Roosevelt and Ajo photograph albums, ca. 1905-1920.

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Roosevelt and Ajo photograph albums, ca. 1905-1920.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50751891

Summary: Two photograph albums; one is from Roosevelt, Arizona and the building of the dam, ca. 1905, and the other is from Ajo, Arizona and the New Cornelia Copper Company, ca. 1914-1921. The Roosevelt album includes images of a large American flag, the town of Roosevelt, meal stations where horses were changed between Mesa and Roosevelt (one labeled "Restaurant", the other at Mormon Flats), the Mesa-Roosevelt stage wagon, the Salt River foot bridge, an open-air automobile with three rows of seats, the cement mill, and images of the dam site. The Ajo album has many views of the New Cornelia Copper Company operations including loading ore on railroad cards, blasting, laying track, and interiors and exteriors of mine buildings. There are photographs taken by Hadsell of a July 4th celebration with boxing, pie eating, and foot races, and a visit by Tucson Chamber of Commerce dignitaries in open rail cars, ca. 1918. A few photos show an early airplane crash with the plane upside on the ground. There are also image sof Ajo's first schoolhouse and students, the railroad station, plaza, hospital, homes and home construction as well as groups of boys and girls; the boys in military-type uniform, the girls in Red Cross-type uniforms.

1 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7632133

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Hadsell, Walter E. (Walter Elias), 1880-1967

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Photographer; Hadsell graduated from the University of Arizona Mining Dept. in 1904, and at a later time, he worked as an operator in the Henry Buehman Photography Studio. From the description of Hadsell Photograph Collection, ca. 1917-1918. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 47083008 ...

New Cornelia Copper Company

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Historical note: New Cornelia Copper Company was organized in 1890 in Ajo, Arizona. Operations were merged and consolidated with other holdings until in 1913 John C. Greenway and the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company took over the New Cornelia. In 1931, the company was merged with the Phelps Dodge Corporation. From the description of New Cornelia Copper Company cost statement, ca. 1921-1921. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 76968628 ...

Tucson Chamber of Commerce

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Tobelmann, Henry A.

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Biographical note: Metallurgist; Tobelmann was the cement chemist during the building of Roosevelt Dam, about 1905, and was metallurgist at the New Cornelia Copper Company in Ajo, Arizona from about 1914 to 1921. From the description of Roosevelt and Ajo photograph albums, ca. 1905-1920. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 50751891 ...