Group of Apaches. Phoenix, AZ. 6 x 3 7/8 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (spotting, soiling, and corner wear to prints; significant wear to mount edges and corners). Verso features Rothrock's "Arizona Scenery" imprint with blank fields for image number accomplished in manuscript: "170." Title inscribed beneath imprint: "Group of Apaches."

5 Apache subjects pose in front of a painted studio backdrop.

Pima Wickiups. Phoenix, AZ. 
6 3/16 x 3 3/4 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (light spotting to prints; soiling and wear to mount edges and corners). Rothrock's "Arizona Scenery" imprint with blank space for image number accomplished in manuscript: "176." Image title inscribed below: "Pima Wickiups." Numerous subjects pose around, atop, and in front of a wickiup structure. 
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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.