Upham family photographs, ca. 1902-1930 (bulk 1902-1916).

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Upham family photographs, ca. 1902-1930 (bulk 1902-1916).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50814198

Summary: Photographs, taken by Gaius Upham, primarily of Tucson and southern Arizona, and Southern Pacific Railroad employees and their workplace. There are images of street scenes, hotels, ruins, and mining in southern Arizona including Fort Lowell, Tumacacori, Nogales, Cochise, Bisbee, Florence, and the Casa Grande ruins. Image of the Santa Rita Mountains include a woman shooting a pistol. There are mining images of Twin Buttes, San Xavier Mine, Old Glory Gold Mine and mill, Sierra Colorado Silver Mine, and an arrastra near Oro Blanco. There is one photograph of the ceremony laying the cornerstone of Tucson High School, as well as images of the Carnegie Library, the military plaza and snow on Stone Avenue. There are views of Sabino Canyon picnics, the Santa Cruz River flooding, Mount Lemmon, a mule-powered trolley, a Chinese dragon in a parade, and Fowler's airplane at the University of Arizona. Other images include a rifle range, the Vinsons' ranch house in the Hidden Valley near Sabino Canyon Road. There are interior and exterior images of the Upham homes including a Jaastad-designed home at 828 E. 4th Avenue.

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7632756

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Southern Pacific railroad company

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...

Tucson Public Library

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Upham, Muriel.

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Biographical note: Amateur photographer Gaius John Upham was born in Wisconsin in 1877, and came to Arizona in 1902 to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad, later taught at Tucson High School, and from 1914 was aninsurance agent. He and his wife, Lydia Adella, had two daughters, Muriel Upham and Helen Upham Vinson. From the description of Upham family photographs, ca. 1902-1930 (bulk 1902-1916). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 50814198 ...

Vinson, Helen Upham

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Upham family

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Tucson High School (Ariz.)

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Jaastad, Henry O., 1872-1965.

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Biographical note: Architect and Tucson Mayor; Henry O. Jaastad came to Tucson in 1902 and opened an architecture practice after completing a course of study. In 1924, he was elected to the Tucson City Council for two terms; in 1933, he was elected Mayor and served for fourteen years. His architectural practice was involved in many Tucson commercial buildings, schools, churches, hospitals, private homes and more. From the description of Jaastad photographs, ca. 1934-1955. (Arizona Hi...