Photographic Slide - Welcome to Tempe Sign, looking east on Baseline Road
Artist
George Butchko
DateJune 1972
MediumCardboard, plastic.
Dimensions2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2007.38.1
DescriptionThe color photo shows barren land and palm trees next to an old wooden two-story house missing paint. Behind it (right) are smaller outhouses for farming. In the background is field and block wall with new ranch houses. The intersection by the house says "55 MPH." In the foreground is a sign "Welcome To Tempe Population 75,000" and the "T" logo.This is looking east on Baseline Road towards the intersection with Mill Avenue. The old house sits about there the entrance to Kiwanis Park is now.
Status
Not on viewCollections
c. 1990