Survey Arizona Exhibit Promo

An Exhibit Featuring Select Photographs from the Arizona Historical Foundation Photographers have been documenting Arizona's landscape, culture, and people for nearly 150 years. This is a state that has been surveyed literally from the bottom up. Fortunately for us, explorers, miners, soldiers, ranchers, engineers, archaeologists, and the government officials have left behind a trail of images to follow. These images were selected from over 40,000 photographs held by the Arizona Historical Foundation. They were chosen to illustrate various ways that Arizona has been surveyed, measured, mapped, and studied. They were also chosen for their rarity, composition, perspective, and in some cases, their charm. From the earliest glass plate negatives of the Grand Canyon to filming the last river trip before the Colorado River was dammed, these images capture an Arizona that cannot be fully experienced today. The landscape, people, and cultures have changed. But through it all, Arizona endures as a land of mystery and majesty. This exhibit can be viewed in the lobby of the Hayden Library on the Tempe campus through the rest of the 2008 summer, during all hours the library is open.

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Education

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• library
• ASU
• AHF
• Arizona
• history
• surveying
• exhibit