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The collection includes approximately 30,000 photographs from 1842 - ca 1940 in formats ranging from daguerreotypes to silver prints. The collection emphasizes Arizona and Southwestern subjects after 1870 that depict intriguing aspects of life, images of the times, and the environment. Also included are many occupational, historic, and social interest images, particularly from ca 1885 - 1930. Included are familiar photographs and numerous previously unpublished images. Formats include daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, stereographs, postcards, mounted photographs such as cartes de visites and cabinet cards, and albums. The collection includes images of politicians and personalities, significant events, occupations, and documentary, vernacular, and and personal photographs of these eras. The images represented include the work of significant photographers including Matthew Brady, Timothy O'Sullivan, William Henry Jackson, Nadar, Williamson, Dudley Flanders, George Rothrock, Carleton Watkins, Bradley and Rulofson, Henry Buehman, and N. E. Johnson. Material is available by appointment, and can be provided in traditional formats, print or transparency, or as watermarked digital files. New material is added regularly, reproduction rates are competitive. For additional information, please contact: