Southern 2-8-0 hauling mine timbers Morenci Arizona c.1910-2013
by David Lee Guss
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Southern 2-8-0 hauling mine timbers Morenci Arizona c.1910-2013
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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A Southern 2-8-0 hauling mine timbers in Morenci, Arizona. Notice the 20" Porter locomotive in the middle of the far right of the frame.
Ted DeGrazia was born in the mining town of Morenci in 1909, when Arizona was still a territory.
His father and uncles worked in the mines, which closed in 1920 when copper prices collapsed after World War 1.
Out of work, Ted's family returned to Italy. After a five year stay they returned to Morenci when the mines reopened.
Until leaving for Tucson in 1932 to study music at the University of Arizona, Ted worked off and on in the mines.
In response to an inquisitive visitor at his Gallery in the Sun who asked why DeGrazia became an artist he answered, "Mainly that I wanted to get out of the mines. But I never thought I would make money painting. I suppose I painted because I wanted to paint. However, sometimes I don't even know if I like painting. Or maybe I do it because I hate it."
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