Photograph album, ca. 1880-1943 (bulk 1880-1900).

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Photograph album, ca. 1880-1943 (bulk 1880-1900).

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Photograph album of Bisbee scenes including stores, churches, schools, homes, and other buildings, as well as burro trains, the street railway, the first railroad train, and stagecoaches. There are Bisbee street scenes, celebrations, a women's Sunday School group, and a band concert. There are views of Main Street over the years including flooding in 1890 and 1896. There are photographs of the Herring, Williams, Brophy and Stillman families and one image of the Apache Kid. One image is present of C.S. Fly and others at honorary services for the late President Garfield, 1881. Another image shows James Carr's ore wagons and 24-mule team, 1887. There are photographs of the Copper Queen smelter, the Glory Hole mine, and views of Brewery Gulch between 1880 and 1890. There are a few images of the Bisbee Deportation. The album was compiled by Opie Lea in 1956 in order to preserve Bisbee's history.

1.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7550734

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co.

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Herring family

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Lea, Opie Rundle Burgess.

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Biographical note: History enthusiast, Opie Rundle came to Bisbee in 1882 with her parents. She provided stories to the Bisbee Daily Review and authored a book, entitled Bisbee Not So Long Ago in 1967. From the description of Bisbee newspaper articles, ca. 1956-1958. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 549488942 History enthusiast; Opie's mother, Florence Robinson Rundle arrived in Arizona in 1882 at the age of fourteen. ...

Rundle, Florence Robinson

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Brophy family

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Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...

Apache Kid, approximately 1860-

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Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901

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C.S. Fly (1849-1901) was a photographer in the American West. From the description of C.S. Fly photographs of Geronimo, circa 1880s-1890s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 228078986 Photographer, arrived in Tombstone, Arizona in 1879 and established a photographic studio, Fly's Photography Gallery, on Fremont Street. From the description of Fly photograph collection, ca. 1881-1895. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat r...

Carr, James F., 1946-

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