Prescott, Arizona photograph collection
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: circa 1915-1920
Small, unidentified photographs, which were taken about 1915 to 1920, of outdoor tourist activities in the Prescott, Arizona area and northern Arizona, and a few photographs of central Arizona and a Tucson rodeo. Subjects of images include Prescott Frontier Days rodeo and Smoki dancers, camping, fishing, and hunting, Navajo and Hopi people and homes, goats and sheep, logging and a cotton gin, radio actors for KNX station, a rifle club group, automobiles, and other miscellaneous topics.
The origin of the photograph album is unknown but the subjects of the photographs suggest a tourist or someone visiting northern Arizona for their health.
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