Abstract The Auerbach family was among the first Jewish residents in Salt Lake City and operated a department store in downtown Salt Lake City from 1864 to 1977. Herbert S. Auerbach (1882-1945) served as president of the Auerbach Company from the 1920s until his death in 1945. This collection contains cabinet cards and cartes de visite portraits of Herbert Auerbach and other members of the Auerbach family.

Abstract The Auerbach Negative Collection contains 122 unique negatives of photographs and illustrations primarily depicting nineteenth-century Salt Lake City businesses and downtown streets.

Abstract This collection consists of prints and negatives collected and created by Harold Stanley "Stan" Sanders about Utah history; subjects include resorts, breweries, saloons, the Auerbach's department stores, and early Salt Lake City architecture. It also contains personal photographs taken of and by Sanders during his military service in Korea following World War II and photographs of an 1989 exhibit featuring his collections.