Arizoniana*

a collection of interesting Arizona memorabilia

St. Johns, Arizona, Garage and Machine Shop, circa 1910-20

THE ARIZONA NATIONAL GUARD, EARLY 1900S, MUSTER OUTSIDE FIRST BUCKEYE JAIL

Phoenix Bakery, Al Becker and Ed Eisele, now the Holsom Bakery, circa 1906, Photo by Messinger

 

Here's an early 1900s stereoview of the Salt River Valley; hard to believe this little patch of desert has just become the 5th largest city in the US.

 

 1920s Salt River Valley Shell Gasoline Luggage Label

Postcard of a covered bridge over the White River on US60 between San Carlos and Ft. Apache in Gila County, Arizona, one of the few covered bridges West of the Mississippi. 

Center Street Bridge, this postcard was sent to a soldier in 1917. 

Miami, Arizona ice storm in 1917:

1948 Arizona State Fair luggage label

*Arizoniana, a term from:

ARIZONA BIBLIOGRAPHY A Private Collection of Arizoniana, by J. A. Munk

 

ENJOY VISITING SOME OF OUR FAVORITE ARIZONA LINKS:

Arizona Highways

Arizona History Traveler

Arizona Racing History

Historic Highways

Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona

Jeremy Rowe's A Photographic History of Arizona 1850 - 1920

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