Obviously my brother was too young to remember the original KiddieLand.
Trampolines hadn't been invented yet. You're thinking about the place
on Broadway (& Swan?) that dug a bunch of pits in the ground and then
put trampolines on top. Don't remember the name, but they charged by
the minute allowing you to jump to your hearts content...if you didn't
break your leg!

I was just going to ask about that. I'm probably wrong because I was

very little at the time. I thought they were at Speedway nearer to
Johnny's Fat Boy, like at Swan. Wasn't there a place across the street,
or was it the same Kiddie Land, that had trampolines?

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Jim Mueller" <urt9o@...> wrote:

As I remember, it was about a half block east of Alvernon; the end of
the world at that time. I don't remember any booths (except for
tickets). I think it lasted until 1960 or 61 but I don't know when

it

started.

Yeah...I remember going there around 1953 I think...It was magical then
even though I knew it was for toddler kids.

Remember when 22nd st. ended at Wilmot Rd?
22nd st. bar was right there at the end of 22nd st, some railroad ties
were stuck in the ground on end to block off 22nd st., but we would go
around them and follow a "cow trail" to the pantano wash to target
shoot..This I believe was in the early to mid 50's..I was stationed at
D.M.from 51-55...Been here ever since and love it..

Buck

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "mistercopacetic"
<mistercopacetic@...> wrote:

Hello All,

Steve's post reminded me that there's a great website with tons of
vintage photos of the Martin Drug chain. Be sure to click the

photos

for maximum size, and look for links to other pages of photos and

info.

ml

See Martin Drug #2 at Congress and 5th? My office was directly

above

it in the 1990's. Martin's had closed years before, and the space

was

leased by Yikes Toy Store. Hazel, the owner of Yikes, remembered
Martin's and showed me where the soda fountain had been. I

confirmed

her memories by studying the scars in the tile floor. There were

old

bolt holes where the chrome stools were attached to the floor (the
stools that you could spin around and around on).

Hazel also told me about the old beauty parlor across the street in
the Hotel Congress. It was "ultra modern" back in the 1950's and was
located in a room at the corner of 5th and Congress. Hazel said

when

the shop went out of business they simply locked the doors and

soaped

the windows. Years passed. Eventually the hotel was sold. When

the

new owners went inside in the late eighties, it was like opening a
time capsule. Everything was exactly the way it looked on it's last
day of business, thirty years before.

Thanks,

Carlos






--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Steve Q." <joebuck95@>

wrote:

I think the name of the store on 22nd & 6th ave. was Encanto

Drugstore.

The store on Congress & 5th was Martin Drug. They had several

stores.

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "aliceeckstrom"
<aliceeckstrom@> wrote:

There was aRexall Drugstore on the corner of 22nd st. and south

6th ave

and also on on the corner of congress and 5th ave, it had a soda
fountain and the best ice cream sodas, always went there after

the

movies at the Paramount theater
--- In vanishingtucson@..., "ZONA1953" <ZONA1953@>

wrote:

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Jim" jimz2@ wrote:

Someone had mentioned the Thrify Drug Store In Oxford Plaza

and It

got

me to thinking about all the other drug stores that used to

be in

Tucson. I remember there were a lot of Rexall Drug stores

too;

three

that come to mind were the the one on the SE corner of

Speedway and

Country Club, the SW corner of Broadway and Campbell

(across the

street from Jerry's Ming House) and on the SW corner of

22nd and

Country Club.
I remember the last one specifically becaue me and my

friend Dave

who lived near there used to go to the Rexall to by balsa

wood

gliders

and go fly them at RANDOLPH Park. In fact we both got out

very

first

traffic tickets for riding our bicycles back from the park

at

night

with no lights or reflectors on them and had to go to Mother

Higgin's

for juvenile traffic court.

There was one at Southgate Shopping Center at the very east

end. It

had a fountain at the back of the store. Also at Southgate

was a

Mr. Quick hamburger stand.

Thanks for posting the Martin Drug website, just spent the last hour
enjoying their history.

BP

I meant to write that the lobby was on the left and the shop to the
right. Sorry.


--- In vanishingtucson@..., <joebuck95@...> wrote:

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for the link. I'm assuming Martin Drug store #9 is the row of

buildings where the Rincon Market is.

Your postt reminded me of the barber shop in the Congress Hotel that

my dad used to take me to. This was around 1970. As you entered the
hotel on Congress the lobby was to the right and the barber shop was
to the right. It was called Nick's and all the frutniture and fixtures
were at least 30 to 20 years old at that time, old barber chair with
the long pump handle to raise it, etc. Nick would spend so much time
bullshitting with my dad and the other customers that he always
clipped my on the back of the neck with his scissors so his name was
quite appropriate.

I remember seeing the old men who lived in the hotel sitting in the

lobby reading the newspaper or watching tv. The hotel was kind of
rundown and neglected at the time.

Steve Q.

mistercopacetic <mistercopacetic@...> wrote: Hello All,

Steve's post reminded me that there's a great website with tons of
vintage photos of the Martin Drug chain. Be sure to click the photos
for maximum size, and look for links to other pages of photos and info.



See Martin Drug #2 at Congress and 5th? My office was directly above
it in the 1990's. Martin's had closed years before, and the space was
leased by Yikes Toy Store. Hazel, the owner of Yikes, remembered
Martin's and showed me where the soda fountain had been. I confirmed
her memories by studying the scars in the tile floor. There were old
bolt holes where the chrome stools were attached to the floor (the
stools that you could spin around and around on).

Hazel also told me about the old beauty parlor across the street in
the Hotel Congress. It was "ultra modern" back in the 1950's and was
located in a room at the corner of 5th and Congress. Hazel said when
the shop went out of business they simply locked the doors and soaped
the windows. Years passed. Eventually the hotel was sold. When the
new owners went inside in the late eighties, it was like opening a
time capsule. Everything was exactly the way it looked on it's last
day of business, thirty years before.

Thanks,

Carlos






--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Steve Q." wrote:

I think the name of the store on 22nd & 6th ave. was Encanto

Drugstore.

The store on Congress & 5th was Martin Drug. They had several stores.




--- In vanishingtucson@..., "aliceeckstrom"
wrote:

There was aRexall Drugstore on the corner of 22nd st. and south

6th ave

and also on on the corner of congress and 5th ave, it had a soda
fountain and the best ice cream sodas, always went there after the
movies at the Paramount theater
--- In vanishingtucson@..., "ZONA1953" wrote:

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Jim" jimz2@ wrote:

Someone had mentioned the Thrify Drug Store In Oxford Plaza

and It

got

me to thinking about all the other drug stores that used to

be in

Tucson. I remember there were a lot of Rexall Drug stores too;

three

that come to mind were the the one on the SE corner of

Speedway and

Country Club, the SW corner of Broadway and Campbell (across the
street from Jerry's Ming House) and on the SW corner of 22nd and
Country Club.
I remember the last one specifically becaue me and my friend

Dave

who lived near there used to go to the Rexall to by balsa wood

gliders

and go fly them at RANDOLPH Park. In fact we both got out very

first

traffic tickets for riding our bicycles back from the park at

night

with no lights or reflectors on them and had to go to Mother

Higgin's

for juvenile traffic court.

There was one at Southgate Shopping Center at the very east

end. It

had a fountain at the back of the store. Also at Southgate was a
Mr. Quick hamburger stand.

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Hi Carlos,

Thanks for the link. I'm assuming Martin Drug store #9 is the row of buildings where the Rincon Market? is.

Your postt reminded me of the barber shop in the Congress Hotel that my dad used to take me to. This was around 1970. As you entered the hotel on Congress the lobby was to the right and the barber shop was to the right. It was called Nick's and all the frutniture and fixtures were at least 30 to 20 years old at that time, old barber chair with the long pump handle to raise it, etc. Nick would spend so much time bullshitting with my dad and the other customers that he always clipped my on the back of the neck with his scissors so his name was quite appropriate.

I remember seeing the old men who lived in the hotel sitting in the lobby reading the newspaper or watching tv. The hotel was kind of rundown and neglected at the time.

Steve Q.

mistercopacetic wrote:

Hello All,

Steve's post reminded me that there's a great website with tons of
vintage photos of the Martin Drug chain. Be sure to click the photos
for maximum size, and look for links to other pages of photos and info.

http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/ronstadt/jan/ss56/ss56phot3.html

See Martin Drug #2 at Congress and 5th? My office was directly above
it in the 1990's. Martin's had closed years before, and the space was
leased by Yikes Toy Store. Hazel, the owner of Yikes, remembered
Martin's and showed me where the soda fountain had been. I confirmed
her memories by studying the scars in the tile floor. There were old
bolt holes where the chrome stools were attached to the floor (the
stools that you could spin around and around on).

Hazel also told me about the old beauty parlor across the street in
the Hotel Congress. It was "ultra modern" back in the 1950's and was
located in a room at the corner of 5th and Congress. Hazel said when
the shop went out of business they simply locked the doors and soaped
the windows. Years passed. Eventually the hotel was sold. When the
new owners went inside in the late eighties, it was like opening a
time capsule. Everything was exactly the way it looked on it's last
day of business, thirty years before.

Thanks,

Carlos






--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Steve Q." wrote:
>
>
> I think the name of the store on 22nd & 6th ave. was Encanto Drugstore.
>
> The store on Congress & 5th was Martin Drug. They had several stores.
>
>
>
>
> --- In vanishingtucson@..., "aliceeckstrom"
> wrote:
> >
> > There was aRexall Drugstore on the corner of 22nd st. and south
6th ave
> > and also on on the corner of congress and 5th ave, it had a soda
> > fountain and the best ice cream sodas, always went there after the
> > movies at the Paramount theater
> > --- In vanishingtucson@..., "ZONA1953" wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In vanishingtucson@..., "Jim" jimz2@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Someone had mentioned the Thrify Drug Store In Oxford Plaza and It
> > got
> > > > me to thinking about all the other drug stores that used to be in
> > > > Tucson. I remember there were a lot of Rexall Drug stores too;
three
> > > > that come to mind were the the one on the SE corner of
Speedway and
> > > > Country Club, the SW corner of Broadway and Campbell (across the
> > > > street from Jerry's Ming House) and on the SW corner of 22nd and
> > > > Country Club.
> > > > I remember the last one specifically becaue me and my friend Dave
> > > > who lived near there used to go to the Rexall to by balsa wood
> > gliders
> > > > and go fly them at RANDOLPH Park. In fact we both got out very
first
> > > > traffic tickets for riding our bicycles back from the park at
night
> > > > with no lights or reflectors on them and had to go to Mother
> > Higgin's
> > > > for juvenile traffic court.
> > > >
> > >
> > > There was one at Southgate Shopping Center at the very east end. It
> > > had a fountain at the back of the store. Also at Southgate was a
> > > Mr. Quick hamburger stand.
> > >
> >
>





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In the photo:

First Ave Drive In and the Wallace sign

which was posted the other day, I noticed a neon cowboy boot sign in the background on 1st
Ave. I'm not in town right now. Is that sign still there? Can somebody send me a photo of it
all lit up if it is?

Re: [vanishingtucson] Re: Kiddie Land

I was just going to ask about that. I'm probably wrong because I was very little at the time. I thought they were at Speedway nearer to Johnny's Fat Boy, like at Swan. Wasn't there a place across the street, or was it the same Kiddie Land, that had trampolines? <<<<<<<

Yes, I think that's about right. Definitely way out on East Speedway. I was very little when I saw it, and it would have been in the early 1960s when I remember riding past it in a car.
They had pony rides, and I was horrified to see the ponies being whipped to make them move.

Kerry

Hello All,

Steve's post reminded me that there's a great website with tons of
vintage photos of the Martin Drug chain. Be sure to click the photos
for maximum size, and look for links to other pages of photos and info.



See Martin Drug #2 at Congress and 5th? My office was directly above
it in the 1990's. Martin's had closed years before, and the space was
leased by Yikes Toy Store. Hazel, the owner of Yikes, remembered
Martin's and showed me where the soda fountain had been. I confirmed
her memories by studying the scars in the tile floor. There were old
bolt holes where the chrome stools were attached to the floor (the
stools that you could spin around and around on).

Hazel also told me about the old beauty parlor across the street in
the Hotel Congress. It was "ultra modern" back in the 1950's and was
located in a room at the corner of 5th and Congress. Hazel said when
the shop went out of business they simply locked the doors and soaped
the windows. Years passed. Eventually the hotel was sold. When the
new owners went inside in the late eighties, it was like opening a
time capsule. Everything was exactly the way it looked on it's last
day of business, thirty years before.

Thanks,

Carlos






--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Steve Q." <joebuck95@...> wrote:

I think the name of the store on 22nd & 6th ave. was Encanto Drugstore.

The store on Congress & 5th was Martin Drug. They had several stores.




--- In vanishingtucson@..., "aliceeckstrom"
<aliceeckstrom@> wrote:

There was aRexall Drugstore on the corner of 22nd st. and south

6th ave

and also on on the corner of congress and 5th ave, it had a soda
fountain and the best ice cream sodas, always went there after the
movies at the Paramount theater
--- In vanishingtucson@..., "ZONA1953" <ZONA1953@> wrote:

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Jim" jimz2@ wrote:

Someone had mentioned the Thrify Drug Store In Oxford Plaza and It

got

me to thinking about all the other drug stores that used to be in
Tucson. I remember there were a lot of Rexall Drug stores too;

three

that come to mind were the the one on the SE corner of

Speedway and

Country Club, the SW corner of Broadway and Campbell (across the
street from Jerry's Ming House) and on the SW corner of 22nd and
Country Club.
I remember the last one specifically becaue me and my friend Dave
who lived near there used to go to the Rexall to by balsa wood

gliders

and go fly them at RANDOLPH Park. In fact we both got out very

first

traffic tickets for riding our bicycles back from the park at

night

with no lights or reflectors on them and had to go to Mother

Higgin's

for juvenile traffic court.

There was one at Southgate Shopping Center at the very east end. It
had a fountain at the back of the store. Also at Southgate was a
Mr. Quick hamburger stand.

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "John Wilder" <jwilder@...>
wrote:

I believe there was also a Hidden House on Ajo, west of 6th Ave.

Drop by Jimmy's Broadway Automotive, SW corner of Tucson Blvd and
Broadway, and check out the aerial photos of the intersection in
their waiting room. One from, I believe, 1950 showing the Hidden
House, another from about 1970 showing the Hidden House gone but the
building that wrapped around it still there, and another from 1990
with everything gone and the new office building on the site.

By the way, Jimmy's is another family owned business that's been

around since the mid-50's, first at Tucson and 6th, now at Tucson and
Broadway. Third generation of the same family running it now.

John

Yes, I remember that location, it was just one block west of South
6th,
on 7th and Ajo.

Bob

I haven't heard anyone mention Ryan Evans drug stores. Later on, I think they changed their name to Revco (Ryan EVans COrporation).

Somewhere around here, I think I have an old medical telephone directory that listed all of the the drug stores in the '60's. The phone numbers were the format like Main 6-1234, the old name + number format.

If I find it, I will scan it.

George Cohn

I think the name of the store on 22nd & 6th ave. was Encanto Drugstore.

The store on Congress & 5th was Martin Drug. They had several stores.




--- In vanishingtucson@..., "aliceeckstrom"
<aliceeckstrom@...> wrote:

There was aRexall Drugstore on the corner of 22nd st. and south 6th ave
and also on on the corner of congress and 5th ave, it had a soda
fountain and the best ice cream sodas, always went there after the
movies at the Paramount theater
--- In vanishingtucson@..., "ZONA1953" <ZONA1953@> wrote:

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Jim" jimz2@ wrote:

Someone had mentioned the Thrify Drug Store In Oxford Plaza and It

got

me to thinking about all the other drug stores that used to be in
Tucson. I remember there were a lot of Rexall Drug stores too; three
that come to mind were the the one on the SE corner of Speedway and
Country Club, the SW corner of Broadway and Campbell (across the
street from Jerry's Ming House) and on the SW corner of 22nd and
Country Club.
I remember the last one specifically becaue me and my friend Dave
who lived near there used to go to the Rexall to by balsa wood

gliders

and go fly them at RANDOLPH Park. In fact we both got out very first
traffic tickets for riding our bicycles back from the park at night
with no lights or reflectors on them and had to go to Mother

Higgin's

for juvenile traffic court.

There was one at Southgate Shopping Center at the very east end. It
had a fountain at the back of the store. Also at Southgate was a
Mr. Quick hamburger stand.

As I remember, it was about a half block east of Alvernon; the end of
the world at that time. I don't remember any booths (except for
tickets). I think it lasted until 1960 or 61 but I don't know when it
started.


--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Harlen" <harlen_mallis@...>
wrote:

I used to like going to Kiddie Land on Speedway near Alvernon. Had a

couple of birthday

parties there. It was like having carnival rides all year long. What

years was it there? It was just rides right no booths?

Didn't the buildings that surrounded Hidden House become the first
location of Bookman's. That was an interesting place, several
buildings connected by various doors, stairs, and passages.

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "John Wilder" <jwilder@...>
wrote:

I believe there was also a Hidden House on Ajo, west of 6th Ave.

Drop by Jimmy's Broadway Automotive, SW corner of Tucson Blvd and
Broadway, and check out the aerial photos of the intersection in
their waiting room. One from, I believe, 1950 showing the Hidden
House, another from about 1970 showing the Hidden House gone but the
building that wrapped around it still there, and another from 1990
with everything gone and the new office building on the site.

By the way, Jimmy's is another family owned business that's been

around since the mid-50's, first at Tucson and 6th, now at Tucson
and Broadway. Third generation of the same family running it now.

John

I think I must have seen you there. us kids would ride the bus
downtown for the movies and also wind up at rexall. We watched for the
guy with toothpick who seemed like he was always outside on the corner.

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "aliceeckstrom"
<aliceeckstrom@...> wrote:

There was aRexall Drugstore on the corner of 22nd st. and south 6th ave

Cruising............it's BACK !
Arizona Star had a story a few weeks back about the teens cruising
and hanging out at El Con !
They have permission if they buy food or drinks at the new chicken
place and In 'n Out Burger.
The cops don't hassle because they behave.............
Hooray for traditions.

L






--- In vanishingtucson@..., Helengg1@... wrote:

Funny to think Speedway was NAMED Speedway because it was Tucson's

original

drag-racing strip, way back in the 1920's. Somewhere, in my

grandmother's

photo collection, I was a 1920's picture of a bunch of guys jammed

into a Model T.

The last I heard of cruising on Speedway, cops were giving out

tickets to

cars they saw going by several times. That essentially ended it.

Of course,

there's too much damn traffic for it to be fun anymore.

Oh yeah, and sheriffs patrol all the old make-out spots. The teens

go way

further out in the desert now, probably don't have the good views

anymore. It

feels so good to be pushin' 50, knowing that "times they are a

changin'"

and not so much for the good anymore

peace, Helen



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