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Re: Berta Wright
Berta and her husband Ade were dear friends of my mothers for many years. My sister got the BW fabric (a screen print, I believe), but right beside me now is a 1950s lamp she made; within it is a tile she designed and glazed - classic Berta. It had been in Berta's mother's house. I can send a pic if you are interested.
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Berta Wright
Does anyone have any pic's of Berta Wright fabric designs? I've been doing some research because I have a pillow that she produced but would be interested in anything like what I remember as "Ojo de Dios/God's Eye" designs. Ring any bells? Thanks in advance, Ken Ethridge, AIA Rincon High '66 UA '72 |
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Re: La Placita theater in the '70's?
I was commenting on the Star's captions referring to Broadway as "street" instead of Blvd. which happened maybe a couple of months ago several times. My question is if this has been a recent change or just a stupid mistake on the part of The Star.? Nobody has bothered to answer, young or old.? On Thursday, July 3, 2014 1:34 PM, "mistercopacetic@... [vanishingtucson]"
wrote: Hello Jeri, Thanks for the link to the Star.? Personally, if I wanted to know the origin of a Tucson street name, I'd rather just ask any old person at random, and see if they know.? Okay, I guess I'm a little miffed at the Star lately.? Does anyone know that they're hoarding literally hundreds of thousands of old Citizen photographs, uncatalogued, unused, and deteriorating?? They don't even use the hoard for their own occasional historic interest stories, like Street Smarts.? And they don't allow any public access.? Most other major and minor photo collections have long ago been donated to the Arizona Historical Society, or UA Special Collections. Additionally, the Star does occasionally run a "wasn't Tucson quaint?" story, but overall, their editorial slant is consistently anti preservation, and pro-bulldozing. ?? ? I'll keep asking folks about Broadway and La Placita.? Thanks, Carlos ---In vanishingtucson@..., wrote : Street questions are excellent fodder for "Street Smarts," the fascinating and popular weekly column that appears Tuesdays in the Arizona Daily Star.? They have delved into loads of Tucson history in connection with street names.? Here is a link to yesterday's column about Shannon Road and Shannon Park Apartments' names; back columns are available, as well: ? Street Smarts: Road name a retirement present to county employee
? Jeri |
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Re: La Placita theater in the '70's?
Hello Jeri,
Thanks for the link to the Star.? Personally, if I wanted to know the origin of a Tucson street name, I'd rather just ask any old person at random, and see if they know.? Okay, I guess I'm a little miffed at the Star lately.? Does anyone know that they're hoarding literally hundreds of thousands of old Citizen photographs, uncatalogued, unused, and deteriorating?? They don't even use the hoard for their own occasional historic interest stories, like Street Smarts.? And they don't allow any public access.? Most other major and minor photo collections have long ago been donated to the Arizona Historical Society, or UA Special Collections. Additionally, the Star does occasionally run a "wasn't Tucson quaint?" story, but overall, their editorial slant is consistently anti preservation, and pro-bulldozing. ?? ? I'll keep asking folks about Broadway and La Placita.? Thanks, Carlos ---In vanishingtucson@..., <wilmawilcat@...> wrote : Street questions are excellent fodder for "Street Smarts," the fascinating and popular weekly column that appears Tuesdays in the Arizona Daily Star.? They have delved into loads of Tucson history in connection with street names.? Here is a link to yesterday's column about Shannon Road and Shannon Park Apartments' names; back columns are available, as well: ?
? Jeri |
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Re: La Placita theater in the '70's?
Street questions are excellent fodder for "Street Smarts," the fascinating and popular weekly column that appears Tuesdays in the Arizona Daily Star.? They have delved into loads of Tucson history in connection with street names.? Here is a link to yesterday's column about Shannon Road and Shannon Park Apartments' names; back columns are available, as well: ?
? Jeri |
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Re: La Placita theater in the '70's?
It was called Camp Street before it was changed to Broadway Blvd. The captions I'm referring to that called it "Broadway Street" accompanied photos posted earlier this year. I'm actually asking the question - was the name changed to Broadway St.? I've asked several times in different forums, and nobody has given an answer. Maybe they were thinking I was being sarcastic. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014
9:02 AM, "Sam Reid sreidsredoubt@... [vanishingtucson]" wrote: Maybe Broadway was a street sometime in the past. But I'd guess it's like newcomers saying Wilmont Road.
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Re: La Placita theater in the '70's?
I saved some info from an Star timecapsule feature I found online a few years ago. The theater was converted to the City Club Gym in? the spring of 1983. Sorry, but I can't find the link.
It sounds contradictory to cite the Star as a source after complaining about their shortcomings, but their research seems to have declined over the last couple of years. Not too long ago they had captions on photos calling Broadway? Blvd. "Broadway Street." Was the name changed? |
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Re: La Placita theater in the '70's?
Converted to a gym in 1981. KNST was right upstairs and we had a back door that led to the gym, called the City Club. It was great!? Hans Laetz KBUU-FM Homepage: 97.5 KBU business email may go to: hans@... FB: search KBUU Phone: (424) 442-9862 |
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Re: urgent need for Marco¡¯s photo
Andrew Bloomfield
Very nostalgic to hear about Marco's,Carlos. I worked there in the mid-70s as a delivery driver. They didn't tell me when I applied for the job that the last driver had been shot in the head. I mostly delivered to the whorehouses on Miracle Mile. I would be met at the door by an enforcer holding a shotgun, and often the ladies wanted to work off the bill in the back room. Being young, naive and poor I never indulged. Lots of great memories. ? ? On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 3:32 PM, "mistercopacetic@... [vanishingtucson]" wrote:
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Hello
All,
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Great
news.? Mario¡¯s Pizza on 1st Avenue at Ft.
Lowell is restoring their classic neon sign.?
In order to do an historically accurate job, they need to know what the
sign looked like when it used to be ¡°Marco¡¯s¡± from 1958 to 1978.? I would really appreciate if you check your
old photos and see if you have one.?
Remember that image of the sign could be in the background, over
someone¡¯s shoulder.? Business owners were
proud of their signs in the 50s and 60s, so an image might also be found on a Marco¡¯s
menu or advertisement. An image of the 22nd St location near
Craycroft might also be helpful.? The 1st
Ave and 22nd street locations were basically identical.
?
If
your photos or slides or home movies are in a dusty shoebox, buried in the back
of a Tuffshed in your backyard, don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll come over and do all the work
digging them out and putting everything back again neatly.? As always, I¡¯d be glad to digitize many of
your images, free of charge, especially the ones that might be of interest to
other VanishingTucson members. Just send me an e-mail, and I¡¯m on my way.
?
You
may remember that Spring¡¯s Hardware was across the street from Marco¡¯s.? I wish that the person who took this photo in
1974 would have turned around and took a snapshot of Marco¡¯s. Maybe he or she
did?
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?
Thanks,
?
Carlos
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P.S.
as always, please post whatever photos you have, not just Marco¡¯s.
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welcome to Van
Hello All, ? Please welcome new member Van.? He sent me a note and some images on a variety of topics.? Van, you¡¯re going to love our collection of photos.? First, click ¡°photos¡±, then? click ¡°folders¡±. Then I like to change the view from ¡°latest first¡± to ¡°alphabetical¡±, on the upper right side of the page.? Browse and enjoy.? ? To make it easier, here¡¯s a shortcut to the Drive Ins folder¡ ? ? You¡¯ll see I added your 10 cent glider and Frank Kalil photos to our Business Misc folder here... ? ? Thanks for the memories.? I can almost ¡°see¡± what you¡¯re describing. ? Here¡¯s Van¡¯s message:? ? ? Hi Carlos? ...I joined the Group a week ago, and this is my first time to send pictures.?Could you let me know if they?get to you, it would be great ! ? 1) The all-time favorite 10 cent balsa wood glider made by good old Guillow's? ! Yes sir ree bob ! I found an intact survivor in my old grade school stuff when I was going to Brichta Elementary school. I remember the vast majority of all my dimes buying these over at Gil's Hobby Shop downtown, in 1959?- early 1960's ! ? Gil's Hobby : if we all remember, was located next to the Fox theater downtown.? It was a Saturday morning must do for us kids [;-) Facing the entrance to the Fox, you turned to your Left,?walked?down the sidewalk maybe 30 ft, and looked for the plain glass door. Open the door and trot down the stairs to good old Gil's Hobby Shop. It was pure paradise for us ! Slot car track , the first in Tucson, and loaded with all the latest in cool?toys ...without all the totally ridiculous and idiotic?"warning lables"?to "protect us, from ourselves ???...sheesh how totally stupid they are.? YUCK ! ? Johnnie's Drive In Original Menu - I'll take a Fat Boy and a 10 cent Coke Please ..." that'll be $ 0.55 please " be right out .. ? A&W Drive In - at the Top of the Hill - top of the "hill" east of Alvernon, north side of Speedwayt, right across from good old ? Jodie Mashburns TEXACO Station ( still there !!! ) " gimme a burger and some fries and an A&W float ..hey , watch the new paint dude " ? Good ol FLASH TV & Appliances - 832 S 6th Ave - first TV "store" in Tucson. ... Established 1945?at "5 Points " on So 6th Ave,?Grew to 7 stores in Tucson over the decades. Finally closed in 2012 after serving Tucson and every single nook and cranny in Southern Arizona for 67 years. Delivering Tv's and appliances to customers located in places that a mountain goat would shy away from ! Ever try hand carrying a 6 ft long home entertainment center, up a flight?of 350 near-vertical?stairs in good old Bisbee ? Anyones that's?been to Bisbee, can?quickly appreciate the sight of two guys pulling the thing up those steps, one at a time. The later years found Ted delivering customers Tv's and washing machines with his Cessna Turbo 210 ? At Ted's funeral Frank Kalil said," They seen 'em all come, and seen 'em all go." Frank Kalil ( Kalil Bottling Co. ) was Flash Tv owner, Ted Takessian's, lifetime best friend. Ted Takessian was best known all over?Tucson,?as "Ted Flash". The legacy and network of dear friends that?Ted had was comprised of Tucson's pioneer familes Flash as he was best known, Ted had?life-like hard board stand-up ad posters made, that decorated the inside of each store. Frank Kalil was best known as the Disc Jockey on KTKT channel 99 Color Radio and for doing all the massive Tv & Radio advertising for?"Ted Flash" at Flash Tv until its end. ? Awesome "find" of Tucsons Airports ...yes, we had a lot of them ! ?
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? KTKT Radio Site - brings back the memories
? Thanks, ? Van? ? |
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Re: Where's the beef? No, where's the FISH?
Well, butter me up and call me a biscuit because I sure ain't no naturalist. ?I managed to catch sight of that Great Blue Heron this afternoon on the way home and realized it was closely related to the Big Pink Yard Flamingo from down Miami way. ?Yep, that puppy is plastic and perched perpetually on somebody's parapet. ?A "watch heron" so to speak. ?Guess I didn't see that one coming. ?In the words of Miss Emily Litella, "Never mind."
Alex Cook Southern Arizona since 1954 ? |
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Where's the beef? No, where's the FISH?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI drop my wife off at Mission & Ajo to pick up her shuttle ride out to Tohono O'odham Community College in Sells - she contracts as a librarian out there.? I usually drive down Silverlake/29th Street from Kino to Mission and since it runs through a lot of residential area, it's posted 25 mph and you have time to look at the neighborhood.? At first I thought I was mistaken but this morning I saw this bird, again.? Sitting on a building near the intersection of 9th Avenue and 29th Street was a Great Blue Heron.? I don't see him every day but this is the 3rd time in about a month.? He can't be over-wintering in Tucson.? Do the wetlands created up at Sweetwater have enough fish to draw a heron to live in Arizona?? I remember seeing brown pelicans in the lake at Randolph Park but the wildlife people said they were most likely blown up here by storms.? There was a posting about herons at Agua Caliente but that still seems like too small a source of water for attracting water birds.? Any birders or biologists out there? ? Alex Cook Southern Arizona since 1954 |
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DOCUMENTARY FILM OF TUCSON FOLK ARTIST,WM HOLZMAN ON YOU TUBE
MY SON,NICK SPARK,PRODUCED A STUDENT EMMY AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MR. HOLZMAN,A WISCONSIN FARMER TURNED TUCSON FOLK ARTIST WHILE AN UNDERGRAD AT THE U OF A . HE JUST POSTED THE FILM ON YOU TUBE WHICH YOUR SUBSCRIBERS MAY NOW VIEW. MR HOLZMAN STARTED SELLING SMALL WOODEN NOTE HOLDERS AT THE MERCADO IN DOWNTOWN TUCSON BY JACOME'S DEPARTMENT STORE IN THE MID 1970'S WHEN THERE WERE STILL VESTIGES OF TUCSON'S COMMERCIAL DOWNTOWN, HIS WORK ATTRACTED U OF A ART PROFESSORS. THEY ENCOURAGED HIM TO EXPAND INTO LARGER PIECES SUCH AS TABLES,CHAIRS AN WHIRLIGIGS, HE EVENTUALLY SET UP SHOP IN HIS GARAGE AND HAD AN ORDER LIST WITH AS MUCH AS A THREE YEAR BACK LOG. I ARRANGED TWO SHOWS FOR HIM AT TOHONO CHUL PARK. ALTHOUGH HE WAS VERY MODEST AND CHARMING, HE WAS DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE SHOWS. HE USED TO SAY HE WAS "CONTAMINATING" TUCSON WITH HIS ART. NICK IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT JESSICA COX,A TUCSONAN BORN WITH NO ARMS WHO BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO EARN A PILOT'S LICENSE USING ONLY HER FEET. IT IS CALLED "RIGHT FOOTED". THE SITE IS HAPPY LOOKING! MARCIA SPARK |
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