Salt Lake City Tithing Office p.12

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Title Salt Lake City Tithing Office p.12
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name 39222001596332
Photo Number 06767
Creator Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph ca. 1890's
Date 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899
Subject Tithes; Latter Day Saint churches; Stores and shops; Newspapers; Newspaper industry
Spatial Coverage Utah; Salt Lake County; Salt Lake City
Historic Address Northeast corner, Main Street and South Temple
Description Image shows the Salt Lake City tithing office and yards. It was located on the corner of Main Street and South Temple where the Hotel Utah (Joseph Smith Memorial Building) is now. In the early years of the LDS church, members would rarely pay their tithing (1/10 of total earnings) with money. More often, it was paid in livestock, dry goods, or a portion of their crop. This was all stored at the tithing office yards and distributed through the Deseret Store. The tithing yards also served as the first home of the Deseret News.
Comment The Lion House and Gardo House can be seen in the distance across the tithing yards.
Rights Management Digital Image (c) 2007 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photo Collection, 726.24 Religious Architecture
Source Format Paper print
Source Size 7 inches x 11 inches; 5 inches x 8 inches (2 copies)
Source Donors Watters, Leon
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation scanned 800dpi
Scanned By Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS
ARK ark:/87278/s6jd54qk
Setname dha_cp
ID 435686
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jd54qk
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