| | 1 | Author: | Park Central Mall (Phoenix, Ariz.) | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Park Central Mall Collection
1955-1995 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1955-1995 | | | | Abstract: | This collection houses photographs, negatives, reduced-format blueprints, microfiche copies of blueprints, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting Park Central Mall between 1955 and 1995. The vast majority of the photographs depict Park Central and some of its individual stores as they appeared in approximately the 1980s; other photographs include images showing the mall's initial construction and aerial views picturing the mall and its surroundings. Most of the blueprints depict the mall's original layout and construction and date from approximately 1956. In the case of Diamond's and Goldwaters', blueprints documenting later additions and changes are also present. The scrapbooks consist primarily of newspaper clippings documenting promotions and other events sponsored by and/or hosted at Park Central. This collection has been divided into five series. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Shopping malls -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Real estate development -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Central business districts -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Publicity -- Arizona -- Phoenix | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 2 | Author: | Luhrs family | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Luhrs Family Papers
1804-1997
1880-1978 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1804-1997 | | | | Abstract: | The Luhrs Family Papers house correspondence, legal documents, financial records, real estate records, blueprints, ledgers, and other materials documenting the Luhrs family's emigration from Germany to the United States and life and work in Phoenix, Arizona. Among the subjects represented are real estate holdings; construction and administration of the Commercial Hotel (later known as the Hotel Luhrs), the Luhrs Building, the Luhrs Central Building, the Luhrs Tower, the Luhrs Arcade, and the Luhrs Parking Center; George Luhrs Sr.'s business partnership with Newell Herrick; agricultural and mining enterprises; such fraternal organizations as the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, the El Zaribah Shrine, the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights Templar, the Royal Arch Masons, and the Rotary Club; George Luhrs Jr.'s and Arthur Luhrs' education in the Phoenix public schools and at Stanford University; George Luhrs Jr.'s and A. C. Taylor's military service, including service in World War I; and family members' private lives. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library
Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Commercial buildings -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Hotels -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona | Office buildings -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Real estate development -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Real estate investment -- Arizona -- Phoenix | World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, American | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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