Sparkes photograph collection, ca. 1910-1950.

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Sparkes photograph collection, ca. 1910-1950.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50648862

Summary: Small collection of photographs taken and collected by Grace Sparkes, many of which are postcards. Subjects include rodeos, hunting, mining and coppersmiths; people include Edith Kitt, Sharlot Hall, actor Tom Mix, and actress Tallulah Bankhead. There is an image of the Elgin, Arizona train station, Skull Valley, St. Joseph Shrine in Yarnell, Arizona, El Rey Hotel Court in Globe, Arizona, and a 1910 Pope Hartford race card. There are photographs of Camp Fire Girls and Boys' camps and activities. Mining photographs include the State of Texas Mine in Cochise County, the Silver King Mine in Pinal County, and the Sioux Gold Silver Mine in Yavapai County. One photograph of coppersmiths shows six men at work in their shop.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7630638

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Kitt, Edith Olive Stratton, 1878-1968.

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Secretary of the Arizona Historical Society for 22 years; Edith gathered information from pioneers including her father, Emerson Stratton, who owned the Inter-Ocean Ranch on the north side of the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson. She was active in women's organizations including the Tucson Woman's Club and the Arizona Federation of Women's Club. From the description of Kitt papers, 1888-1966. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 40896253 ...

Sparkes, Grace M., 1893-1963.

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Biographical note: Miner, tourism promoter, and Yavapai County pioneer. From the description of Sparkes photograph collection, ca. 1910-1950. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 50648862 ...

Hall, Sharlot Mabridth, 1870-1943

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Biographical note: First Territorial historian for Arizona; Sharlot Hall collected artifacts and manuscripts of Arizona history and wrote poems and stories from her Prescott, Arizona home. From the description of Sharlot Hall papers, 1924-1941. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 49938692 ...

Bankhead, Tallulah

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Actress. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1920]-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507628 Tallulah (Tallulah Brockman) Bankhead was born 1902 Jan. 31 to William B. and Ada Eugenia Sledge Bankhead in Huntsville, Madison Co., Ala. She attended primary school in Montomery, Ala., while living with her uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Owen. She later attended Convent of the Sacred Heart (N.Y.), 1912-1913; Mary Baldwin Seminary (Va.), 1913; Convent of t...

Camp Fire Girls

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Mix, Tom, 1880-1940

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Motion picture actor and director. From the description of Autograph, ca. 1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536443 ...