Fish House, circa 1870

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SubjectTucson (Ariz.)--Social life and customsTucson (Ariz.)--HistoryDescriptionThe earliest known street view of the Fish and Stevens Houses, dating from ca. 1870. Edward Nye Fish came to Tucson from the East Coast by way of gold rush California where he made a fortune selling building supplies to miners in San Francisco. He moved to Tucson in 1865 and built a stately adobe home near Tucson's old presidio barracks and walls in 1867. The woman shown in the door of the Fish House was Edward Nye Fish's first wife, Barbara Fish, who only lived in Tucson a short time before returning to San Francisco where she died of tuberculosis in 1872. Edward Nye Fish was married to Maria Wakefield, a young teacher, in 1874. Note the gardens and fence in the low spot across Main Street where the Fish children often played.Date Original1870~Date Range1870s (1870-1879)TypeStill ImageOriginal FormatBlack-and-white photographsContributing InstitutionTucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Research LibraryCollectionTucson Museum of Art Historic Block Homes - A Window on Bygone DaysSubcollectionTucson Historic Block ArchiveRights StatementYou may copy, distribute and display this work, and derivitave works based upon it, however you must give credit for the image to TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK.

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City or TownTucsonCountyPima CountyStateArizonaCountryUnited States

PlaceTucson

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Acquisition NoteThis image was graciously dontated to the Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block by Virginia FlaccusCall NumberBinder 4PSBIdentifierhb-fish-earlieststreetview-600dpi.tiffDate Digitized2010Digital FormatJPEG

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Fish House, circa 1870

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