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History in Photos

  • Pioneer Family in 1997

    Taken in 1997

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  • Aerial Picture of Pioneers Home

    Aerial picture of the Pioneers' Home taken sometime in the 1990's

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  • Pioneers Home in 1912

    This is one of the oldest known photographs of the Arizona Pioneers' Home. This picture was taken in 1912.

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  • Early Picture of the Pioneer's Home

    Early picture of the Home

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  • Early Picture of Pioneer's Home

    Early picture of the Home

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  • Lobby 1931

    Pioneers’ Home Lobby, 1931

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  • Arizona Territorial Seal

    Arizona Territorial Seal

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  • Pioneer Home Ward 1931

    Ward, 1931

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  • Dining Room in 1931

    Pioneers' Home Dining Room, 1931

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  • Pioneers Home 1930

    Pioneers' Home 1930's

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  • The view from Pioneers Home, 1925

    View from Pioneers’ Home, 1925

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  • Garden 1940

    Garden at Pioneers' Home 1940's

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  • Staff and Residents in 1930

    Staff and Residents 1930's

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  • Guests in 1915

    Pioneers' Home Guests, 1915

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  • Pioneers Home in 1912

    Pioneers' Home 1912

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  • Superintendent and Bookkeeper 1955

    Superintendent J. Griswold and Bookkeeper F. Gertin, 1955

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  • Mr. Mcginley Rocking

    Mr. McGinley, Age 100, 1931

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  • Bus at the Pioneers Home

    Western Greyhound Bus at Pioneers' Home c 1950’s

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  • Pioneers Home Boiler Room, 1931

    Boiler Room , 1931

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History in Articles

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This is an image demonstrating Pioneers' Home for Time Life magazine
This is an article from Time Life magazine published on November 3, 1947.Bill #2 was passed to establish the Pioneers' Home on March 10, 1909.

 

Harvey House Girls

For more information on Harvey House

 

Cora Scott

  • Born 7/31/01 in Neenah, Wisconsin
  • Passed away 1/30/2002
  • AZ Pioneers’ Home resident #2373, entering 3/31/1978, from Phoenix, AZ.

Marie Zismann

  • Born 6/12/07 in Durham, Kansas
  • Passed away 3/30/2003. 
  • AZ Pioneers’ Home resident #2594, entering 3/17/87, from Kingman, AZ

Rosella Myers Viedorfer

  • Born 1/15/08 in Tell City, Indiana
  • Passed away 3/27/03. 
  • AZ Pioneers’ Home resident #2617, entering 12/22/87, from Prescott, AZ

Diana McGonagill

  • Born 3/22/23 in Ash Fork, Arizona 
  • Passed away 9/14/2014.
  • AZ Pioneers’ Home resident #3197, entering 12/21/2011, from Prescott, AZ

Emma A. Street

  • Born 7/1/1897
  • Passed away 10/26/1987.
  • AZ Pioneers' Home resident #2543, entering 9/20/1984, from Ash Fork, AZ

Notable Residents

The following are notable residents of the Arizona Pioneers' Home.

 

Sharlot Mabridth Hall

  • Resided in Room 108. She moved into the Pioneers’ Home on April 2, 1943, and passed away April 9, 1943.
  • More info on Sharlot Hall

 

Mary K. Cummings (Big Nose Kate)

  • More info on Mary Cummings

 

John Miller (Possibly Billy the Kid)

  • "Another Billy the Kid?"

 

Nathan Boyd Tenney (AZ Senator)

  • More info on Nathan Tenney

 

Albert Franklin Banta

  • Discovered the huge Meteor Crater west of Winslow

 

Opal Tenney-Allen

  • Founding member of Yavapai College and dubbed “The Mother of Yavapai College.”

 

Frances Knagge (was in movies with John Wayne)

 

Mrs. Margaret Rowe Clifford

  • Author of Arizona's first state anthem, titled "Arizona," copyright 1915.
  • Resident of the Pioneers' Home from 1921-1926.

 

Effie Anderson Smith AKA Mrs. A. Y. Smith

  • Known as the Dean of Arizona Women Artists. Effie was an impressionist painter of desert landscapes, many of Cochise County, and the Grand Canyon.
  • More info on Effie Anderson Smith

Timeline

The following newspaper articles about the Arizona Pioneers’ Home have been transcribed verbatim, utilizing typeset as close to the original as possible.
Many more articles throughout the years have been printed about the Home.
Only a few articles of interest from each decade have been included.
Please select a decade to view the articles from that period.

 

1909-1919     1920-1929

1930-1939     1940-1949

1950-1959     1960-1969

1970-1979     1980-1989

    1990-1999     2000-Present

History Photo Disclaimer

  • If you would like to order high quality reprints of any of the images here, please contact Sharlot Hall All images on this site are copyright.
  • Please contact the Pioneers Home for permission to use them.

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