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Title: The Great Meteor Crater, Northern Arizona Scenic (AZ), Continental Chrome unused Description: Sixty stories deep, three miles in circumference and almost a mile in diameter, the crater, and the famous Rim Museum, are open to the public throughout the year. Displays and lectures explain the educational and scientific aspects of meteorite research.		Title: Picacho Peak Scenic (AZ), Chrome unused Description: This rugged Arizona landmark is seen from desert highway 84 between Phoenix and Tucson. It was here that Confederate and Union forces clashed during the Civil war. Clusters of Prickley Pear Cactus and tall Saguaros are seen in the foreground

Title: Rock Formations Along Mt. Lemmon Highway Scenic (AZ), Chrome unused Description: The year round resorts a top Mt. Lemmon are reached over this 37-mile black-topped road which winds its way through sheer rock cuts and over mountain ridges offering many inspiring views of mountain scenery and the surrounding country		Title: Mt. Lemmon Road Scenic (AZ), Chrome unused Description: Mt. Lemmon Road. This Excellent Black-topped road Connects Tucson With the top of Mt. Lemmon, an all-year recreation area in a virgin pine forest. The return trip, with Tucson faintly discernable in the haze across the Saguaro-studded desert, is particularly interesting.

Title: View From Little Tuscany Scenic (AZ), Chrome unused Description: This is a panoramic view of the Village and desert from the best vantage point can be reached by car for an overall view of the northern end of the Coachella Valley and Colorado desert. To the west is China Canyon		Title: Superstition Mountain Scenic (AZ), Real Photo PM 1917 Feb-08


Title: Zuni Village With Thunder Mountain In Distance Scenic (AZ), Real Photo unused		Title: Varieties Of Desert Cactus In The West Scenic (AZ), Linen PM 1942 Sep-08 Description: Ocatillo, Yucca, Cholla, Spanish Bayonet, Sahuaro, Joshua tree, Mescal, Hedge Hog, Barrel, Pincushion, Beaver tail, Rainbow, Buckhourn, Nigger Head.

Title: Picacho Peak Scenic (AZ), Chrome PM 1940 Aug-18 Description: Picacho Peak, scene of the only battle of the Civil War fought in Arizona territory, may be seen from Highway 84 just 40 miles northwest of Tucson. The prominent desert plant is Saguaro, the bloom of which is the state flower of Arizona.		Title: Petrified Forest Scenic (AZ), Divided Back unused Description: Mountains in Arizona

Title: The Needles Scenic (AZ), White Border unused Description: Fred Harvey Next to the Columbia, the Colorado River is the principal American tributary to the Pacific. It was discovered in 1540 by Alarcon, who ascended at a considerate distance form the Gulf of California and later in the same year one of Coronado's lieutenants reached it overland from New Mexico.		Title: Canyon Diablo Scenic (AZ), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1906 Jun-23

Title: Lave Beds And Sunset Mountain Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description:		Title: An Orange Grove in Souther Arizona Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: Symbolic of the desert and all its mystery is the tall Sahuaro cactus.It is found in many various throught southern Arizona.They attain heights to fifty feet and live 200 years .The blossom of this Giant Cactus ,is the Stane Flower of Arizona.

Title: Lower Oak Creek Canyon Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: Oak Creek Canyon spreads as one drives south toward Montezuma Castle, affording a beautiful setting for ranches with verdant pasture land orches. The reds, Pinks and blues of the precipitous cliffs make it the of many of our most colorful motion pictures.		Title: A Mountain Railroad View Scenic (AZ), Divided Back unused

Title: Cotton Pickin In Arizona Scenic (AZ), Chrome PM 1967 Description: A cotton picking machine is shown in action. Abundant irrigation on the fertile soil has made cotton one of the State's top crop producers. Machinery has replaced people employed for the cotton harvest in many areas		Title: A Desert Road Scenic (AZ), Linen PM 1945

Title: Route 66 through northern Arizona Scenic (AZ), Chrome unused Description: Famous Route 66 through northern Arizona and New Mexico is by far the most traveled of all East-West highways		Title: Hell In Arizona Scenic (AZ), Linen PM 1957 Description: The Devil in Hell we've told was claimed And a thousand years be there remainded, He neither complained and did he gowwn, But determined to start a hell of his own. Where he could toemeng the souls of men Without being chained in a prison pen. So he asked the Lord if he had on hand Anything left when be made this land. The Lord said "Yes: I have plenty on hand, But I left it down on the Rio Grande; The fact is "old boy" the stuff is so poor I don't think you can use it in hell any more." But the Devil went down to look at the truck And said if he took it as a gift he was stuck, For after examining in carefully and well. He concluded the place was too dry to a hell. So in order to fet it off his hand The Lord promised the Devil to water the land, of He had some water or rather some drags. A regular cathartic and smelled like bad eggs. Hence the trade wasclosed and the ded was given, And the lord went back on his home in heaven; The Devil and to himself "I have all that is needed, To make a good hell" and hence he succeeded. He began to put them all over the trees, And mixed up the sands with millions of fiens. he trered thrannulas alongthe roads; Put thorns on cactus and horns on roads. He lengthened the horns of the steers. And put an addition to the rabitt's ears; He put a little devil in the broncho steed And proceded the tree of the certipede. The rattlemake biter for the scorpion stiogs, The mosgoils delights you with his buzzing wings The sand-burs prevail and to do the ants And those who pit down need half soles on their pants. The Devil then said that rhrouglerc the land He'd arrange to keep up the Devils own brand, And all should be Mavericka unless they bore, Marks or scraiches of bites and thorns by the score. The heat in the summer is one hundred and ten, Too hot for the Devil and too hot for men; The wild boar roams through the black chaparcal; It's a hell of a palce that he has for a hell.

Title: A Bit Of The Desert Scenic (AZ), Linen		Title: The Mitten Above Devil's Canyon, Globe Miami Superior Highway Scenic (AZ), Linen PM 1943

Title: Wonderland of Rocks, Chiricahua National Monument Scenic (AZ), Real Photo unused		Title: Desert Scene Scenic (AZ), Real Photo unused

Title: U.S. 60 in Salt River Canyon between Show Low and Globe Scenic (AZ), Real Photo		Title: Santa Pita Mountain Scenic (AZ), Real Photo unused

Title: Globe Superior Hy - 60 Scenic (AZ), Real Photo unused		Title: Wonderland of Rocks Scenic (AZ), Real Photo unused

Title: Greetings from Arizona Scenic (AZ), Real Photo unused		Title: Grand Canyon of the Colorado from Bright Angel Trail Scenic (AZ), Divided Back unused

Title: On the Road of Roosevelt Scenic (AZ), Divided Back unused Description: Desert Scene, Arizona,-The surface of Arizona is a series of plateaus, ranging in altitude from 80 to 7500 feet above sea level. Dotting the plains are enormous mesas or table lands. No part of the world has so rich a field for archaeological and ethnological investigations as Arizona. It is a region of wonders and mysteries. Long buried dwellings and cities with other ruins of an exceedingly ancient people are being continually disclosed. One of the grandest sights of the world-the Grand Canyon of the Colorado-is located in this territory.		Title: Horseshoe Curve, Phoenix-Globe Highway Scenic (AZ), Divided Back unused

Title: Yucca Palms Scenic (AZ), Divided Back unused		Title: Bird's-Eye View of Roosevelt Dam and Apache Trail Scenic (AZ), Divided Back unused Description: Hand Colored

Title: The Mounty Superstition Mountains on Apache Trail Scenic (AZ), Divided Back unused Description: Hand Colored		Title: On the Road to Roosevelt Scenic (AZ), Divided Back unused Description: Desert Scene, Arizona.-The surface of Arizona is a series of plateaus, ranging in altitude from 80 to 7500 feet above sea level. Dotting the plains are enormous mesas or table lands. No part of the world has so rich a field for archaeological and ethnological investigations as Arizona. It is a region of wonders and mysteries. Long buried dwellings and cities with other ruins of an exceedingly ancient people are being continually disclosed. One of the grandest sights of the world-the Grand Canyon of the Colorado-is located in this territory.

Title: The Painted Desert Scenic (AZ), White Border unused Description: An uninhabitable desert of multi-colored sands which changes in colors throughout the day and with climatic changes. One travels along the rim between Gallup, N. Mex. and Holbrook where wonderful views may be had from the highway. Its depth is 800 feet or more below the rim and 14 to 40 miles wide and extends to the Grand Canyon country		Title: An Orange Tree In Arizona Scenic (AZ), White Border unused

Title: A Lone Palm in the Mountains Scenic (AZ), White Border unused		Title: Claypool Tunnel, Globe-Superior Highway Scenic (AZ), White Border PM 1930 Description: A wonderful mountain highway through a region of mighty rock masses, towering cliffs, and deep canyons, the short route, Globe, Miami. Superior to Phoenix, a distance of 80 miles

Title: Southern Arizona Winter is Good Enough for me Scenic (AZ), White Border unused Description: Little Girl		Title: In Queen Creek Canyon, Globe Miami Superior Highway Scenic (AZ), White Border unused

Title: The Painted Desert Scenic (AZ), White Border unused Description: An uninhabitable desert of multi-colored sands which changes in colors throughout the day and with climatic changes. One travels long the rim between Gallup, N. Mex. and Holbrook where wonderful views may be had from the highway. Its depth is 800 feet or more below the rim and 14 to 40 miles wide and extends to the Grand Canyon country		Title: Fish Creek Hill on the Way to Roosevelt Dam Scenic (AZ), White Border unused

Title: On the Globe Miami Superior Highway Scenic (AZ), White Border PM 1932		Title: In Queen Creek Canyon, Globe-Miami-Superior Highway Scenic (AZ), White Border PM 1928

Title: The Ancient Casa Grande Ruins Scenic (AZ), White Border unused Description: Casa, Grande ""The Great House"" undoubtedly are the oldest pre-historic ruins in the United States, said to date back to about 800 A. D., and was once a dwelling of the Toltees. The runis were originally five stories in height and constructed of adobe and gravel concrete. For the preservation of the ruins, 480 acres have been set aside as a National Monument by the government		Title: Balanced Rock Park, on the San Diego & Arizona Railway Scenic (AZ), White Border unused

Title: Phoenix-Globe Highway Scenic (AZ), White Border PM 1921		Title: Entering Devil's Canyon, Globe-Miami Superior Highway Scenic (AZ), White Border unused

Title: Volcanic Lava Scenic (AZ), White Border unused Description: In some remote period Mt. Taylor, the San Franscisco Peaks, and other mountains in the South-west were volcanic and belched forth great masses of black lava and cinder which still remain in its hardened state as it was after cooling off ages ago. Great areas, locally called Malpais (lava) may be seen from the highway near Tularosa and Carrizozo or as we pass Grants and the Ice Caves - also near Flagstaff, Arizona		Title: On The Globe-Miami-Superior Highway Scenic (AZ), White Border unused

Title: The Painted Desert Scenic (AZ), White Border unused		Title: The Painted Desert Scenic (AZ), White Border unused Description: An uninhabitable desert of multicolored sands, rock and petrified wood interspersed with fantastic erosions, - rolling hills of soft toned colors of yellow and green, whose crests are often tipped with black, giving the appearance of having been charred. Looking down upon it from the rim, your imagination might suggest a huge melting pot used by some mighty worker of metals, - leaving the remnants ever to glitter in the sun

Title: The Painted Desert Scenic (AZ), White Border unused		Title: The Petrified Forest Scenic (AZ), White Border unused Description: Here are found vast deposits of agatized wood, from the size of a marble to trees more than two hundred feet in length. The forest comprises many thousands of acres, all accessible from Holbrook. Holbrook is located on the main line of the Santa Fe about 100 miles east of the Grand Canyon and 250 miles west of Albuquerque

Title: Balanced Rock Park, On The San Diego & Arizona Railway Scenic (AZ), White Border unused		Title: Superstition Mountain, Apache Trail Scenic (AZ), White Border unused

Title: The Ancient Casa Grande Ruins Scenic (AZ), White Border unused Description: Casa Grande ""The Great House"" undoubtedly are the oldest pre-historic ruins in the United States, said to date back to about 800 A. D., and was once a dwelling of the Toltecs. The ruins were originally five stories in height and constructed of adobe and gravel concrete. For the preservation of the ruins, 480 acres have been set aside as a National Monument by the government		Title: Canyon Lake Apache Trail Scenic (AZ), White Border unused

Title: The Painted Desert Scenic (AZ), White Border unused		Title: An Orange Grove in Southern Arizona Scenic (AZ), Linen unused

Title: Sunset on the Desert Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: Where nature swings a reckless brush using the rainbow as her paint pot		Title: A Date Grove on the Desert Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: Date Gardens Date Palms imported from the Old Country less than two score years ago to our desert lands now are flourishing gardens producing dates unexcelled anywhere in the world

Title: Lava Beds and Sunset Mt, Highway 66 Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: This mountain, an extinct volcano seen on the north side of the highway for many miles, appears to be flooded with sunset light even on cloudy days. The Ice Caves and Lava beds surrounding it are visited by thousands of tourists yearly		Title: Fiesta at a Southern Arizona Guest Ranch Scenic (AZ), Linen unused

Title: Casa Grande Ruins Scenic (AZ), Linen PM 1940 Description: Casa Grande, ""The Great House"" undoubtedly the oldest prehistoric ruins in the United States said to date back to about 800 A. D., stands today as mute evidence of an ancient civilization that flourished hundreds of years ago. For the preservation of these Ruins, 480 acres have been set aside by the government as a National Monument		Title: Chili (Red Pepper) Drying in Front of an Adobe Home Scenic (AZ), Linen PM 1943 Description: The Indians like the Mexicans are lovers of Chili, and the red peppers are ever in evidence hanging in front of their dwellings

Title: Picking Desert Grapefruit in an Arizona Grove Scenic (AZ), Linen PM 1953 Description: Arizona DESERT Grapefruit has one of the longest harvesting seasons for any fruit. First shipments are made ordinarily early in November, and the season extends well into July. Two or three pickings are made on each grove during the season, and only the best fruit is taken at each picking. Photo shows pickers carefully selecting top-quality fruit at a Desert Grapefruit Grove ""In the Valley of the Sun."" Arizona		Title: Typical Arizona Ranch Scene Scenic (AZ), Linen unused

Title: Under the Spreading Palo Verde, the Desert Biffy Stands Scenic (AZ), Linen unused		Title: Superstition Mountain, Highways 60, 70, 80, 89 Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: Once Seen, Always Remebered Majestic Guardian of the Apache Trail. Superstition Mountain was so named because of the great fear with which it was regarded by the Pima and Maricopa Indians who told gruesome tales of attacks by Apaches who lurked on the heights and swooped down from stronghold visiting death and torture upon the peace-loving desert tribes. Legend has it that a mysterious little old man, Snowbeard, the Dutchman, came trudging down from the mountain heavily laden with gold nuggets and died before divulging the whereabouts of his fabulous find. Each year in early Spring the Dons' Club of Phoenix, as host to hundreds of winter visitors, conducts a trek into the Superstitions and enacts the stories of the region

Title: Casa Grande Ruins Scenic (AZ), Linen PM 1944 Description: Casa Grande, The Great House, is the only watch tower-apartment house structure of its particular type remaining from the ancient civilizations that flourished in the Gila and Salt River drainages of Southern Arizona. It was probably built sometime between 1300 and 1350 A. D. and was abandoned about 100 years later. Other smaller and less impressive ruins on the monument are older		Title: The Painted Desert Scenic (AZ) unused

Title: Claypool Tunnel Scenic (AZ), Real Photo unused		Title: The Petrified Forest Scenic (AZ), White Border PM Jun-06 Description: Fred Harvey "Long before Noah fell adrift in the ark or Adam Was, forests were growing in Arizona just as in some parts they grow today, and it befell that in the course of time they lay prostrate and over them swept the waters of an inland sea. Aeons passed and the sands buried them deep; then the sea vanished and when these ancient logs were uncovered to the sight of the world that had forgotten them, the sybaritic chemistry of nature had transformed every one of them into chalcedony, topaz. carnelian, agate and amethyst."

Title: Welcome To Arizona Scenic (AZ), Chrome unused Description: The Grand Canyon State		Title: Lee's Ferry Bridge, Highest, in the World Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: LEE'S FERRY BRIDGE is the highest in the world ,being 485 feet above the Colorado River ,with a Span of over 800 feet.It is reached from either Flagstaff or the Ground Canyon via Cameron and connects Arizona and Utah ,being on the old trail made famous by the Mormons over seventy years ago, making the North Rim of the ground Canyon, Bryce and Zion National Parks easily accessible.

Title: The Heart Of The Playground Of America Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: Taken from an original oil painting by the noted cowboy artist and poet, L. H. "Dude" Larsen. The ever changing panorama of rich and accurately colored landscape, with all the harmonizing and complimentary colors from the master palette of the Great Creator, it is no exaggeration to say that there is more variation in color and formation in this area than any other place of its size in the world. Hunting, fishing, pack trips, hiking and picnicking await you here, properly flavored with true western hospitality.		Title: Freak of Nature in Sahnaro Cactus Forest Scenic (AZ), Real Photo unused

Title: Arizona Desert Scenic (AZ), Real Photo unused		Title: Superstition Mountain Scenic (AZ), Real Photo unused

Title: Cochise Head in Chirachuha Mountains Scenic (AZ), Real Photo unused		Title: At the End of Canon Lake on Apache Trail Scenic (AZ), Divided Back unused Description: Hand Colored

Title: In Rainbow Canyon, Petrified Forest Scenic (AZ), White Border unused Description: The Petrified Logs lie in the greatest profusion on knolls, butter and spurs, while the ground seems everywhere to be studded with gems, consisting of broken fragments of all shapes and sizes		Title: Fish Creek Hill on the Way to Roosevelt Dam Scenic (AZ), White Border unused

Title: Walpi-Hopi Indian Pueblo Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: Walpi-""Fortress-like"" on the dizzy edge of a narrow rocky mesa that juts out into the desert overlooking their tiny gardens below, and the Painted Desert for miles beyond. Hopi-"" the peaceful"" live orderly lives in settled abodes, industrious agriculturists and craftsmen. They wrestle unceasingly with the desert for a living-and win		Title: Out Wickenburg Way, U. S. Highway 60 Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: modern highways, which pierce of the state of Arizona, makes driving safe and all points of interest, both desert and mountains, accessible

Title: San Francisco Peaks seen from Williams-Flagstaff Road, U. S. Highway 66 Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: San Francisco Peaks, highest in the Southwest, reach an altitude of 13,000 ft., and their majestic summits, snow-capped eight months of the year, may be seen from the Painted Desert, 120 miles to the east; Prescott, 103 miles south, and from the vicinity of Kingman, more than 100 miles to the west. Excellent ski-runs near the top are reached via motor road from Flagstaff, and in the summer time this is a popular scenic tourist's objective		Title: Relic of the Past, a Ghost Town in the Southwest Scenic (AZ), Linen unused

Title: Map of Arizona's National Monuments Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: With Grand Canyon National Park, the greatest scenic attraction in the world, and with 15 national monuments within its borders, little wonder is it that Arizona is becoming the goal of all travelers. Rainbow Bridge National Monument is in southern Utah, just over the state line. It is reached through Arizona, but is not counted in Arizona's grand total. Although not under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the old Mission San Xavier del Bac is of sufficient interest to be included in this presentation		Title: Wood Carriers, Down by the Border Scenic (AZ), Linen PM 1947 Description: The Burro, known as ""The Desert Nightingale"" is the inseparable companion and faithful burden bearer of the prospector of the Southwest. They have proven indispensable in the rugged and remote areas, particularly along the Mexican Border, where it is a common sight to see a drove of these little animals, carrying heavy loads of firewood on their backs

Title: Famous Ranches of Arizona Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: You can't see Arizona from a motor car. Real Arizona doesn't lie along traveled roads. There is only one place from which to see this most picturesque of all states, and that is from the back of a horse. But if you can't ride a horse, the next best place to see it is from the plazza of a ranche. The Old West endures. It still exists. It is preserved in our ranches, and in every section of the state-the hospitality of the range is open to you. If you want to enjoy Arizona, Dude, go and be wrangled."" - CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND		Title: The Painted Desert Scenic (AZ), Linen PM 1941 Description: An uninhabitable desert of multi-colored sands, rock and petrified wood interspersed with fantastic erosions - rolling hills of soft toned colors of yellow and green, whose crests are often tipped with black, giving the appearance of having been charred. Looking down upon it from the rim, year imagination might suggest a huge melting pot used by some mighty worker of metals - leaving the remnants ever to glitter in the sun

Title: Irrigation Canal Serving Date Gardens, Farms and Citrus Groves in Arizona's Valley of the Sun Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: In the distance and in the left foreground is the unreclaimed desert. But this canal with its thousands of branching ditches or ""laterals"" supplies life-giving water to enterprising ranchers, fast creating the miracle of broad hayfields, lush alfalfa pastures, miles of lettuce, carrot, corn and cotton fields, heavily laden citrus and date groves, and flowers all the year 'round - in an area where rainfall is less than 11 inches annually!		Title: The Mittens in Monument Valley Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: Monument Valley is truly the Land of Enchantment and one of the-oh so few!-spots in our United States still unspoiled by advancing civilization. This panorama of colossal buttes and pinnacles of red sandstone rising some 1,100 feet above the shifting desert sands and capped by fleecy white clouds is well worth the time required to reach it. Stretching for miles along the Arizona - Utah border it is best reached by road from Cameron, Arizona - 120 miles northeast into the heart of Navajo land!

Title: Lava Beds and Sunset Mt, Highway 66 Scenic (AZ), Linen unused Description: This mountain, an extinct volcano, seen on the north side of the highway for many miles, appears to be flooded with sunset light even on cloudy days. The Ice Caves and Lava beds surrounding it are visited by thousands of tourists yearly		Title: Nez By the Big Log Petrified Forest Scenic (AZ) unused

Title: Logs of Stone Petrified Forest Scenic (AZ) unused

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