they bought a car and some camping equipment and traveled across the United States on their way to their final destination in California.
They visited many LDS historic sites along the way. One of these sites is depicted in this postcard.
This postcard is a 1947 Genuine Curt Teich "C.T. Art-Colortone" vintage postcard. It shows the Hill Cumorah, Bureau of Information and Angel Moroni Monument, near Palmyra, New York.
Transcription from the postcard description:
ANGEL MORONI MONUMENT AND BUREAU OF INFORMATION NEAR PALMYRA NEW YORK
In 1827 Joseph Smith received from the Angel Moroni, a resurrected being, the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon, including a record of Christ's Ministry in America, was translated. The plates had been buried in the Hill Cumorah for more than 1400 years. Since its first publication in 1830, the Book of Mormon has been translated into 25 and published in 20 languages. The Bureau of Information supplies information and literature to visitors without charge.
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has been translated into many more languages since this postcard was published in 1947. It has now been translated into 82 languages, and more than 150 million copies of the Book of Mormon have been printed.
When my grandparents and their family visited The Hill Cumorah, they took a photograph of this historic site.
This photo was taken at a different angle than what is shown on the postcard, but you can see the word "Cumorah" on the hill, and if you look closely, you can see the Angel Moroni Monument on top of the hill.
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This is a 1950 Genuine Curt Teich "C.T. Art-Colortone" vintage postcard from my grandparent's collection. It shows the Sea Gull Monument which stands on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Transcription of Postcard Description:
THE SEA GULL MONUMENT
TEMPLE SQUARE
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
was erected in commemoration of the miraculous delivery of the "Mormon" pioneers from starvation. In the early summer of 1848, their first wheat crop was threatened with destruction by hordes of crickets. After all normal measures had failed, the Saints offered up prayers for their deliverance. Almost immediately, swarms of sea gulls flew in from the Great Lake to the west to devour the pests and save the crops.
My grandparents and their family visited Temple Square in the summer of 1952 as part of their immigration trip from Brazil to the United States.
They took this photo during their visit. You can see the Sea Gull Monument in front of the Assembly Hall.
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This is another beautiful vintage postcard that was found in my maternal grandpa's scrapbook from 1952. That scrapbook was filled with photos and postcards from his family's immigration trip to the United States.
This postcard is a 1947 Genuine Curt Teich "C.T. Art-Colortone postcard. It shows the Angel Moroni Monument which is near Palmyra, New York.
Transcription of postcard description:
ANGEL MORONI MONUMENT NEAR PALMYRA, NEW YORK
The Angel Moroni Monument, a forty foot granite and bronze structure which stands atop the Hill Cumorah, a large drumlin formation, near Palmyra, New York, was erected in 1935 at a cost of $30,000.
Near the monument in 1827 Joseph Smith, twenty-one years of age, received from the Angel, Moroni, a resurrected being, a record of the inhabitants of North and South America, ancestors of the people now known as the American Indians, and a record of Christ's Ministry in America.
My grandpa, Debs Webster, and his family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil in the early 1950's. They visited several LDS historic sites after they arrived in the United States in the summer of 1952. This monument was one of the places they visited. While they were there, they took photos of the family in front of this historic monument.
To learn more about the Hill Cumorah, where the Angel Moroni Monument stands, click HERE.
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