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    • Taliesin West - Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture

    • Taliesin West - Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Taliesin West (Scottsdale, Ariz.); Wright, Frank Lloyd,1867-1959

    • After visiting the Valley of the Sun in the early 1930s and staying at the Scottsdale area Jokake Inn, famed midwest architect Frank Lloyd Wright decided to build a winter home and a School of Architecture in 1937 in the foothills of the McDowell...
    • Titus House - Scottsdale

    • Titus House - Scottsdale

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs

    • As the only remaining Victorian residence in Scottsdale, the Titus House is listed on both the Scottsdale and National Register of Historic Places. It is located on Hayden Road, south of McDowell Road and approximately three miles from the center...
    • Browns Ranch

    • Browns Ranch

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs

    • Browns Ranch, also known as the Upper Ranch, was part of the sprawling, 44,000-acre DC Ranch - Browns Ranch cattle operation established by E.O. Brown and partners in 1916 and later run by his son E.E. Brown and partners. The Upper Ranch was north...
    • Harvesting Barley on Miller Ranch

    • Harvesting Barley on Miller Ranch

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs

    • Charles Miller bought what was once part of Chaplain Winfield Scott's ranch in 1913 and established Miller Ranch on the north side of Indian School Road between Scottsdale Road and a street eventually named for him, Miller Road. Miller and other...
    • Scottsdale Ginning Company Cotton Gin

    • Scottsdale Ginning Company Cotton Gin

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs

    • Cotton was Scottsdale's largest cash crop from about 1913 through World War II. Cotton had become so important to Scottsdale farmers that local businessman and rancher E.O. Brown, with partners, built Scottsdale its own cotton gin circa 1920. ...
    • Brown's General Store on Main Street

    • Brown's General Store on Main Street

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs

    • E. O. Brown moved from Janesville, Wisconsin to Scottsdale in 1904 to help his sister-in-law Sarah Coldwell Thomas run the General Store and Post Office she had purchased from its founding owner J. L. Davis. Brown enlarged the store, which was...
    • Graves Guest Ranch

    • Graves Guest Ranch

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Graves, Edward; Graves, Mary; Graves Guest Ranch

    • Edward and Mary Graves bought the Underhill property on the northwest corner of Indian School and Scottsdale Roads circa 1910, calling it Graves Guest Ranch. It catered to winter visitors as well as those who had come to the dry Arizona climate to...
    • 1930s aerial view - Main Street & Brown Avenue

    • 1930s aerial view - Main Street & Brown Avenue

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs

    • Forty years after its settlement in 1888, Scottsdale remained a small farming community in the desert east of the city of Phoenix. At the start of the 1930s, Scottsdale's commercial district was concentrated along Main Street and Brown Avenue,...
    • Scottsdale Picnic at Hole-in-the-Rock

    • Scottsdale Picnic at Hole-in-the-Rock

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs

    • From the time of its settlement in 1888 through the early 1900s, Scottsdale remained a small and close-knit farming village east of Phoenix. Founding families enjoyed outings in the surrounding Sonoran Desert and nearby mountains. ...
    • Old Mission Church - Our Lady of Perpetual Help

    • Old Mission Church - Our Lady of Perpetual Help

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Churches -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs

    • Hand-built in 1933 by volunteers from Scottsdale's Hispanic immigrant families, the Old Mission Church was originally constructed using some 14,000 adobe bricks. Prominent local architect R.T. Evans assisted with the design of the Spanish Colonial...
    • Camelback Inn horseback riders

    • Camelback Inn horseback riders

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Camelback Inn

    • Horseback riding was one of the most popular activities for winter visitors at the Camelback Inn near Scottsdale. Opened in 1936, it attracted a steady stream of wealthy midwesterners, many of whom decided to move to the Scottsdale area after...
    • Ingleside Inn

    • Ingleside Inn

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Ingleside Inn

    • Ingleside Inn, built as the private Ingleside Club in 1909 by W.J. and Ralph Murphy, was the Scottsdale area's first luxury resort. Located near 60th Street and Indian School Road it featured a main building, cottages, a rough golf course and a...
    • Ingleside Inn- gate entrance

    • Ingleside Inn- gate entrance

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Ingleside Inn

    • Ingleside Inn, the Scottsdale area's first luxury resort, opened in 1909/10 as the private Ingleside Club, a place where owners W.J. Murphy and his son Ralph could bring potential investors to their Ingleside development. Ingleside became a public...
    • Camelback Inn - Mummy Mountain backdrop

    • Camelback Inn - Mummy Mountain backdrop

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Camelback Inn

    • Jack Stewart opened Camelback Inn in December 1936, and by February 1937, despite the Great Depression, was fully booked with winter visitors. Set between Mummy and Camelback Mountains in Paradise Valley, the resort attracted Hollywood...
    • Kiami Lodge aerial view

    • Kiami Lodge aerial view

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Graves, Edward; Graves, Mary; Graves Guest Ranch; Kiami Lodge

    • Kiami Lodge opened north of the village of Scottsdale in 1937. Muriel Oxenhandler was its first manager. It was located on Scottsdale Road, between what is today Vista and Jackrabbit Roads. It featured adobe and stucco Southwestern style...
    • Scottsdale's First General Store-Post Office

    • Scottsdale's First General Store-Post Office

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs

    • Mr. J. L. Davis opened Scottsdale's first commercial establishment -- a combination general store and post office -- in 1897. Located near the intersection of what is today Main Street and Brown Avenue in downtown Scottsdale, the store was...
    • Original Scottsdale one-room wooden schoolhouse

    • Original Scottsdale one-room wooden schoolhouse

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Education -- Arizona -- History

    • On a Sunday afternoon in 1896, the townsfolk of Scottsdale, built the town's first schoolhouse. It offered classes in the elementary grades until 1909 when a more permanent, larger brick schoolhouse was erected. The location of this first school...
    • Great Depression-Era store

    • Great Depression-Era store

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs

    • One of only a few mercantiles, or shops, along Brown Avenue and Main Street in the unincorporated farming village of Scottsdale during the 1930s, this view shows an NRA (National Recovery Act) sign in the upper right corner of the photo. Like...
    • Winfield Scott, Helen Scott on mule, Old Maud

    • Winfield Scott, Helen Scott on mule, Old Maud

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Scott, Winfield, 1837-1910; Scott, Helen Louise

    • Retired U.S. Army Chaplain Winfield S. Scott and his wife Helen pose in 1900 with their mule "Old Maud" in Scottsdale, Arizona, where they established a homestead in 1888.
    • Paradise Inn

    • Paradise Inn

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Paradise Inn

    • Scottsdale area architect and developer R. T. Evans built and opened The Paradise Inn ca 1944-45. Paradise Inn was located on Camelback Road,east of the Jokake Inn, a popular winter resort Evans designed for his wife to operate in 1926. The...

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