American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann

6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (very fine condition; light edge and corner wear to mount). Verso features Rothrock's "Arizona Scenery" imprint with blank fields for title and image number accomplished in manuscript: "Birds Ey[e] view of Mineral Park," and "4," respectively. 

During the late summer - early fall of 1876, George H. Rothrock spent time in the mining town of Mineral Park, where he stayed until October making a number of stereographs of the emerging town as well as the area‘s mines and native population. 

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George H. Rothrock was born in Missouri but grew up mostly in California after his family settled on a ranch near Marysville. He operated his first photography studio with fellow photographer William Houghton in Bakersfield, California from 1870-1875, and he opened Phoenix's first photography studio in the fall of 1877 after his photographic exploration of the territory including stops at Fort Bowie, Solomonville, the San Carlos reservation, Fort Apache, Fort Verde, and other fascinating locales in the region. Rothrock moved to Tempe in 1893 and largely gave up the photography business soon after that. His body of work is immense, capturing and telling the story of Arizona Territory and its inhabitants as the century and its long-fought Indian Wars drew near a close. 

Rowe, Jeremy. Arizona Stereographs 1865 to 1930. Nevada City: Carl Mautz Publishing, 2014.