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[Elks Home, Douglas Arizona]

Description: Postcard of the Douglas Elks Lodge located in Douglas Arizona. Elks Lodge # No. 955 is located at 650 E 10th St., Douglas, AZ 85607. According to the February 25, 2016 Douglas Dispatch; the lodge was established in 1902. However the construction of this building did not begin until February 20, 1916 and was then subsequently completed later that year in August of 1916. The original cost of the building was less than $20,000. The Elks are an American fraternal order founded in 1868. Part o… more
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[G. Ave., Douglas , Arizona]

Description: Postcard of G Avenue in Douglas, Arizona. Street scene of G Avenue. An electric street car/trolley is seen moving along G Avenue. Right of the image is the Bank of Douglas established in 1902.
Date: 1909~
Creator: Horne, Walter. H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[G. Ave., Douglas , Arizona]

Description: Postcard of G Avenue in Douglas, Arizona. Street scene of G Avenue. An electric street car/trolley is seen moving along G Avenue. Right of the image is the Bank of Douglas established in 1902.
Date: 1909~
Creator: Horne, Walter. H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Trost & Trost, Architects

Description: Photocopy of a booklet from 1907 advertising various types of architecture designed by the Trost & Trost firm, with introductory text and advertisements.
Date: unknown
Creator: Trost & Trost (Firm)
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Photo of stock show]

Description: Photograph of a man and a woman holding an award and posing for the camera. They both stand behind a cow at a stock show. There are two men to the right of the image. Everyone is dressed in formal attire. Text on the back of the photo reads "Herschede Ranch, Hereford Arizona." There are many windows visible in the back.
Date: January 9, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of an air traffic control tower]

Description: Photograph of an air traffic control tower at a Phoenix airport. Three tall palm trees grow in a courtyard-type area front of the large white tower. Some vehicles and airstairs are parked in a concrete lot beyond the tower. In the background, a large building under construction with a sign saying "Phoenix Sky Harbor" is visible. There are mountains on the horizon.
Date: [1960..1980]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of air traffic control tower]

Description: Photograph of an air traffic control tower at a Phoenix, Arizona airport. In front of the tall white tower stand three large palm trees. Two individuals, a white building, and a sign for the "Phoenix Sky Harbor" are situated below. A hazy mountain range is visible in the horizon.
Date: [1960..1980]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard of Westward Ho Hotel]

Description: Postcard of a large radio tower built on top of a white hotel with the words "Westward Ho" written on a sign in red lettering. The postcard is further described with, "The "HO" was opened December 15, 1928. Almost all 360 rooms offer a magnificent view of the valley mountain ranges. Aunt Adrian's Desert Shop in the lobby features gifts made in the southwest."
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Hotel Westward Ho]

Description: Postcard of the Westward Ho Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona behind the palm treeline. A note on the face of the postcard reads, "Spent the night in air cooled hotel and leave at 4 A. M. for San Diego. Arriving there soon all well at home Mamie." The message on the back reads, "Come from Safford to here this morning arrive here at 1 o'clock over a gorgeous drive. Huge these mountains. We are in air cooled hotel until six this afternoon. We're driving to Yuma arriving about 11 or 12 tonight - miss me."… more
Date: August 28, 1934
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Westward Ho and Radio Tower]

Description: Postcard of a large hotel with a sign declaring it to be "Westward Ho." The road is traveled by scattered cars, and a radio tower looms over the hotel. The back of the postcard adds, "Hotel Westward Ho and North Central Avenue Entrance to Post Office. Arizona's largest and finest downtown hotel, the Westward Ho, with television station KPHO's tower rising high above the city, stands as a guidepost to all roads leading into Phoenix."
Date: unknown
Creator: Bob Petley
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Westward Ho and Radio Tower 2]

Description: Postcard of a large hotel with a sign declaring it to be "Westward Ho." The road is traveled by scattered cars, and a radio tower looms over the hotel. The back of the postcard adds, "Hotel Westward Ho and North Central Avenue Entrance to Post Office. Arizona's largest and finest downtown hotel, the Westward Ho, with television station KPHO's tower rising high above the city, stands as a guidepost to all roads leading into Phoenix."
Date: unknown
Creator: Bob Petley
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Aerial View of Hotel Westward Ho]

Description: Postcard of a large hotel topped with a radio tower, a pool and courtyard dividing two separate buildings. Written on the postcard is the tagline, "Year 'Round in downtown Phoenix, Arizona Hotel Westward Ho and Patio Suites." The back of the postcard adds, "Hotel Westward Ho and Patio Suites A famous vacation hdqtrs., distinctive for its downtown location-resort atmosphere. 500 rooms, including kitchenette apartments in Patio Suites. Tropical patio, sun decks luxurious swimming pool in year 'ro… more
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Maricopa County Courthouse]

Description: Postcard of a stone multi-story building with a red tiled roof surrounded by palm trees, a sidewalk, and rows of parked cars. "Phoenix, Arizona" is written in red above the courthouse. The back of the postcard adds, "Maricopa County Courthouse at First Avenue and Washington in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona."
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Hopi House in Grand Canyon, Arizona]

Description: Postcard of a stone structure with wooden ladders, with two young men, a woman, child, and small dog standing outside. The scene is described as "The Hopi House is an exact reproduction of a Hopi Indian pueblo. It is an irregular stone structure plastered with abode and rising three stories high. Here are Hopi men, women, and children. Some decorating and burning pottery, others spinning yarn and weaving squaw dresses and blankets, and perhaps some maiden weaving a basket." The message written … more
Date: August 4, 1918
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Lulu Belle]

Description: Postcard of a red building with white trim striping and a horse-drawn cart on the roof, with a sign saying "Lulu Belle" on the side and front of the establishment. Three cars - two white, one green - are parked outside as well as a horse-less red buggy. The back of the postcard adds, "The Lulu Belle, Scottsdale, Arizona Recreating the spirit and decor of the Gay Nineties era of the Old West, this colorful restaurant-bar has become famous as one of the West's most interesting showplaces."
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Aerial View of Hotel Westward Ho 2]

Description: Postcard of a large hotel topped with a radio tower, a pool and courtyard dividing two separate buildings. Written on the postcard is the tagline, "Year 'Round in downtown Phoenix, Arizona Hotel Westward Ho and Patio Suites." The back of the postcard adds, "Hotel Westward Ho and Patio Suites A famous vacation hdqtrs., distinctive for its downtown location-resort atmosphere. 500 rooms, including kitchenette apartments in Patio Suites. Tropical patio, sun decks luxurious swimming pool in year 'ro… more
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life and travel, 1987-1989]

Description: Scrapbook documenting the travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1987 and 1989, including color photographs, tickets, business cards, clippings, stickers, and other records of travel throughout the U.S. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. This scrapbook also documents his time spent with friends and family.
Date: [1987..1989]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Spohn Sanitarium]

Description: Postcard of the Spohn Sanitarium. The image shows a large white, victorian style building surrounding by beach grass. The text printed on the front reads, "Spohn Sanitarium, Corpus Christi, Tex. Property of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word." The correspondence on the back is from a patient awaiting surgery, addressed to Angela Coons, and signed "Lilian"
Date: February 16, 1911
Partner: Texas Medical Association
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