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Frasher Foto Postcard Collection

Frasher Foto Postcard Collection

The Frasher collection consists of "Main Street" views of small southwestern towns and ghost towns, which no longer exist or have changed dramatically since they were first photographed. Frasher systematically photographed roadside cafes, lunch stands and restaurants; civic buildings such as schools, hospitals, post offices and churches; bridges, dams, highways and other major construction projects. He also photographed storefronts, group meetings, horse shows, automobiles, and county fairs. (Frasher was for many years the official photographer of the Los Angeles County Fair).

Burton Frasher Sr. (1888-1955) began his commercial photography business in Lordsburg (now LaVerne) California in 1914. In 1921, he moved his studio to Pomona, California, where he began to sell his own increasingly popular picture postcard views of the Southwest. By the end of the 1920's, what had begun as a sideline became Frasher's main business focus. He traveled extensively through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada, ranging up through Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, and down through Baja, California and Sonora, Mexico, taking pictures of whatever subjects he thought would prove commercially viable on his postcards. During the Depression and pre-war years, the business expanded to the point that Frasher could hire photographers who doubled as salesmen to travel the Southwest taking new views and selling postcards. In 1948, over 3 1/2 million "Frasher Fotos" postcards were sold nationwide. By the time of his death in 1955, Burton Frasher was considered the Southwest's most prolific photographer.

 

 

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  1. "WM. Wrigley Residence seen from Arizona Biltmore / Near Phoenix, Arizona"

  2. "View of WM. Wrigley Residence / From Biltmore Estates / Near Phoenix, Arizona"

  3. "Hilltop View of Arizona Biltmore Hotel North of Phoenix, Arizona"

  4. "Arizona Biltmore Hotel near Phoenix, Arizona"

 

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  1. "Arizona Biltmore Hotel Phoenix, Arizona"

  2. "West Front / of / State Capitol Building Law Library Building Phoenix Arizona"

  3. "Entrance/to/Camel/Back/Inn / North of /Phoenix/Arizona

  4. COPY "Entrance/to/Camel/Back/Inn / North of /Phoenix/Arizona

 

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  1. "Cactus Garden / at / Camel Back Inn / Phoenix / Arizona"

  2. COPY "Cactus Garden / at / Camel Back Inn / Phoenix / Arizona"

  3. "Entrance to main Building / Jokakae Inn / North of/Phoenix Arizona"

  4. COPY "Entrance to main Building / Jokakae Inn / North of/Phoenix Arizona"

 

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  1. "Just a Glimpse of Phoenix Junior College / Phoenix Arizona"

  2. COPY "Just a Glimpse of Phoenix Junior College / Phoenix Arizona"

  3. "Central Avenue North of Phoenix/is/Arbored with Old Olive Trees"

  4. COPY "Central Avenue North of Phoenix/is/Arbored with Old Olive Trees"

 

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  1. "Picnic Spot/in/South Mountain Recreation Area / Phoenix Arizona"

  2. COPY "Picnic Spot/in/South Mountain Recreation Area / Phoenix Arizona"

  3. "Club House/in/Encanto Municipal park / Phoenix Arizona"

  4. COPY "Club House/in/Encanto Municipal park / Phoenix Arizona"

 

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  1. "Glimpse of Clubhouse from Lagoon/in/Encanto park / Phoenix Arizona"

  2. COPY "Glimpse of Clubhouse from Lagoon/in/Encanto park / Phoenix Arizona"

  3. "Entrance to Phoenix Country Club / Phoenix Arizona"

  4. COPY "Entrance to Phoenix Country Club / Phoenix Arizona"

 

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  1. "The Club House / Phoenix Country Club / Phoenix Arizona"

  2. COPY "The Club House / Phoenix Country Club / Phoenix Arizona"

  3. "Palm Lined / Central Avenue / North of McDowell Road / Phoenix Arizona

  4. COPY "Palm Lined / Central Avenue / North of McDowell Road / Phoenix Arizona

 

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  1. "Arizona State Capitol and Grounds/View looking West/Phoenix, Arizona"

  2. COPY "Arizona State Capitol and Grounds/View looking West/Phoenix, Arizona"

  3. "State Capitol and Lt. Frank Luke, Jr., Memorial / Phoenix, Arizona"

  4. COPY "State Capitol and Lt. Frank Luke, Jr., Memorial / Phoenix, Arizona"

 

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  1. "East Front of State Capitol Building / Phoenix Arizona"

  2. COPY "East Front of State Capitol Building / Phoenix Arizona"

  3. "United States Post Office / Phoenix Arizona"

  4. COPY "United States Post Office / Phoenix Arizona”

 

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  1. "Post Office and Westward-Ho Hotel / Phoenix Arizona"

  2. COPY "Post Office and Westward-Ho Hotel / Phoenix Arizona"

  3. "San Carlos Hotel / Corner of Central Ave. and Monroe St. / Phoenix Arizona"

  4. COPY "San Carlos Hotel / Corner of Central Ave. and Monroe St. / Phoenix Arizona"

 

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  1. "Looking North on Central Avenue from Adams Hotel Corner / Phoenix Arizona"

  2. COPY "Looking North on Central Avenue from Adams Hotel Corner / Phoenix Arizona"

  3. "Looking North on Central Avenue / from corner of Washington St. / Phoenix Arizona"

  4. COPY "Looking North on Central Avenue / from corner of Washington St. / Phoenix Arizona"

 

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  1. "Looking West on Washington Street from Corner of Central Avenue"

  2. COPY "Looking West on Washington Street from Corner of Central Avenue"

  3. "Looking West on Washington / Phoenix, Arizona"

  4. COPY "Looking West on Washington / Phoenix, Arizona"

 

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  1. "Looking East on Washington from Court House Corner / Phoenix, Arizona"

  2. COPY "Looking East on Washington from Court House Corner / Phoenix, Arizona"

  3. "Looking East on Washington Street from corner of Central Avenue / Phoenix Arizona"

  4. COPY "Looking East on Washington Street from corner of Central Avenue / Phoenix Arizona"

 

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  1. "Hotel Adams and Valley National Bank Building corner of Cent-ral Ave. and Adams St. / Phoenix Arizona"

  2. "Phoenix, Arizona, Seen From Sun Decks of Westward Ho Hotel"

  3. "St. Mary's Catholic Church / Phoenix, Arizona"

  4. "First Presbyterian Church / Corner of Monroe and Fourth Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona"

 

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  1. "St. Francis Xavier Parish School North Central Avenue / Phoenix Arizona"

  2. COPY "St. Francis Xavier Parish School North Central Avenue / Phoenix Arizona"

  3. "St. Matthew's Catholic Church and Convent / 2106 West Van Buren Street, Phoenix, Arizona"

  4. COPY "St. Matthew's Catholic Church and Convent / 2106 West Van Buren Street, Phoenix, Arizona"

 

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  1. "St. Joseph's Hospital / 425 N. Fourth St. / Phoenix Arizona"

  2. COPY "St. Joseph's Hospital / 425 N. Fourth St. / Phoenix Arizona"

  3. "Good Samaritan Hospital corner of N. tenth St. and McDowell Road / Phoenix Arizona"

  4. COPY "Good Samaritan Hospital corner of N. tenth St. and McDowell Road / Phoenix Arizona"

 

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  1. "Lois Grunow Memorial Clinic / E. McDowell Road at N. 10th Street, Phoenix, Arizona"

  2. COPY "Lois Grunow Memorial Clinic / E. McDowell Road at N. 10th Street, Phoenix, Arizona"

  3. "Camel Back Mountain Northeast of Phoenix / Seen from Vicinity of Papago Park / Phoenix, Arizona"

  4. COPY "Camel Back Mountain Northeast of Phoenix / Seen from Vicinity of Papago Park / Phoenix, Arizona"

 

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  1. "Church of Jesus Christ latter Day Saints / 3rd Ward, Phoenix, Arizona"

  2. "U.S. Post Office / Corner of E. Broadway and Scott Street / Tucson Arizona"

  3. "St. Philip's in the Hills / Episcopal / Tuscon Arizona"

  4. "Flying V Ranch Near Tucson, Arizona"

 

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  1. "El Conquistador Hotel / On East Broadway, Tucson, Arizona"

  2. "Entering Sabino Canyon Near Tucson, Arizona"

  3. "Sabino Canyon Near Tucson, Arizona"

  4. "Sabino Canyon Near Tucson, Arizona"

 

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  1. "Tucson Mountains as seen from Picture Rocks 13 miles North-west of Tucson Arizona"

  2. "Picture Rocks / 13 miles North of Tucson, Arizona, showing pictures etched in rock by Indians 2,000 years ago."

  3. "San Xavier Mission / Founded in 1692, Tucson, Arizona"

  4. "San Xavier Mission / Founded in 1692, Tucson, Arizona"

 

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  1. "San Xavier Mission / Founded in 1692, Tucson, Arizona"

  2. "Senior High School Tucson, Arizona"

  3. "City Hall Tucson, Arizona"

  4. "Public Welfare and Health Center Tucson, Arizona"

 

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  1. "Temple of Music and Art Tucson, Arizona"

  2. "Southern Pacific Depot, Tucson, Arizona"

  3. "Pima County Courthouse / Tucson Arizona"

  4. "Carnegie Free Library / Tuscon Arizona"

 

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  1. "Elks Club / Tucson Arizona"

  2. "Morgan McDermott Post No. 7 American legion / Tucson Arizona"

  3. "Masonic Temple Tucson, Arizona"

  4. "Women's Club Building Tucson Arizona"

 

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  1. "Benedictine Sanctuary of Perpetual Adoration Tucson Arizona"

  2. "Benedictine Sactuary of Perpetual Adoration of Christ, The King, Tucson, Arizona"

  3. "Chapel Entrance / Benedictine Sanctuary of Perpetual Adoration of Christ The King / Tucson, Arizona"

  4. "'Snob Hollow' one of Tucson's Elite Residential Areas”

 

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  1. "Municipal Golf Course, Tucson, Arizona"

  2. "Catalina Mountains / As seen from / The Lodge on the Desert / Tucson Arizona"

  3. "Congress Street Looking East / Tucson Arizona"

  4. "First Methodist Church / Tucson Arizona"

 

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  1. "Grace Episcopal Church / Tucson Arizona"

  2. "First Church of Christ Scientist / Tucson Arizona"

  3. "Administration Building U.S. Veterans Facility / Tucson Arizona"

  4. "Entrance to Grounds of U.S. Veterans Hospital Tucson Arizona"

 

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  1. "Main Entrance to U.S. Veterans Hospital/ Tucson Arizona"

  2. "U.S. Veterans Hospital in its Desert Setting / Tucson, Arizona"

  3. "Occupational Therapy Building U.S. Veterans Hospital Tucson, Arizona"

  4. "U.S. Veterans Hospital / Occupational Therapy Biilding in foreground / Tucson Arizona"

 

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  1. "Main gate / University of Arizona / Tucson Arizona"

  2. "University of Arizona / Library and College of Liberal Arts Buildings / Tucson Arizona"

  3. "Steward Observatory / University of Arizona / Tucson"

  4. "Mines and Metallurgy / University of Arizona / Tucson"

 

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  1. "University of Arizona Library / Tucson Arizona"

  2. "Yuma Hall Women's Dormatory / University of Arizona / Tucson"

  3. "Gila Hall a Women's Dormatory /University of Arizona / Tucson"

  4. "Maricopa Hall a Women's Dormatory / University of Arizona / Tucson"

 

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  1. "Cochise Hall / University of Arizona / Tucson"

  2. "Arizona Hall / University of Arizona / Tucson"

  3. "Infirmary at the University of Arizona / Tucson"

  4. "Old Tucson, Arizona - Accurate Replica of Tucson in 1860 / Built for the Movie 'Arizona'"

 

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  1. "Women's Building / University of Arizona / Tucson Arizona"

  2. COPY "Women's Building / University of Arizona / Tucson Arizona"

  3. "Science Building and Gymnasium Beyond / University of Arizona, tucson, Arizona"

  4. COPY "Science Building and Gymnasium Beyond / University of Arizona, tucson, Arizona"

 

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  1. "Herring Hall beyond Yavapai Hall / Herring Hall houses the Uni-versity's Dept. of the Drama / Tucson, Arizona"

  2. COPY "Herring Hall beyond Yavapai Hall / Herring Hall houses the Uni-versity's Dept. of the Drama / Tucson, Arizona"

  3. "Facade of College of Fine Arts, Univertity / of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona"

  4. COPY "Facade of College of Fine Arts, Univertity / of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona"

 

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  1. "The Little Shop Among the Trees / at / Reid's Rancho palo Verde / Tucson Arizona"

  2. COPY "The Little Shop Among the Trees / at / Reid's Rancho palo Verde / Tucson Arizona"

  3. "Palm Shaded Pool at Reid's Rancho Palo Verde / North of Tucson Arizona"

  4. COPY "Palm Shaded Pool at Reid's Rancho Palo Verde / North of Tucson Arizona"

 

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  1. "The University Methodist Church / Center of East Third Street and Euclid Ave. / Tucson, Arizona"

  2. COPY "The University Methodist Church / Center of East Third Street and Euclid Ave. / Tucson, Arizona"

  3. "Cloistered Patio View of St. Philips in the Hills / in the Foothills of the Santa Catalinas, North of Tucson, Arizona"

  4. COPY "Cloistered Patio View of St. Philips in the Hills / in the Foothills of the Santa Catalinas, North of Tucson, Arizona"

 

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  1. "Tucson Arizona / Catalina Mountains in the Background"

  2. "Air View of Old Tucson in Tucson Mountain Park Recreational Area Arizona"

  3. "Airplane View of Downtown Tucson Arizona"

  4. "U.S. Veterans' Hospital, Tucson, Arizona"

 

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  1. "St. Mary's Hospital and Sanatorium Tucson, Arizona"

  2. "Looking West on Congress Street / Tucson Arizona"

  3. "Stone Avenue / Looking North from Congress Street / Tucson Arizona"

  4. "Stone Avenue Looking North from Congress Street / Tucson Arizona"

 

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  1. "El Presidio Hotel / Broadway at Fourth Ave. / Tucson Arizona"

  2. COPY "El Presidio Hotel / Broadway at Fourth Ave. / Tucson Arizona"

  3. "Hotel Congress, Southern Pacific Park to the East"

  4. COPY "Hotel Congress, Southern Pacific Park to the East"

 

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  1. "Hotel Congress Congress Street, Tucson, Arizona"

  2. COPY "Hotel Congress Congress Street, Tucson, Arizona"

  3. "Barrel Cactus, Arizona"

  4. "Barrel 'Candy Cactus' in Bloom"

 

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  1. "Ruins of Casa Grande, the 'Big House' / In Case Grande national Monument, near Coolidge, Arizona"

  2. "A Desert Road, Santa Catalina Mountains in Background"

  3. "Casa Grande National Monument, Arizona / Administration Building and Museum, Left; Casa Grande Ruins, Right"

  4. "Casa Grande National Monument, Arizona / The Casa Grande as seen from the East / The remains of a two-story building in foreground"

 

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  1. "Tumacacori Mission / Tumacacori National Monument on the tucson-Nogales Hwy."

  2. "Indian Woman gathering Saguaro Cactus Fruit"

  3. "Sheep's Head mt. Tombstone, Arizona"

  4. "'Snowbeard the Dutchman' Prospector and Outfit near Superstition Mountain, Arizona"

 

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  1. "The Arizona Desert / Superstition Mountain in the Background"

  2. "Canyon Lake on the Apache Trail Arizona"

  3. "Coolidge Dam - U.S. Highway 70, Arizona / Largest Multiple Dome Dam in the World"

  4. "Coolidge Dam, Arizona / Downstream Face"

 

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  1. "Gila River Gorge from Coolidge Dam / U.S. Hiway 70"

  2. "Red Knolls near Safford Arizona"

  3. "Approach to Wonderland of Rocks / Chiricahua National Monument / Arizona"

  4. "Wonderland of Rocks Road / Chiricuhua National Monument / Arizona"

 

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  1. "In Wonderland of Rocks Chiricahua National Monument / Arizona"

  2. "Balanced Rock / Wonderland of Rocks / Chiricuhua National Monument, Arizona"

  3. "Graham Mountain, Near Safford, Arizona / Altitude 10,516 Feet"

  4. "'Ride the Greyhounds and see Arizona'"

 

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  1. "View from Safford Wilcox Highway / Graham Mountains in the Distance / Arizona"

  2. "View from Safford Wilcox Highway / graham Mountains in the Distance / Arizona"

  3. "Highway Through Queen Creek Gorge / Arizona"

  4. "Approaching Claypool Tunnel / U.S. Highways 60 and 70 / Arizona"

 

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  1. "Glimpse of Picket Post Mountain Through the Chollas on U.S. Highways 60 and 7- / Arizona"

  2. "Texas Canyon Rock Formations on the Benson-Wilcox Highway Arizona"

  3. "Canyon Lake on the Apache Trail Arizona"

  4. "Walls of Bronze / Apache Trail / Arizona"

 

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  1. "Canyon Lake on the Apache Trail Arizona"

  2. "Looking East on Main Street from Center of Town / Mesa, Arizona"

  3. "North Side of West Main Street / Mesa Arizona"

  4. "Arizona Latter Day Saints 'Mormon' Temple / Mesa Arizona"

 

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  1. "El Portal Hotel / Main Street / Mesa Arizona"

  2. "United States Post Office / Mesa Arizona"

  3. "Chamber of Commerce Building / Mesa Arizona"

  4. "'When Day is Done' / On our Southwestern Desert"

 

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