Bain News Photograph of Casa Grande Ruins Before Restoration Work Began 1890s for Sale

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Bain News Photograph of Casa Grande Ruins Before Restoration Work Began 1890s For Sale

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Bain News Photograph of Casa Grande Ruins Before Restoration Work Began 1890s:
$80.00

Photograph from theBain News Service depicting the Native American Ruins at Casa Grande in Arizonaabout the time repairs began in the early 1890s. As a result of AdolphBandelier, Mary Hemenway, and Frank Cushing’s surveys and theirrecommendations, several influential Bostonians urged Massachusetts SenatorGeorge F. Hoar to present a petition before the U. S. Senate in 1889 requestingthat the government take steps to repair and protect the ruins. Repair workbegan the following year, and in 1892, President Benjamin Harrison set asideone square mile of Arizona Territory surrounding the Casa Grande Ruins as thefirst prehistoric and cultural reserve established in the United States. 5” x 6¾”. Rough and rounded edges. Stamped on the back by George Grantham Bain (Newsservice) and a few period and newer pencil notations. Main body of the imageremains very good.