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100% AUTHENTIC / SUPER RARE / ANTIQUE CIVIL WAR PERIOD COLLECTABLE = JAMES DWYER OWN PERSONABLE PHOTO ALBUM WITH EARLY RELATIONS TO THE MORMON CHURCH Civil War Era Photographs Family Photo Album Utah Mormon Church CDVs Tintypes? Some interesting passages on James Dwyer [1831 - 1915] can be found in an article on his daughter, the actress Ada Dwyer Russell, interesting in her own right, in the Winter 1975 issue of the. James Dwyer, born in Tipperary, Ireland, was baptized into the Mormon church in 1860. That same year he traveled to Utah by ox team and put to work the unique talent he had developed as a bookman. Seeing the possibilities for a bookstore in Salt Lake City, young Dwyer set up a stand at the corner of West Temple and First South in the Townsend House.

With only five dollars in hand, James started the store that served as bureau of information, dispensary of Mormon publications, and unofficial headquarters for the "intellectuals" of Salt Lake Valley. As patronage increased, Dwyer moved his store to the Constitution Building and then to the former home of the McCornick Bank. Many of Utah's advancements started with conversation in the back room of Dwyer's. The shelves of the Dwyer store held the schoolbooks used in the territory. The teachers held institute and business meetings in the back room which was equipped with maps, charts, and other educational materials.

Dwyer occasionally invited scholars to his home for a banquet. In March 1866 a group of prominent men met in the Dwyer bookstore to set up the framework for a viable educational system in Utah.

The resulting chain of church schools substantially upgraded the training received by Salt Lake City youngsters. The Dwyer bookstore also was used as a study hall by students from the University of Deseret. Many of these students were able to complete their schooling because of the credit extended to them by James Dwyer. Indeed, Dwyer's reading room was referred to as the first library west of the Missouri River.

And James himself was a walking compendium of knowledge on the contents of almost every book in his store. CHECK OUT THE DETAILED PIC'S... PLEASE VIEW OUR OTHER ITEMS LISTED ON -BAY! This item is in the category "Collectibles\Photographic Images\Photographs".

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• Type: Photograph
• Size: 4 x 6 in
• Theme: Americana, History, People, Portrait, Religious, Social History
• Image Color: Black & White
• Production Technique: Tintype
• Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
• Subject: Adventure Time, Family, Ladies, Still Life, Uniforms, USA