Photos from a visit to historic Bisbee, Arizona, in June, 2016. At the turn of the 20th century, Bisbee was the largest city between New Orleans and San Francisco. Its success was due to the presence of copper in the hills. Copper was mined there until the 1970s. With the closing of the copper mines, the population dropped steeply. Bisbee is now a sleepy, small town known for its local artists.
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Post office / gift shop
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| Sleepy, small-town street |
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| Streets lines with artists' shops and galleries |
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| Picturesque, small-town scene |
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| Bisbee mining museum and resort hotel |
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| Mining equipment on display in front of the museum |
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| Keeping track of who was underground at any given time |
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| Miner humor |
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