Hotel Escalante, Ash Fork, Arizona – Historic 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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Hotel Escalante, Ash Fork, Arizona comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hotel Escalante, Ash Fork, Arizona
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Ash Fork, in northern Arizona Territory, grew up around the railroad tracks, and the Hotel Escalante served a town whose economy rested on passing trains and the travelers they carried. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued views of towns, rail lines and scenic sites across the country in the early 1900s, made this photograph around 1908, although that date comes from an unverified caption card. Views like this one show how small western stops presented themselves to rail passengers, with the hotel front often serving as the first impression of the place.
| Created / published | c1908. |
|---|---|
| Notes | Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Hotels; Geog.; Detr. Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 662 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159079 |
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