Bisbee was the site of real-life violence in 1917. It is the subject of a newly released movie, "Bisbee '17".

"Radically combining collaborative documentary, western and musical elements, the film follows several members of the close knit community as they attempt to reckon with their town's darkest hour. In 1917, nearly two-thousand immigrant miners, on strike for better wages and safer working conditions, were violently rounded up by their armed neighbors, herded onto cattle cars, shipped to the middle of the New Mexican desert and left there to die. This long-buried and largely forgotten event came to be known as the Bisbee Deportation." Quoted from Rotten Tomatoes, where the movie gets a 94% approval rating.

There was great scenery shop work on the Bank of Bradenville sign. I had to go back to notice how they covered up the Bank of Bisbee lettering. It was probably just plywood painted to look like stone. I understand that for much of the fist half of the Twentieth Century, people who could do that were in great demand. The classic example was all the temporary buildings at world's fair sites.

Still frame from "Violent Saturday." Note the start of "Bisbee" on the old Coca-Cola sign on the side of the building above the Studebaker. Click to enlarge.

The rest remains the same. In fact, of all the towns featured on Shorpy, Bisbee seems to be the one that has changed the least.

[Indeed. Although last time I was in Bisbee, it was a Bank of America. - Dave]