Jerome Town Hall
Although it is not designed to act as a repository of archival materials, the Jerome Town Hall, located on Main Street in Jerome, does have several items that could be useful to the person doing research on items that relate specifically to the town of Jerome.
Scrapbooks/Binders
The following photographs have been placed in a large D-ring binder:
- Bank Cashier Ralph Smith, Jerome AZ., labeled as "Grandpa Smith" (original)
- Town Picture: Jerome Miners base ball team, May 5, 1925 (copy)
- Photo: American Legion Junior Baseball Champions (copy), 1930, names of players typed in
- Panorama, copy 1914 toward Cleopatra Hill
- Jerome in Snow (8x10 glossy), from high point looking down
- T. F. Miller Hardware (8x10), photo in front, a copy, no year, but auto in picture
- Smith Family photos
- Grandma Smith, three women and a man on a hillside or in a mine
- Grandpa Smith (with a bunch of other men, , no date)
- Several photos, probably 1920s, town views-- and one snapshot in 1934 several people, not identified on the back of the photo-men and women in front of building
- Pictures in color, more recent, of Jerome Town Hall, city (5-10 local snap shots)
- Community Profile, post 1996
- Fire and mine manuals
- Reproductions of old photos, city, Arizona Hotel
- Old post marked envelopes, postcard (1917 postmark)
- Copies of views of city (one with Ideal Hotel)
- Panorama of town (teens or 1920s?)
- Clipping of opening of Chamber building
- Copy of photo of Jerome Volunteer Fire Department, all participants identified, date not listed (old)
- Copy 1900-1920 picture of town
- Photocopy of local paper (no name on the sheet), May 26, 1920: subject: school graduation
- Copy of 1946-50 moving house through Jerome (by L. MacDonald)
Also by MacDonald many photos from Ruth Cantrall collection
Miners' dormitory
Over-view of the city
- Modern City picnics (1980s?)-8x10
- 1908 copy from Thos. And Leila Vickers family album. Center Street and Elementary school on Clark street (area between)
- Original, Grandma Smith (Brennan photo, Jerome Arizona) probably very early 1900s,
- More recent color photos of officials, town, (probably from fairly recent displays)
Photos
Framed pictures mounted on the walls of the offices:
- Jerome Town Hall, no date, very old
- Hotel Jerome, no date (it closed as hotel late 1930s and was built 1917
- JC Penney store, opened as Jerome Garage, re-opened as JC Penney Co. in 1937 (date of picture)
Maps
1927, large map of town
In a storage area they keep the blueprints for the town fire-water-sewage system, 1952-water lines, sewer lines, streets, 1950s through 1989. There are approximately 6 of the streets, 35 of the sewer system, and 40 of the water system.
