Brigham Young
Salt Lake City, UT, ca. 1903
Wives of Brigham Young & Himself Postcard, ca. 1903
Photograph

A postcard depicting Brigham Young, head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and twenty-one of his wives. 1p, measuring 3.5" x 5.5", Salt Lake City, UT, ca. 1903. Copyright by F. H. Leib. Featuring a list of each wife's name along bottom edge, designated by numbers 1-21. Blank postcard space verso. Exhibits general age toning and surface imperfections throughout, with slight fading to front images; bumping to all four corners. A good example overall.

Brigham Young (1801?1877), second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was perhaps the most famous polygamist of the early LDS movement, marrying a total of fifty-six wives during his lifetime. By the time of his death, Young had fifty-seven children by sixteen of his wives, forty-six of which would reach adulthood. While sources have varied on the exact number due to differences in what observers have considered to be a "wife", it has been confirmed that there were a total of fifty-six women Young was "sealed", or legally bonded to, throughout his life.

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3.5" x 5.75"