TITLE: George H. Rothrock Photograph Collection
DATE RANGE: 1870s-1890s
CALL NUMBER: FP FPC #7
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 linear foot (2 boxes)
PROVENANCE: Flora Rothrock Peterson, daughter. Donated to the Arizona Historical
Society in 2012 by the Arizona Historical Foundation.
COPYRIGHT: Unknown
RESTRICTIONS: This collection has no restrictions.
CREDIT LINE: George H. Rothrock Photograph Collection, FP FPC 7, Arizona
Historical Society
PROCESSED BY: Rebekah Tabah, March 2008
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:
George Herman Rothrock was born March 31, 1843 in Jefferson City, Missouri, the son
of German immigrants. The family moved around the country before settling on a ranch
near Marysville, California in 1854. Rothrock had many odd jobs growing up which took
him all over the state of California. These ranged from cowboy, teamster, and miner to
store clerk. He did not take up photography until his thirties when he opened his first
photographic studio in Bakersfield, California which he operated from 1870-1875.
By 1875 Rothrock had grown restless. After meeting fellow photographer J.D. Young, he
set out for Yuma, Arizona. Together, they put up road side studio tents along their
journey and photographed Ehrenberg, Fort Mohave, and various Indian tribes. Their stay
in Yuma was brief. Rothrock left for Phoenix when Young died of pneumonia in 1877.
He built the first wood home in Phoenix, a 10 x 12 foot structure south of Adams Street
between Center and First Streets. In the same year Rothrock also opened Phoenix’s first
photography studio on the corner of First and Jefferson Streets. He mainly took portraits,
many of whom were Phoenix’s first citizens. His real joy, however, was photographing
historic landmarks such Montezuma Castle, Casa Grande Ruins, San Xavier Mission,
Fort McDowell, and Fort Apache. Rothrock married Lottie Woods on November 21,
1882. He also helped build and incorporate the growing city of Phoenix, was elected to
the City Council and served one term as Justice of the Peace.
As Phoenix grew so did the competition. Rothrock moved to Tempe in 1893 and shortly
thereafter went out of business. He continued to photograph Arizona as a pastime but
turned to farming for his income. Later Rothrock was employed by the Arizona Canal
AHF George H. Rothrock Photograph Collection - 1 of 7
Arizona Historical Society at Papago Park, 1300 N. College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281
Phone: 480-929-0292 ext. 174, Email: [email protected]
Company. In 1920 Rothrock and his wife Lottie moved to San Diego where they
remained until his death in 1924.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE:
All photographs in the collection were taken in Arizona. There are 153 original images.
Condition ranges from fair to good. All images are encapsulated. This collection is
organized by format and then alphabetically by title or subject within. Formats include
Stereocards, Cabinet Cards, Mounted Prints, Prints and Copy Prints. If original titles were
given they appear in quotes. Prints were made from the original glass plate negatives,
which no longer exist. All copy prints are copies from the original stereocards, cabinet
cards, or mounted prints and are noted by a “C” after the item number.
See also the AHF Ephemera Biography file on George H. Rothrock
(Call # FB BIO ROT,GEO ) for more information.
CONTAINER LIST:
Box 1
Item #
GHR-1
GHR-2
GHR-3
GHR-4
GHR-5
GHR-6
GHR-7
GHR-8
GHR-9
GHR-10
GHR-11
GHR-12
GHR-13
GHR-14
GHR-15
GHR-16
GHR-17
GHR-18
GHR-19
Name:
Cabinet Cards: Adobe House
Cabinet Cards: “First Street Car” in Phoenix
Cabinet Cards: “Gems of Tempe” (various
children’s portraits)
Cabinet Cards: Ranchers on Horseback roping a
cow
Cabinet Cards: Rothrock, Elizabeth L. (wife)
Cabinet Cards: Rothrock, George Herman
Cabinet Cards: “The Tabernacle” (first church in
Phoenix)
Cabinet Cards: Woods, Nancy Flynn (mother of
Elizbeth)
Cabinet Cards: Woods, Nelson Thompson (Justice
of the Peace and Father of Elizabeth)
Stereocards: Apache Chief, Ya-va-kishi
Stereocards: “Apache Count-Ration Day, San
Carlos”
Stereocards: Apache Count-“Ration Day”
Stereocards: “Apache Girl”
Stereocards: Apache Indian, Es-Kin-al-ze
Stereocards: Apache Scouts, Inspection at Fort
McDowell
Stereocards: “Apache Skirmish”
Stereocards: “Arizona Reptiles” (lizard and
Insects)
Stereocards: “Arizona Shrubbery” (various types
of cactus)
Stereocards: “Arizona Shrubbery” (various types
Date
ND
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1890s
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Arizona Historical Society at Papago Park, 1300 N. College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281
Phone: 480-929-0292 ext. 174, Email: [email protected]
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of cactus)
Stereocards: “Arizona Shrubbery” (various types
of cactus)
Stereocards: “Aztec Ruins and Camp Verde”
Stereocards: “Aztec Ruins and Verde Valley”
Stereocards: “Aztec Ruins near Camp Verde”
Stereocards: “Aztec Ruins near the Verde”
Stereocards: “Beaver Creek and Cave Dwelling”
(Montezuma Castle)
Stereocards: “Beaver Creek and Cave Dwelling”
(Montezuma Castle)
Stereocards: “Benson Smelter”
Stereocards: “Black River”
Stereocards: “Camp Apache”
Stereocards: “Camp Apache”
Stereocards: “Camp Life in Arizona”
Stereocards: “Cave Dwelling on Beaver Creek”
(Montezuma Castle)
Stereocards: “Cave Dwelling at Montezuma Well”
Stereocards: “Cave of Misfortune, Superstition
Mts. [Mountains]”
Stereocards: “Chiricahua Chief”
Stereocards: “Cliff House, Montezuma Well”
Stereocards: “Dam at Arizona Canal”
Stereocards: “East Fork White River”
Stereocards: Florence, main street
Stereocards: Fort Apache, hospital
Stereocards: Fort McDowell, officers quarters
(Mrs. E.E. Dravo, Miss Taylor, Captain Kendall,
Mrs. Kendall, Mr. Cunningham, Captain Corliss,
Mrs. Corliss pictured)
Stereocards: “Fort Ruckers Scouts-Marching
dress”
Stereocards: “Francisca Mexican Capture”
Stereocards: “Gila Cañon”
Stereocards: “Gila Cañon”
Stereocards: Gila Canyon
Stereocards: “Gila Monster”
Stereocards: “Gila Monster”
Stereocards: “Gila Monster”
Stereocards: “Grant Funeral Precession, Bisbee”
Stereocards: “Hieroglyphics B”
Stereocards: “Hieroglyphics D”
Stereocards: “Huachuca Hotel”
Stereocards: “Indian Police”
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Arizona Historical Society at Papago Park, 1300 N. College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281
Phone: 480-929-0292 ext. 174, Email: [email protected]
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GHR-56
GHR-57
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GHR-77
GHR-78
GHR-79
Stereocards: “Indians Scouting”
Stereocards: “May Day Party, McDowell”
Stereocards: “Melon-colie” (three men eating
watermelons)
Stereocards: “Mineral Park Mine”
Stereocards: “Montezuma Well-looking west”
Stereocards: Montezuma Well-looking west”
Stereocards: “Moqui Indian”
Stereocards: “Natural Bridge, Tonto Basin”
Stereocards: Phoenix Court House
Stereocards: “Pima Station”
Stereocards: “Prescott in 1864” (photograph of a
painting)
Stereocards: Prescott “Bank of Arizona”
Stereocards: Prescott Court House
Stereocards: Prescott “Old Gubernatorial
Mansion”
Stereocards: “Rattlesnake”
Stereocards: “Ruins at Montezuma Well”
Stereocards: “Saguaro” cactus
Stereocards: “Sahuaros” [Saguaro] cactus
Stereocards: “San Xavier Mission”
Stereocards: “Senator Mill, Hassayampa”
Stereocards: “Tempe and Hayden’s Mill”
Stereocards: “Vulture City”
Stereocards: “Waterworks, Camp Mojave”
Stereocards: “Weavers Needle, Superstition
Mountains
Stereocards: “White River”
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Box 2
Folder
1
Item #
GHR-79
GHR-80
GHR-81
GHR-82
GHR-83
GHR-84
GHR-85
Name:
Mounted Prints: “Ancient Hieroglyphics”
(petroglyphs)
Mounted Prints: “Ancient Hieroglyphics”
(petroglyphs)
Mounted Prints: “Ancient Hieroglyphics”
(petroglyphs)
Mounted Prints: “Ancient Hieroglyphics”
(petroglyphs)
Mounted Prints: “Ancient Hieroglyphics”
(petroglyphs)
Mounted Prints: “Ancient Hieroglyphics”
(petroglyphs)
Mounted Prints: “Arizona Antiquities”
Date
1890s
1890s
1890s
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Phone: 480-929-0292 ext. 174, Email: [email protected]
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GHR-87
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GHR-88
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GHR-91
GHR-91a
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4
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GHR-108
GHR-109
GHR-110
GHR-111
GHR-112
GHR-113
GHR-114
GHR-115
GHR-116
GHR-117
Mounted Prints: “Arizona Canal, Head &
Waistegate”
Mounted Prints: “Barnett Bros., Mesa, A.T.”
(machine digging an irrigation ditch or canal)
Mounted Prints: Casa Grande Ruins
Mounted Prints: “Cliff Houses Beaver Creek”
(Montezuma Castle)
Mounted Prints: “Cliff Houses Beaver Creek”
(Montezuma Castle)
Mounted Prints: Congress, Arizona looking west
Mounted Prints: "Creigtons Thresher"
Mounted Prints: “East End School House,
Phoenix”
Mounted Prints: “First Street Car, Phoenix”
Mounted Prints: “Hieroglyphics” (petroglyphs)
Mounted Prints: “Hole In The Rock”
Mounted Prints: Horse train carrying lumber
Mounted Prints: Horse trains carrying lumber up
road
Mounted Prints: “Insane Asylum, Phoenix”
Mounted Prints: “Natural Bridge” (Tonto Natural
Bridge)
Mounted Prints: “Natural Bridge” (Tonto Natural
Bridge)
Mounted Prints: “Natural Bridge” (Tonto Natural
Bridge)
Mounted Prints: Natural Bridge(Tonto Natural
Bridge)
Mounted Prints: “Natural Bridge, Gen. View”
(Tonto Natural Bridge)
Mounted Prints: “Normal School, Tempe”
Mounted Prints: “Ostrich Farm Near Phoenix”
Mounted Prints: “Palo Christo Tree”
Mounted Prints: “Palo Verde Tree”
Mounted Prints: Petroglyphs
Mounted Prints: “Prospectors”
Mounted Prints: Rothrock’s House, Phoenix
Mounted Prints: “Ruins on Aztec Mound, Oak
Creek”
Mounted Prints: “Ruins on Aztec Mound”
Mounted Prints: “Ruins of Casa Grande”
Mounted Prints: “Ruins On Oak Creek”
Mounted Prints: “Ruins on the Verde”
Mounted Prints: San Xavier Mission
Mounted Prints: Salt River after flood
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1890s
1880s
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1889
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Phone: 480-929-0292 ext. 174, Email: [email protected]
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GHR-118
GHR-118a
GHR-119
GHR-120
GHR-120a
GHR-121
GHR-121a
GHR-122
GHR-123
GHR-124
GHR-125
GHR-126
GHR-127
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GHR-131
GHR-132
GHR-133
6
GHR-134
GHR-135
GHR-136
GHR-137
GHR-138
GHR-139
GHR-140
GHR-141
GHR-142
GHR-143
GHR-144
GHR-145
GHR-146
GHR-147
GHR-148
Mounted Prints: Salt River after flood
Mounted Prints: Salt River after flood
Mounted Prints: Salt River in moonlight
Mounted Prints: School Children (unidentified)
Mounted Prints: "Silver King Ore Teams"
Mounted Prints: “Silver King Ore Trains”
Mounted Prints: "Stacking Alfalfa, Tempe, A.T."
Mounted Prints: South Side Real Estate Office,
Phoenix
Mounted Prints: “Souvenir of Phoenix” (image
various Phoenix buildings)
Mounted Prints: Tempe and the Salt River
Mounted Prints: Tempe, Hayden Flour Mill
Mounted Prints: Tempe, Hayden Flour Mill
Mounted Prints: Tempe, Hayden Flour Mill
Mounted Prints: Tempe, La Casa Vieja
Mounted Prints: Tempe, La Casa Vieja
Mounted Prints: “Tempe Ladies Cornet Band”
Mounted Prints: Tempe News Printing Office
Mounted Prints: Tempe Railroad Bridge
Mounted Prints: Tempe, View of Hayden Mill,
Store, Residence, Barn and Warehouse
Prints: Bicyclists at the starting line of race
Prints: Cowboys on a ranch herding cattle
Prints: Group of men standing in the street (men
labeled as Harper, Russill, Mayo, Martin, Peterson,
Lavandero, Smith, McFatridge, Patricks, and
Rathrovich)
Prints: Prescott National Bank
Prints: Rothrock children
Prints: Rothrock’s cousin
Prints: Rothrock, Don (George Rothrock’s Son)
Prints: Rothrock, Don (George Rothrock’s Son)
Prints: Rothrock, Elizabeth Woods (George
Rothrock’s wife)
Prints: Rothrock, Flora (George Rothrock’s
Daughter)
Prints: Rothrock, Flora (George Rothrock’s
Daughter)
Prints: Rothrock, Lillie (George Rothrock’s
Daughter)
Prints: Street scene (possibly Prescott)
Prints: Unidentified man in a cowboy hat next to a
horse
Prints: Woods, Elmer (Brother of Elizabeth Woods
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Phone: 480-929-0292 ext. 174, Email: [email protected]
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Rothrock)
Prints: Yuma Territorial Prison
Copy Prints: (1 of 2)
GHR-149
GHR-1C–
87C
GHRCopy Prints: (2 of 2)
88C–124C
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AHF George H. Rothrock Photograph Collection - 7 of 7
Arizona Historical Society at Papago Park, 1300 N. College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281
Phone: 480-929-0292 ext. 174, Email: [email protected]