This primary source set was created in 2022 as part of a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant.
A set of primary sources about Tombstone, Arizona, including several newspapers, photographs that present a visual depiction of some of the buildings in the town, and maps from three different years showing how the town changed over time.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona. 1886 (LOC)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona. 1904 (LOC)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona. 1931 (LOC)
Display in the Bird Cage Theater museum. Tombstone, Arizona, 1940 (LOC)
Display at the Bird Cage Theater museum. Tombstone, Arizona, 1940 -- old vehicle (LOC)
Weathered welcome sign in Tombstone, Arizona, 2018 (LOC)
Sign entering Tombstone, Arizona, 1937, featuring pair on horse by the sign (LOC)
Panorama of Tombstone, Arizona, 1909 (LOC)
Abandoned courthouse. Tombstone, Arizona, 1940 (LOC)
Newspaper office. Tombstone, Arizona, 1940 (LOC)
Tombstone in Boot Hill Cemetery, Tombstone, Arizona, 1940 (LOC)
The Arizona Kicker (LOC)
Tombstone Daily Prospector (LOC)
The Tombstone Epitaph (LOC)
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