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[Postcard of Westward Ho and Radio Tower]

Description: Postcard of a large hotel with a sign declaring it to be "Westward Ho." The road is traveled by scattered cars, and a radio tower looms over the hotel. The back of the postcard adds, "Hotel Westward Ho and North Central Avenue Entrance to Post Office. Arizona's largest and finest downtown hotel, the Westward Ho, with television station KPHO's tower rising high above the city, stands as a guidepost to all roads leading into Phoenix."
Date: unknown
Creator: Bob Petley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Westward Ho and Radio Tower 2]

Description: Postcard of a large hotel with a sign declaring it to be "Westward Ho." The road is traveled by scattered cars, and a radio tower looms over the hotel. The back of the postcard adds, "Hotel Westward Ho and North Central Avenue Entrance to Post Office. Arizona's largest and finest downtown hotel, the Westward Ho, with television station KPHO's tower rising high above the city, stands as a guidepost to all roads leading into Phoenix."
Date: unknown
Creator: Bob Petley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Woman Picking Dates]

Description: Postcard of a woman picking red fruits from a date tree to place in a wicker basket held in her hand. The back of the postcard adds, "Picking Dates Hundreds of thousands of pounds of this delicious fruit are processed and shipped every year from these desert date gardens." The card is addressed to Mrs. Char M. Matts 1438 [stricken through] Dabray.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bob Petley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Street View of Hotel Westward Ho]

Description: Postcard of a white multi-storied building with a red tiled roof from which an American flag flies. The lower levels of the building are obscured by many palm trees, beneath which yellow and pink flowers bloom. A car is parked on the side of the road across which the perspective is set. One lamppost stands in the leftmost side.
Date: unknown
Creator: E. G. Kropp Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Flower Gardens in Mid-Winter]

Description: Postcard of a house with blooming red flowers and two palm trees. The back of the postcard adds, "Flower Gardens of an Arizona Resort Hotel in Mid-Winter - Typical of the vivid masses of color to be seen in private home grounds, those of motels, resort hotels and public parks throughout central and southern Arizona during the winter tourist season. This picture taken at Paradise Inn near Phoenix."
Date: unknown
Creator: Lolesgard Specialty Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Camelback Inn]

Description: Postcard of a white building with a circular drive, cacti growing from the garden, and a man and woman walking down the driveway. The back of the postcard adds, "Uniquely Southwestern in its architecture, Camelback Inn, near Phoenix, Arizona, is said to be one of the world's most distinctive resorts. Here is its striking approach to the unusual main building. Season, October to May for 160 American plan guests."
Date: unknown
Creator: Lollesgard Specialty Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Pool at Camelback Inn]

Description: Postcard of a rectangular pool around which several colorful umbrellas are spread, offering shade to visitors at the Camelback Inn. The back of the postcard adds, "Luncheon at the pool - Camelback Inn, "Where Time stands still," Phoenix, Arizona."
Date: unknown
Creator: Lollesgard Specialty Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Dining Room at Camelback Inn]

Description: Postcard of wooden tables and chairs set with silverware and decorated with flowers in vases. Two walls are glass paned, opening the view to desert flora such as cacti and palm trees. The back of the postcard adds, "Camelback Inn Near Phoenix, Arizona The dining room (which both looks and acts delicious) at Camelback Inn. Its picture windows overlook miles of cactus covered desert at this famous winter resort."
Date: unknown
Creator: Norton Louis Avery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Pool Behind Camelback Inn]

Description: Postcard of the pool behind the Camelback Inn with the colorful umbrellas closed, and the pool nearly deserted. The back of the postcard adds, "Camelback Inn Near Phoenix, Arizona A glass-walled pool is the heart of activity at world-famous Camelback Inn on the sun-drenched desert near Phoenix, Arizona. One swims here from October to May."
Date: unknown
Creator: Norton Louis Avery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Gleaners in Tempe, AZ Freshman Year of College]

Description: Photograph of the Gleaners during their freshman year of college, posing in a line in front of a blank wall in the Institute Building at Arizona State College. The women are wearing long dresses with corsages pinned over their left breasts, and two of the women near the center are holding unidentified objects. Names (L to R): Vera Whetten (Pratt), Lucile Turley, Eloise Randal (leader), Barbara Barrett, Glenna Pratt, Lucille Hanson, Sister Turley and husband (behind), Lorna Fish, Ann Shumway,… more
Date: 1945-03?
Creator: Randal, Judge
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Community College

[College Registration Day]

Description: Photograph of Lucile Turley on the day that Lucile and Vera registered for college at Arizona State University. Lucile Turley is wearing a jacket and is holding papers, walking in front of a building on the campus.
Date: 1944
Creator: Turley, Kathleen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Dormmates South Hall]

Description: Photograph of six women who were residents of South Hall Dorm at Arizona State College, posing in a line on the grass, facing toward the left. They are identified L-R: Lorna Fish, Barbara Barret, Anna Mabin, Glenna Pratt, Lucille Hansen, Vera Whetten.
Date: Autumn 1946
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Man Poses on the Arizona/New Mexico State Line]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man leaning on a sign that reads "Leave Arizona. Enter New Mexico" and pumping his fist in the air. He is wearing round glasses with light-colored frames and very dark lenses and a collared shirt with pockets and matching slacks. He is surrounded by a largely empty desert and there is a sign reading "New Mexico State Line" behind him.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Postcard of Aerial View of Hotel Westward Ho]

Description: Postcard of a large hotel topped with a radio tower, a pool and courtyard dividing two separate buildings. Written on the postcard is the tagline, "Year 'Round in downtown Phoenix, Arizona Hotel Westward Ho and Patio Suites." The back of the postcard adds, "Hotel Westward Ho and Patio Suites A famous vacation hdqtrs., distinctive for its downtown location-resort atmosphere. 500 rooms, including kitchenette apartments in Patio Suites. Tropical patio, sun decks luxurious swimming pool in year 'ro… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Aerial View of Hotel Westward Ho 2]

Description: Postcard of a large hotel topped with a radio tower, a pool and courtyard dividing two separate buildings. Written on the postcard is the tagline, "Year 'Round in downtown Phoenix, Arizona Hotel Westward Ho and Patio Suites." The back of the postcard adds, "Hotel Westward Ho and Patio Suites A famous vacation hdqtrs., distinctive for its downtown location-resort atmosphere. 500 rooms, including kitchenette apartments in Patio Suites. Tropical patio, sun decks luxurious swimming pool in year 'ro… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Biltmore Fashion Park]

Description: Postcard of a man in a tan suit looking at a window display, a man in a grey suit walking with a blonde woman wearing a white and grey suit, while a woman in a navy blue dress walks across the mall. The back of the postcard adds, "Biltmore Fashion Park Where you will find twenty-two unique shops and stores in an artistic, stately setting...a preferred place to shop for resident and visitor alike. "An Uncommon Place to Shop." "
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Camelback Inn Pool]

Description: Postcard of two pools lined with yellow and white striped umbrellas, described as "Marriott's Camelback Inn, Scottsdale, Arizona. The ideal spot to acquire healthful sun-tans and new friends. Two large, heated pools make swimming a pleasure any time of year."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Camelback Mountain]

Description: Postcard of a mountain in the distance behind two palm trees and a swimming pool, described on the back as "Camelback Mountain Near Scottsdale, Arizona Located in the center of Arizona's rapidly growing resort area, this famous mountain is a prominent landmark. This view from the Paradise Country Club depicts one of its many picturesque moods."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum
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