Sharlot Hall Museum : Archives : Photographs

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The Sharlot Hall Museum Archives preserves and makes available roughly 120,000 photographs representing several dozen eclectic topics regarding Prescott, Yavapai County and Arizona. As of November, 2009, 11,000 images in our collection are viewable online. A camera icon in the search results indicates one or more images associated with that record are viewable.

How to find a photograph

Browse our catalog
View images by category using Virtual Browsing Books.

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Bridges
Buildings - Banks
Buildings - Businesses
Buildings - Churches
Buildings - Government
Buildings - Hotels
Buildings - Interiors
Buildings - Ranches
Buildings - Residences
Buildings - Schools
Buildings - Stage Stations
Cemeteries and Graves
Cities and Towns
Dams
Document Boxes

Fire Departments
Fires
Flora and Fauna
Freighting
Frontier Days
Hangings
Indians - Apache
Indians - Havasupai
Indians - Hopi
Indians - Maricopa
Indians - Navajo
Indians - Paiute
Indians - Papago
Indians - Petroglyphs
Indians - Pima

Indians - Prehistoric
Indians - Pueblo
Indians - Southwest
Indians - Trading
Indians - Unidentified
Indians - Walapai
Indians - Yaqui
Indians - Yavapai
Landscapes
Lumbering
Military
Mining
Miscellaneous
Monuments
Organizations
Parades

Photo Box (1-20)
Photo Box (21-39)
Photo Box (40-50)
Photo Box (51-100)
Photo Box (101-150)
Photo Box (151-200)
Portraits
Railroads
Ranching
Rodeos
Smoki
Streets
Transportation
Unidentified

Browse catalog by category and title.
Low bandwidth, click to view images.

Browse Aerial Photographs
Over 100 aerial and satellite photographs of Yavapai County.

Arizona Memory Project from Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
This site displays the image, some in very high resolution, as well as data about the image. The number of photos listed, although increasing, is limited.
Arizona Landscapes Collection
Sharlot Hall Museum American Indian Image Collection
Sharlot Hall Museum Buildings Image Collection
Sharlot Hall Museum Military Image Collection
Sharlot Hall Museum Mining Image Collection
Sharlot Hall Museum Transportation Image Collection
Sharlot M. Hall: Arizona's Curator

How to do further research

Call the Archives to schedule an appointment (928.445.3122) or submit a research request
Refer to the call number or ‘Digital Identifier’ of the image you wish to research.

How to order a photograph

To obtain a photographic reproduction of a still image, map, or document in our collection, please fill out the reproduction form. (Note: Our darkroom will be closed effective March 31. Orders for darkroom work must be received by March 22. Digital photo orders are not affected.)
If materials are for use in print, video, display or advertising, please complete the Permission to Use Contract.
Send forms and payment to:

Sharlot Hall Museum Archives
415 W. Gurley
Prescott, AZ 86301

Other Photographic Resources

Photographs From The 19th Century: A Process Identification Guide
A full-text e-book dedicated to photographic processes by William E. Leyshon

Use the accompanying ‘Fotofind’ to help ID your photographs