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Show Relive history of streetcars SALT LAKE CTTY-To com- memorate the centennial of the trolley car in Utah, Trolley Square, Utah Power and Light Company and the UTA will celebrate August) as Electric Trolley Car MonThTa celebration mat will include exhibits ex-hibits entertainment and -special Events; v " '' A photographic exhibit in the main entrance way ; at Trolley Square features a pictorial history of the streetcars from the mule car days of 1872 through the trolley car which ended in Salt Lake City in 1945. Included in the exhibit which has been permanently installed at Trolley Square are the commercial photographs of the Utah Light ind Traction Company from the James Shiplet & SonS-CoftectjoiLre-. cently purchased by the Utah Historical Society. These photos are very clean because of Jhe 8 X 10 glass plates and negatives, used by Shipler. M During August and September, there will also be two museum 1 cases in the center of Trolley j Square displaying items from the , trolley car era including "tokens, transfer and other memorabilia. |