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State Capitol, Phoenix, Arizona
Vintage postcard published circa 1920.
This capitol was built 12 years before Arizona became a State. The first Territorial capitol in Prescott, a log cabin, is shown in the inset.
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Capitol, at Phoenix.
Antique, educational series postcard.
Copyright 1906 by E. C. Kropp, Milwaukee.
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Arizona, Area, 113,020 Square Miles,
Created a Territory, Feb., 1863.
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State Capitol, Phoenix, Arizona.
Vintage postcard published circa 1920.
This view shows the capitol about 20 years after its construction. The difference in the numerous and varied trees on the grounds is quite noticeable.
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State Capitol, Phoenix, Arizona
Antique postcard published circa 1915.
This state capitol is not typical of the capitols being built at the time. It was designed to cope with Arizona weather rather than follow the trend toward taller domes with drums and cupolas.
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State Capitol, Phoenix, Ariz.
Antique postcard published circa 1915 by Detroit Publishing Co.
There were wings added onto the back of the original capitol, and new buildings constructed on the capitol complex property, but the original front facade has not been affected.
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State Capitol, Phoenix, Arizona.
Antique postcard published circa 1915.
The original plan for the dome was for it to be covered in copper donated by the Arizona copper mines. That did not happen, so it was originally just painted a copper color. This view shows the dome as black. The postcard artist might have assumed the copper dome was aging to black. They usually worked from black-and-white photos and frequently chose colors in error.
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State Capitol, Phoenix, Arizona
Antique postcard published circa 1910 by The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
This view is captioned as the state capitol. However, it is postmarked 1911, and Arizona did not become a State until 1912.
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State Capitol, Phoenix, Arizona
Antique postcard published circa 1905.
This Undivided Back postcard has ample borders on the front for messages because the back was reserved for the recipient's address.
Like the card above, the publisher has labeled the building as the Arizona state capitol long before Arizona was granted statehood.
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State Capitol, Phoenix, Arizona
Vintage postcard published circa 1920.
In this view, the building colors are relatively accurate, showing the brown walls with lighter, tan accents. The zinc Winged Victory statue on top of the dome is a golden color here, as it is in several of the cards on this page, but she might have always been painted white. Internet sources do not mention what color(s) she has been through her history.
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State Capitol, Phoenix, Arizona
Antique postcard published circa 1910.
This card is embossed with the raised areas accented in metallic gold. A few cards above is a view showing the dome as black. These two views were certainly produced from the same photo.
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