Historical League Tour - 10/27 "100 Years 100 Ranchers" Photo Exhibit at Sky Harbor Airport

The 2011-2012 Tour season begins Thursday, October 27, with a guided visit to Terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to view the “100 Years 100 Ranchers” photo exhibit, part of the Arizona Centennial celebration. Lunch will follow at the Golden Buddha Restaurant at the Chinese Cultural Center.

Scott Baxter, a Phoenix photographer, traveled tens of thousands of miles in his Ford pickup for nearly a decade, rounding up Arizona ranchers and shooting more than 15,000 frames of film for these 100 black and white portraits. Each photograph features a rancher whose family has been working the land since statehood or longer. At Terminal 4 from October to May, the photographic legacy then moves to the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg and to the Tucson Museum of Art.

James Burns, Desert Caballeros museum director, praised Baxter’s work, saying “…I can’t imagine having a state centennial celebration and not having a project like Scott’s.”

Email Judy Blackwell for details on time and cost.

Calling for all historic photographs

Dig through those shoe boxes of old photos and I'll bet you have a classic one for the Photo Fair. The third annual Arizona Historical Photographs Fair will be on Saturday, March 20, 2010 between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park, 1300 N. College Ave., Tempe, AZ 85281.

Categories are People, Business and Commerce, Lifestyle, AZ Cities and Towns, and Events. All photos from any time period of AZ are welcome. The Museum is especially looking for images that remain vivid because of the story that can be told about them. The Fair will feature camera displays, historic photos, book sales, children's activities, speakers and refreshments.

For more information contact Jeannine Moyle 480-585-4872 junkmoyle@aol.com or the Museum
historicphotofair@gmail.com