1930s aerial view - Main Street & Brown Avenue

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Browse TopicBusiness and IndustryLaborSociety and CultureSubjectPhotographs--Scottsdale (Ariz.)--HistoryPhotography--Scottsdale (Ariz.)--HistoryScottsdale (Ariz.)--History--PhotographsDescriptionForty 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, with a few more stores and service businesses along Scottsdale Road. This aerial photo, likely taken from the roof of the E.O. Brown house on Main Street, shows the rear of the Farmer's State Bank (center of photo with three small windows on the side), which also housed the town's first chamber of commerce and lending library. To the right of the bank is Brown's General Store and Ice Plant. The long, white glazed brick building diagonally across the intersection from the general store is J. Chew's grocery. Directly across from the general store is Sterling Drug, also known as Lawson's and Scottsdale Pharmacy. Among the trees next to the pharmacy are small guest cottages operated by Lottie Siedel (aka Sidell). The McDowell Mountains are faintly visible in the background.Date Original1930-1939Date Range1930s (1930-1939)TypeStill ImageOriginal FormatBlack-and-white photographsContributing InstitutionScottsdale Public LibraryCollectionScottsdale's History in ImagesSubcollectionScottsdale Heritage ConnectionRights StatementRights governing use of this photo are held by the Scottsdale Public Library; contact the Scottsdale Room, Scottsdale Civic Center Library, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251, phone 480-312-7323

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1930s aerial view - Main Street & Brown Avenue

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