Two-Bit Street Art Opening a Huge Hit

Friday's opening of the photo display by Weber State University's Special Collections history project on 25th Street was a huge hit.

More than 400 people visited the display of photos of Ogden's 25th Street, both historical and current. A lot of them stuck around to hear Val Holley's talk about Ogden's historical rivalry with Salt Lake City as waged by Mayor Harm Peery. Really fun stuff.

Called "25th: The street that never slept," the exhibit is part of a project at Special Collections to record Ogden's history through oral histories and photographs. Students at WSU, and me down at Union Station, are interviewing anyone we can chase down who lived in Ogden in years past and get their memories and photos.

The show will be up through May in the display area just off the Grand Hall of the station. Come in any time. The exhibit is free, although if you want to pay $5 and see the museums at the same time, please feel free.

Here's some photos of the show.

A couple shares memories of 25th Street

Walls of images

A guy with 360 vision checks out the show

Tribute to Joe McQueen

Ed and Cindy Simone pose by
a picture of Ed and Cindy Simone

Sarah Langsdon and Val Holley