Comments about ‘Cedar chest yields trove of century-old photos of Salt Lake’

It's a shame that these photos of our local and national history are too often destroyed by throwing them in the trash when the elderly die or get put in nursing homes.

These pictures are our pyramids of our past, America's past, and the state and local governments should have a means of families donate these pictures to preserve the heritage they represent. Many city or schools can participate by accepting and collecting these pictures to pass them on to historical society's.

Children go through these old photos and think of them as meaningless not realizing they are snap shots of our history. Let schools or any public building accept and collect them to keep them preserved. Set up a channel of communication with the proper individuals for them being donated.

Best of photos inside family living life here..
past culture History.My father was born in Utah.

Very old frail Archives are well cared for..thanks DesertNews-
for sharing these past living archive Treasures!

I like how the caption for photo #12 doesn't even mention the Tabernacle, it just says trees and a lawn. :P

These are great pictures. Question: does anyone know more precisely where the original Salt Palace was? "Between Main and State" tells me where it was on the X coordinate. Does anyone know the Y?

photos are sweet as much as the old railroad
Midvale too is another Historical town way back when Cowboys and cowgirls=pioneers of the oldWest=

These were awesome to see! The photographer is my great grandfather also. I also know the woman on the right in the family photo: Jean Weir Purdie

The Salt Palace was on 9th South between Main and State.

I think that the 'four generation' photograph is actually a three generation picture with Samuel Alexander Horrocks, his wife, Jean Weir Purdie, his daughter Verna Jean Horrocks Marshall and her twin daughters Erma Jean and Verna Elizabeth.