Hugo Birkner Photograph Collection, ca. 1906-1906.

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Hugo Birkner Photograph Collection, ca. 1906-1906.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71214123

Summary: Loose album pages from a photograph album of black-and-white and cyanotype images of Tucson, Bisbee, and Douglas, Ariz. and Cananea and Magdalena, Mexico taken by Birkner as a U of A student. There are images of a UA cadet camp in Sabino Canyon showing tents, and cadets in uniform; the Owl's Club, Park Brewery, Tucson barrio streets, San Agustin ruins and Santa Cruz River; a UA track and field event, basketball team, foot races and clowns, and a campus building with a Republican banner. Images of Douglas, Bisbee, and Lowell, Arizona include images of the Copper Queen Mining Company, a train wreck, mining buildings and activity, and a July 4, 1906 drilling contest. There are views of Cananea including the Cananea Consolidated Copper Co. smelter and mining activity, street scenes, market, a Japanese memorial, and railroad station and a few images of Magdalena, Mexico.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 8079306

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Birkner, Hugo Ernst.

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Biographical note: Born in 1886 in Nebraska, in 1906, Birkner attended the University of Arizona School of Mining and later the University of Nebraska. From the description of Hugo Birkner Photograph Collection, ca. 1906-1906. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 71214123 ...

University of Arizona, 1966-67

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University of Arizona recognition of 100 years of land-grant colleges and universities, 1862-1962, and the university’s participation in the centennial convocation of the American Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities held at Kansas City, 1961. From the guide to the University of Arizona Land-Grant centennial records, 1960-1962, (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections) University of Arizona recognition of 100 years of land-grant colleges and...

Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company

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Cananea Consolidated Copper Co.

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Incorporated by Col. William C. Greene, an Arizona rancher, in 1899 to develop mineral claims at Cananea in northern Sonora, Mexico. The company established the town of Cananea and various supporting enterprises including a company store, hospital, school, utilities, and railroad. Thomas F. Cole and John D. Ryan took control of the company in February 1907. From the description of Cananea Consolidated Copper Company records, 1898-1969 (bulk 1898-1916). (Arizona Historical Society, So...