Only a few historic buildings in Provo give a hint of what life in Provo must have looked like in earlier years. An examination in the archives shows a town tl1at fits the image of wholesome Americana – an era that seems simple compared to the high technology society of today. N. LaVerl Christensen, editor emeritus of The Daily Herald. provided information and photographs for the following look at Provo’e past. An old-faabloned Fourth of July shows early Nth century Provo celebration. The automobile. far right. looks a hit lonesome among the buggles, surreys and horse-drawn floats in the parade scene near the Center Street-Unlverslty Avenue intersection. Note the throngs of people mlngllng in the street as well aa on the aldewalka…and that most folds wore hats. The old Provo Tabernacle and mn of the present one peel through the trees. to was loaned to The Herald hy Robert E. Curtis who says it probably was so by George Taylor. ploneer Provo pbntogradser. There was a time In the old town Oct, 15-17, 1I25 when Brigham Young Unlverslty celebnted lts seml-centennial. Banda, floats and vintage can paraded in front of the Provo Tabernacle in tbls part of tbe action caudst by commerdal photographer Samuel B. Robinson. Bernice Adamson of Provo, lloblnson’s daughter, mode the picture available to The Herald. Circus parades were a “sfgn of the times” in early eras. This one wae photographed la Provo about 1897 hy John B. Fairbanks, pioneer Utah photographer (and reproduced by grandson Eugene Fairbanks). Elephanta are vfslble as rlgbt in the picture. Towers vlslble on the city-county block were flre hall and former county courthouse. both long since removed.