Vintage Photos

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Julius Becker &
his wife, Minnie Homrighausen
1881
 
Gustav Becker &
his wife, Louisa Homrighausen
1881 
 
Gustav Becker & Pilot.
1st airplane in Springerville. Wooden propeller cracked when wheel hit prairie dog hole & plane tipped at takeoff!
Apache National Forest Office

1915

                                                                                                                                    

Gustav Becker and Richard Rudd, 1st bookkeeper at garage.  Bowser gas pump
with 5 gal. throw
1916
Arthur Becker in his uniform
 pictured with his mother,
Louise Homrighausen Becker
 
Inside Becker Brothers Store
mid 1890s
 
The Apache Chief Hotel
and
the Bank Building
 
 

                                                                                                                                  
Jan 1919
Becker Lake,
14 inches of ice
vehicle and skater w/dog
on ice
 
1942
Merle Harper,
proprietor of Western Drug
for many years, was a
B-17 pilot during WWII
 
Main Street - Springerville

 
Round Valley Bank
check from the 1920's
and a medal emblem
Bank failed during depression.
 

                                                                                                                           
1918
Tennis Courts located
where US Post Office Building
now stands in Springerville.
 
Monarch Saloon
St. Johns, AZ
circa 1885
 
Al-Che-Say (Tsajn)
Apache War Chief
1895 photo by
Markey & Mytton
 
 
1936
Gustav Becker &  R-14
at the "Madonna of the Trail"
 

                                                                                                                            
Alchesay ,
White Mountain Apache Chief
 
Barry Goldwater reading about the 75th anniversary
of Becker's Store
& he wrote: . . . . .to properly recognize the contributions of the Becker family in Arizona. . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .
The writing on the picture seems to say:
Best Wishes to
Julius W. Becker
Harry Truman
 
Telegram from
President Harry S. Truman
on the 75th anniversary of 
Becker Mercantile
 
                                                                                                                                            
 

Photos from Jack Becker's Collection

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