| Title |
Wilkes Theatre P.1 |
| File Name |
39222001707855.tif |
| Photo Number |
No. 24019 |
| Classification |
725.8 |
| Creator |
Shipler Commercial Photographers |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date of Photograph |
August 12, 1924 |
| Date |
1924-08-12 |
| Subject |
Theaters, Resorts, Amusement Halls/Parks |
| Corporate Name |
Wilkes Theatre |
| Other Subject |
Movie theaters |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City; Salt Lake County; Utah |
| Historic Address |
132 South State Street |
| Description |
Crowd in line getting tickets at the Wilkes Theatre, Aug. 12, 1924. Shipler Comm. Photog. #23638 |
| Comment |
The Orpheum Theatre opened on Christmas Day 1905 as Salt Lake's first full-time vaudeville house. The 900-seat theater, an excellent example of "Second Renaissance Revival", was designed by architect C.N. Neuhausen. A 12-foot statue of a Spanish dancer tops its central section (most recently restored in 2002-2003 by sculptor Karl Quilter), while larger-than-life heads guard the front entry. The auditorium and main lobby have been refurbished several times. Except for the stage, little remains of the original building. An old unused hotel behind the auditorium used to house vaudeville performers. In 1918, the theater was converted to show movies and was known by several names including the Casino, Orpheum, Wilkes, Roxey, Salt Lake, and Lyric. The Lyric had one of the first crying rooms in town, and even employed a registered nurse in its ladies room. In 1953 it was one of the first two theaters in Salt Lake to show widescreen movies with stereo sound. In 1972, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints bought and restored the building for church plays, renaming it the Promised Valley Playhouse." --from web page: http://utahtheaters.info/TheaterMain.asp?ID=97 |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2009 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Classified Photograph Collection |
| Source Format |
Print Photograph |
| Source Size |
9.5 inches x 7.5 inches |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Format Creation |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis. Archival resolution: 3805 x 2996 |
| Scanned By |
Robert Pyper |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s63490gh |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
445239 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63490gh |
