Show I SALT LAKE THEA THEATRE TRE WHEN IT WAS NEW t I I I I 1 1 4 I S e et ej l I t I j r 4 A is I I last East First South Street of To Today d al j I ii GREAT CHANGES OF THE PASSING TIME Business Blocks Where Shacks and Shade Trees Once I Stood I The Salt Lake theatre was the most pretentious structure on East First South street In 1872 1572 at the time one of the pie pic pictures tures turea shown was tal taken en At that tUne time It appeared I a little newer than at present having been built In the COS It stands today one of the historical landmarks of that part ot of the city Most of oC the structures that surrounded on Pago Two I i i I It Isa I t N t y sa t tast I I II Ea ast t First South Street treet in 1872 SALT lAKE THEATRE WHEN IT WAS AS NEW Continued From Page One the theatre In the late OOs and the early earh were affairs for the great greater or er part cons constructed of lumber Where now stand tine fine business blocks were littie lIt tie restaurants residences and shacks of saloons i Within a radius of a block the theatre building was the largest to be seen There Thero was then no magnificent Y M C A building diagonally across the street at atthe atthe the corner comer of State street and First SoUth street As shown by one ot of the pictures trees were growing In front of the theatre as they were also further west on First South street In the tho early jOs work had just been started for a 0 short time on the street railway system and on First South street Is shown how the roadbed was being pre prepared prepared pared and the ties laid Main street in 1873 was practically the entire business district of the city efty though r there thore a few little business structures tares tures on First and Second South streets r |