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Ranch has a trove of historic photos

They were found in a chicken coop; archivists work to preserve them

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, These photographs were among those found in the refuse at Steam Pump Ranch. The small photo in the foreground was taken decades earlier from the same location in the sunroom of the Procter House.

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Among the Arizona Historical Society's more than 4,000 feet of climate-controlled shelf space is a collection of photographs from Steam Pump Ranch. The museum also boasts 50,000 books, 6,000 maps and the only complete collection of the state's territorial newspapers, including copies of "The Weekly Arizonan" dating back to 1859.

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Katherine Reeve, head of libraries and archives at the Arizona Historical Society in Tucson, discusses the lasting value of collecting archival materials.

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Dan Zwiener, an Oro Valley Historical Society volunteer and retired archaeologist, saw the box of photos in a Steam Pump Ranch chicken coop.

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, These water-damaged photo albums and ledger books were covered with debris in a dilapidated chicken coop at Steam Pump Ranch. Workers cleaning the property found the books in a box with almost 700 photographs. The find could hold a wealth of information for historians.

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

courtesy of the Oro Valley Historical Society, This photograph was among the 700 workers found buried in the rubble of a chicken coop at Steam Pump Ranch. Oro Valley Historical Society volunteers have been working with a historian the town hired to catalogue the cache of photos and documents.

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

courtesy of the Oro Valley Historical Society, This photograph was among the 700 workers found buried in the rubble of a chicken coop at Steam Pump Ranch. Oro Valley Historical Society volunteers have been working with a historian the town hired to catalogue the cache of photos and documents.

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Ranch has a trove of historic photos

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Among the Arizona Historical Society's more than 4,000 feet of climate-controlled shelf space is a collection of photographs from Steam Pump Ranch. The museum also boasts 50,000 books, 6,000 maps and the only complete collection of the state's territorial newspapers, including copies of "The Weekly Arizonan" dating back to 1859.

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