I finally got my images uploaded and they are in a folder called
Desert Inn Tucson Visitors Guide.
I found these items in a pile of junk that I cleaned up for an
elderly gentleman 2 years ago. His name was John (Stonewall) Jackson
and he came here to the Old Pueblo back in the 40's originally to
work on films. He was a bit actor in many productions filmed around
Tucson and Arizona. I have dozens of candid pictures he took on
various sets, but I never found any photos of Tucson. Sadly, other
people had gone through his things before I got there and I can only
imagine the treasures that were lost.
The visitor guide is very large, so I had to make 2 images of every
page as it would not fit in my scanner.
The one ad that I enlarged is for the Sands' Beauty Parlor which was
owned by my friend Grace Brownlee at the time this guide was
published. Grace also owned the Zodiac salon at Grande&Congress for
many years.
I like the map too, as it shows an SST landing at D-M.
I have also posted a counter card ad for a bullfight in Nogales, back
when telephone #s had letters too. It lists a place on Congress where
you could purchase tickets and I think John picked up the card at
Hotel Congress or Crescent Tobacco Shop.
The Chill Wills pic is actually a postcard that he sent to John.
I also posted a picture of me standing near the desert that is now
the convalescent home next to Villa Carondelet, I stepped in my first
cholla there in 1968, to my left is the construction site that is now
Kimberly Woods Apts.This picture was taken on Christmas Day,1973
