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1890 scene of Center Street in Provo, Utah. Knight Block on the corner of Center Street and University Avenue.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

Provo, Utah businesses, including Taylor Brothers Company Furniture in 1890.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

A procession of men and women, perhaps Brigham Young University students, march down University Avenue in Provo, Utah sometime between 1925 and 1930.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

The Brigham Young Academy football team in 1897. (Utah State Historical Society)

Beebe Lumber Company located in Provo, Utah. Taken sometime between 1890-1910.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

Artist's bird's eye view of Provo, Utah in 1878. Notable landmarks of the city were the Utah County courthouse and the woolen factory.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

This 1907 picture shows a protest against the Salt Lake Tribune for their support of the attempted expulsion of Reed Smoot from the United States Senate. There are many newspapers being burned along with a stuffed creature laying in a coffin. A man dressed as a priest and another as the devil are also present. Many spectators watch the protest. (Provo City Library)

This picture shows a protest against the Salt Lake Tribune for their support of the attempted expulsion of Reed Smoot from the United States Senate. One sign references the WCTU which stands for the Women's Christian Temperance Union, which also supported Smoot's expulsion. There are many newspapers with big X's painted on them and signs proclaiming varying points. A stuffed creature is laying in a coffin. A man dressed as a priest and another as the devil are also present. Many spectators watch the protest. (Provo City Library)

<p>A photograph of the Provo Woolen Mills in 1908. (Photo credit: Bill Cox, "Provo Woolen Mills" via Provo City Library)</p>

Brigham Young Academy, Provo, Utah in the late 1920s to early 1930s. (William F. Bulkley)

<p>Aerial view of downtown Provo showing the intersection of Center Street and University Avenue showing the Provo Tabernacle, the City and County Building, old post office, Knight Block, and other buildings and businesses. Taken between 1930-1940.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)</p>

<p>Center Street scene of Provo, Utah in the 1930s showing Knight Block and a small crowd outside the Princess Theater. (Utah State Historical Society)</p>

<p>Provo fine residences with the Provo tabernacle in the background. This photo was taken in 1890. (Utah State Historical Society)</p>

<p>Taken around 1905, this photo shows the inside of the Provo Tea and China Co. Dishes, tea, and baskets are some of the items on the shelves. A woman is standing behind a counter and two men are standing in the middle of the store. (L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)</p>

This 1860 picture shows the first home of George C. Scott. The people seen (left to right) are: Parley Hindmarsh, High Scott, Fanny Scott, George C. Scott, Cornelia Scott, and Mads Peter Madison.{ }(Provo City Library)

<p>Provo, looking north on University Avenue at Center Street in 1930. Knight Block on the right.(Utah State Historical Society)</p>

<p>View of Provo in the 1890s, on the corner of Academy Avenue (later University Avenue) and West Center Street. The building on the corner is the First National Bank, later occupied by the Provo Commercial and Savings Bank. (Utah State Historical zociety)</p>

<p>Panoramic view of Provo, Utah was taken from the top of the Provo Tabernacle showing the roof of the Provo Meeting House on Center Street and buildings along Center Street including the Southworth Building and Knight Block. (Utah State Historical Society)</p>

Center Street scene of Provo, Utah in the 1930s showing a small crowd outside the Princess Theater. (Utah State Historical Society)

<p>Children standing in the street and in front of George Taylor Furniture and Millinery businesses. (Utah State Historical Society)</p>

A group of Brigham Young Academy students forming a human "Y." (Utah State Historical Society)

This undated Brigham Young Academy photo showing students in front of the original academy building. (Utah State Historical Society)

Image shows all of the students attending Brigham Young Academy in 1902. They are all seated in the College Hall Auditorium.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

A group of Brigham Young Academy coeds studying "domestic science" in the early 1900s.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

Provo City and County Building in the late 1920s to early 1930s.{ }(William F. Bulkley)

This 1930 picture is an aerial view of the Provo Tabernacle, the City building, and some shops on University Avenue and Center Street. (Provo City Library)

The intersection of Center Street and University Avenue in 1940. (Utah State Historical Society)

Taken in 1922, students enrolled in the Alpine Summer School of BYU, held near Mt. Timpanogos.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

Provo Airport and Mount Timpanogos in 1946. (Beckwith, Frank Asahel, Publisher Hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)

The Provo Foundry & Machine Works brick buildings. A larger building in the left-hand side of the photograph is decorated with large signs that read "Iron & Brass Castings", "Modern Plumbing Steam & Hotwater Heating", "Machinery of all Kinds Made & Repaired", and "Display of Plumbing Fixture Upstairs." There is a smaller building next to it that has a small sign for "Provo Foundry & Machine Works." Date unknown, but taken sometime between 1880-1920. (L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)

Boulevard from State Hospital through Provo to Utah Lake taken in the 1920s.{ }(Utah State Historical zociety)

Donkeys on Center Street in Provo, Utah in the 1890s with unidentified men. (Utah State Historical Society){ }

Thomas or O. Blaine Larson took a picture of this older image showing men and boys posing outside of the Provo Co-Op and other businesses in the 1880s. (Utah State Historical Society)

Image taken in 1900 of Provo, Utah showing the intersection of Center Street and University Avenue. Buildings and business in the image include the First National Bank Building, Gates Snow Furniture Company, East Co-Op, and the Provo Woolen Mills. (Utah State Historical Society)

Bennett Glass & Paint Co. picnic, Provo Canyon, Merry-Go-Round, July 15, 1916. (Utah State Historical Society)

Westside of University Avenue looking south from First North, the spires of the Provo Tabernacle are visible. Taken August 28, 1908. (Utah State Historical Society)

Steel mill belonging to the Columbia Steel Company near Provo, Utah in the late 1920s - early 1930s. (William F. Bulkley)

<p>Looking east on Center Street, the Provo Tabernacle and Provo Meeting House on right. Taken in 1880. (Utah State Historical Society)</p>

This anoramic image of Provo, Utah was taken in 1930 from Y mountain showing the various crops being grown in the east and the city buildings further west with Utah Lake in the background.

<p>North on University Avenue from Center Street in Provo, Utah in 1940. Knight Building at right. (Utah State Historical Society)</p>

Provo Canyon, near Provo, Utah. Taken sometime between 1920-1950.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

<p>The Provo Tabernacle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1900. The Provo Tabernacle caught fire in December 2011, destroying most of the building. The Church decided to restore the building as a temple.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)</p>

Kiwanis Club Members of Provo at the Provo Pressed Brickyard and Tile Company on October 3, 1921.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

<p>Taken in 1890, Provo, Utah, businesses on Center Street at the intersection with Center Street. The Knight Block at right. (Utah State Historical Society)</p>

Row of Provo businesses including a tailor, furniture, and George Taylor's photography studio in 1870.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

Taken around 1910, a frieght wagon crossing the Provo River.{ }(Shipler Commercial Photographers; Shipler, Harry, Utah State Historical Society)

A trolley car rounds the corner of Center Street and University Avenue in 1910. (Utah State Historical Society)

View of the Provo Tabernacle on University Avenue from the City and County Building in 1940.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

Image shows the Brigham Young University faculty sometime before 1900. First Row (l to r): Jennie Brimhall Knight, Ella Larsen, Retta Young, Leah Dunford (Widtsoe), Alice Reynolds, Catherine Syndegaard (Frisbey), Mary Woodruff; Second Row (l to r): Anthony C. Lund, N. L. Nelson, George H. Brimhall, President Benjamin Cluff, Jr.; Joseph B. Keeler, Don Carlos Young, Walter M. Woolf, Edwin S. Hinckley; Third Row (l to r): Wilford M. McKendrick, Bryant S. Hinckley, Moses C. Davis, Maggie Peterson, Joseph Jensen, Miss Young, James L. Brown, O. W. Andelin, Dr. Jane Skolfield, Ernest Partridge; Back Row (l to r); Thomas S. Court, Caleb Tanner, Edwin H. Holt, John T. Miller, B. T. Higgs, Lester A. Stanley, Lars E. Eggertson, V. M. Pratt. (Utah State Historical Society)

Photo shows an Outdoor theater at the State Hospital in Provo, Utah. Date unknown. (Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)

Taken in 1880, looking east on Center Street, the Provo Tabernacle and Provo Meeting House on right. (Utah State Historical Society)

Union Block building in Provo, Utah on Center Street in the 1890s. (Utah State Historical Society)

Groups from around the state came to Scofield to help in the relief efforts after the disaster. Among those who volunteered to assist was a group from Provo, Utah, who brought their tools to help dig the grave. The May 1, 1900 explosion in the Winter Quarters No. 4 mine greatly affected the town of Scofield, killing at least 200 of the mine's employees. At the time, it was the worst mining accident in American history.{ } (Utah State Historical Society)

This panoramic image of Provo, Utah was taken from Y mountain in 1930 showing the various crops being grown in the east and the city buildings further west with Utah Lake in the background. (Utah State Historical Society)

<p>Center Street looking west from 1st East in Provo in 1940. At left is the old city building, later used as a post office.{ }(Utah State Historical Society) </p>

Center Street in Provo, Utah showing the F. W. Woolworth Company 5 10 and 15 Cent Store, Sutton Cafe and Wrights in the Excelsior Block and Keeley's Cafe in the Union Block. (Utah State Historical Society)

This is an aerial picture of Brigham Young University and the surrounding area.{ }(Provo City Library)

Drawing Lot No. 1 at Provo, Utah for the Uintah Land Opening. This photo was taken on August 17, 1905. (Utah State Historical Society)

<p>Taken in June of 1939, this photo shows busy Provo, Utah Main Street, showing the Farmers and Merchants Bank, Gamble Shoes, Taylor Brothers Company department store, a furniture store, and others. (Utah State Historical Society)</p>

Provo, Utah, businesses on Center Street at the intersection with Center Street in 1890. The Knight Block at right. (Utah State Historical Society)

Knight Block on Center Street in Provo, Utah in the 1890s.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

Strand Theatre; Erganbrack and Son; Buster Brown Shoe Store in 1930.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

This picture shows Lee Cox, John Finlayson, Lantie Jesse Eldred and Scott Finlayson, who was the Springville chief of police in 1910. (Provo City Library)

Bridal Veil Falls cascading over the mountain into Provo River in Provo Canyon on June 28, 1928. ( Utah State History; digitized and digital file hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah; physical item located at the Utah Department of Heritage and Arts)

<p>This picture shows a parade float for Eldred's Merry Go Round, which gives a simple representation of children riding horses on a carousel. (Provo City Library)</p>

<p>This is a picture of the G. Taylor store owned by George Taylor Sr. and located on Center Street in 1880. (Provo City Library)</p>

Image taken on December 15, 1926 shows the dedication ceremony of the Provo City and County Building, inside the Provo Tabernacle. Utah Governor George Dern is speaking. Also seated on the stand are Provo Mayor O. K. Hansen and Legislator William J. Knight. The man seated below the podium is Thomas H. Taylor. On the bottom row, left end is Peter Jensen. Near him is Mrs. Hugh Peterson and A. O. Smoot. The Provo Tabernacle was constructed in 1885 by William Folsom, the architect. (Utah State Historical Society)

Scan of a glass plate negative, showing the Olmsted power plant at the mouth of Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah in 1915.{ }The Olmsted power station, located on the Provo River at the mouth of Provo Canyon, was built for the Telluride Power Company in 1903-1904 and purchased by Utah Power and Light in 1912. (Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)

Murdock Plant Dam on the Provo River, January 1, 1913. (Photo: Rocky Mountain Power Company via{ }Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)

George Taylor was a merchant from England. The furniture store in this photo lasted from 1866-1890.{ }(Utah State Historical Society)

Fire station in Provo, Utah in 1883. (Utah State Historical Society)

Children play on a tree-lined Provo, Utah street in the 1890s. (Utah State Historical Society){ }

Image shows the Lewis Building, which was home of the University of Deseret branch in Provo from 1870-1875 before it became the Brigham Young Academy. The building was destroyed by fire in 1884. School resumed in the ZCMI warehouse after the fire until a new building opened up in 1892. (Utah State Historical Society)

A group of students building the first "Y" on the mountainside near the Brigham Young Academy in 1907. (Utah State Historical Society)

Brigham Young Academy grandstand on "Temple Hill." (Utah State Historical Society)

Photographer George Taylor identified the structures in the images as, from right to left, tailor's shop, Provo Post Office kept by Captain Cumingham, pioneer candy store, Gardner's Exchange after a fire, D. P. Thueson's Shoe Shop, an open space owned by William Benley, George Taylor's photograph gallery, George Taylor furniture store, open space and building owned by Peter States, and Brigham Young Academy. The little boy sitting in the ditch is John T. Taylor, son of the photographer. (Utah State Historical Society)

<p>Early Provo, Utah. Photographer George Taylor identified the structures in the images as, from right to left, tailor's shop, Provo Post Office kept by Captain Cumingham, pioneer candy store, Gardner's Exchange before the fire that destroyed the buildings, D. P. Thueson's Shoe Shop, an open space owned by William Benley, George Taylor's photograph gallery, George Taylor furniture store, open space and building owned by Peter States, and Brigham Young Academy. (Utah State Historical Society)</p>

James Ackerman (lithographer) - Stansbury, Capt. Howard (Corps of Topographical Engineers, U.S. Army) "Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah", Washington, DC: United States Senate (Special Session, March, 1851, Executive Document #3). 1852 "The Cooper Collections of American History".

{ }(From Herbert S. Auerbach Collection. Nicholas G. Morgan-Donor. In U.H.Q. vol. 9, 1941)

<p>This picture shows a Franklin Elementary School Class from about 1935. Pictured in the back row from left to right are: Vivian Adams, Venice Harding, Gloria Taylor, Nadine Singleton, Joyce Johnson, Verna Johnson, La Oma Thurgood, Virginia Larsen, Patricia Rodgerson, Fern Kopp, Joyce Jones, Helen Vincent, Betty Cox, Laie Thurber, Pearl Anderson. Pictured in the middle row from left to right are: Mr. Staneli, Myrle Barney, Dell Cox, Herbert Paulsen, Kent Taylor, Robert Free, Elmo Ellison, Robert Penrod, Karl Harding, Dick Miller, Anagene Davies, Nelda Hindmarsh, Dorothy Michael, Harold Crawley, Dorothy Edwards, Myra Richmond. Pictured in the front row from left to right are: Sharett Moore, Elda Mae Lewis, Ruth LeVitre, Reed Davis, Jack Hill, Wayne Haws, Bernell Boswell, Glen Brown, Furner Clark, Dale Taylor, Lynn Taylor, Roland Rasmussen, Sam Kopp Junior. Lavell Richins and Roen Thurgood were absent when the picture was taken.{ }(Provo City Library)</p>

Franklin School, located between 6th-7th West and 3rd-4th South.{ }(Provo City Library)

<p>Taken on August 28, 1908, this is a street view from Academy Ave looking southwest towards the Tabernacle. A man is riding his bike, and a horse is tied up near a row of buildings on the west side of Academy Ave. This image is a postcard. (L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)</p>

<p>This is a picture of the East Co-Operative Store in Provo. The building's address is on the corner of the store. (Provo City Library)</p>

A view of the Provo Tabernacle and Center Street from the courthouse{ }ca. 1920s-1930s. (L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)

<p>This is an 1873 picture of the Bullock Hotel with three men standing in front.{ }(Provo City Library)</p>

Various regional High Schools visit Brigham Young University stadium during their invitational Track Meet in 1938. (Provo City Library)

<p>A Truck laying asphalt on 2nd south, between 4th and 5th west. You can see the brick house at 467 W 200 S which as of scan date was still there. One Construction worker has bandages on head. (Provo City Library)</p>

A view of the Provo Tabernacle and Center Street from the courthouse, ca. 1920s -1930s.{ }(L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)

This 1940 aerial view picture is of the west side of Center Street looking northeast. The Provo Tabernacle and City Building can be seen on the right.{ }(Provo City Library)

<p>Men working on the buildings in Historic Provo on Center Street. Taken around 1950. (L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)</p>

<p>Taken around the year 1915, Olmsted power plant at the mouth of Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah. The Olmsted power station, located on the Provo River at the mouth of Provo Canyon, was built for the Telluride Power Company in 1903-1904, and purchased by Utah Power and Light in 1912. (Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)</p>

A small building with a sign that reads "Provo Marble Works. A.B. Frisbey, Manager." There are several men standing outside the doorway with gravestones on display next to the building. Date unknown, but taken between 1880-1920.

An interior view of the Provo Woolen Mills around 1900.{ }(L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)

Provo Woolen Mill buildings. Date unknown, taken between 1890-1917. (L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)

Taken between 1907-1909, this is an interior view of the Provo Tabernacle decorated for night school. Banners with a "Y" on them are displayed. (L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University)

Drawing of{ }Étienne Provost, for whom Provo, Utah is named. (Photo: Utah State Historical Society)

The Provo Wollen Mills around 1890: A photograph of the mills in the 1890s.{ }<p>(Photo: C. R. Savage, View of the Factory in Provo, Utah. ca. 1890)</p>

<p>Newspaper Article in 1918: Newspaper Article from 1918 about the Woolen Mill. (Source: Brandon, Lord and Nagle. Textile World Journal, Vol 54. Issu 26.)</p>

3rd West looking east on Center Street in Provo, Utah in the 1890s. (Utah State Historical Society)

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