Beardsley, Arizona, 1908 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Beardsley, Arizona, 1908 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Sheep dipping, Beardsley, Arizona
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Beardsley, Arizona, 1908
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Beardsley, Arizona, in 1908 was a small irrigation colony on the desert northwest of Phoenix, one of several townsites promoted to eastern buyers who wanted farms in the Salt River Valley. Arizona was still a territory, not yet a state, and its economy depended on water: canals carried river water onto cotton, alfalfa, grain and fruit land, and the valley's leaders were pressing for the large federal reservoir that would become Roosevelt Dam, then under construction upstream. Settlers in a place like Beardsley measured their prospects by canal deliveries and rail connections to market, and by whether a new town could hold its population through dry years. Few records from this townsite survive in detail, so its story is best read against that broader valley effort to turn desert into farmland.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | california panorama co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Arizona |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,525 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Sheep dipping, Beardsley, Arizona |
| Reference | AZ Beardsley 1 1908 |
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