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Montezuma's Well Advertising
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Rimrock, Arizona, USA. At the opposite end of the well from the cliff dwellings, ground level dwellings were built along the rock face. When US citizens traveled westward, places like Phoenix were settled (1867), bringing a variety of entrepreneurs. One such individual was George Rothrock, a restless soul who tried a number of trades and lived in a number of places before he tried photography, something he pursued for twenty-five years. After time in California, he moved to Arizona. In Phoenix, he built a photo studio. In 1877 and 1878, he took photo tours of parts of Arizona. Not wanting to miss an opportunity to inform visitors to the well of his photography business, Rothrock painted this ad in 1878. Due to the rock overhang and arid conditions, the ad remains in its original state.

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::corngrowth
04/10/18 7:00 AM GMT
---Rothrock painted this ad in 1878---

Thad, I hope that Rothrock's photographs still can be bought (for the original price at that era, ☺).

This ad proves to me that the humidity conditions there are continuously extremely dry. Seen and captured very well!

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::biffobear
04/10/18 7:36 AM GMT
Graffiti get's everywhere...Even in the 1800's....R...
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::LynEve
04/10/18 11:18 AM GMT
That is a fabulous find - 1878 rock advertising - who would have thought!!
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::tigger3
04/10/18 2:05 PM GMT
What a find this one was, and amazing as well. tigs=^..^=
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::jerseygurl
04/10/18 2:43 PM GMT
Very creative marketing by Mr. Rothrock - Great Capture Thad!!!!!!!!!!
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.0930_23
04/10/18 5:56 PM GMT
He had the perfect name to last forever on a rock wall Thad.
Amazing it remains intact.

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.GomekFlorida
04/10/18 7:03 PM GMT
Great shot. There's The Lost sea in Eastern Tennessee and their are some similar writing inside the cave from the civil war.
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::trixxie17
04/10/18 7:14 PM GMT
Advertising from 1878 and in such remarkable condition - what would he think of digital?
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::Nikoneer
04/11/18 10:42 AM GMT
It kind of reminds me the very old ads I see from time to time on the brick sides of buildings in the business districts of small towns here. Very faint but still readable they offer a bottle of coke for 5 cents, a hotel room for the night for 75 cents, the efficacy of Dr. Well's spastic bowel cures and electric copper girdles. I think this guy knew exactly what he was doing by protecting his ad from the elements and selling photography at a time when it was a novelty, and not in everyone's pocket. I can't help wondering what his reaction would have been to our current technology... at the time he painted his ad, H.G. Wells was only 11 years old.

-Nik
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.icedancer
04/12/18 2:41 PM GMT
Excellent find and super capture, showing us just how dry it is there.
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