Re: Video Arcades in Tucson
The barber shop is west of Craycroft between Woodland Ave and Beverly on the north side of the street. You have to be looking for it to see it. I don't know how it stayed in business as long as it did
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Roy Ireland
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#7471
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Tucson Modernism Week, October 3-11 (starts this week!)
Hello All, Looking forward to seeing you all again at the 3rd annual Tucson Modernism Week. Once again, we¡¯re celebrating the architecture, design, and popular culture of the postwar era. There is
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mistercopacetic
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#7470
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Re: Video Arcades in Tucson
i remember that green acres arcade well!! many a happy afternoon was whiled away there (early 70's) awaiting parental pick up after multiple rounds of miniature golf! do you know when this met its
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sp2kazanjian
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#7469
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Re: Video Arcades in Tucson
Pinballs were a staple of my entertainment during the formative years in Jr High and High School. A buddy of mine and I would play for hours at Green Acres, Bunny's and later on, at the Silver Room on
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Roy Ireland
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#7467
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Re: Barber Shop on Speedway - Going, Going, Gone???
I added a Google satellite street view photo of the barbershop after it closed but before demo started. The owner must have died and someone else has acquired the property. The car leasing business
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Roy Ireland
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#7466
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Re: What happened?
My Grandma used to work at Myerson;s White House. I was born in 1964. She would spoil me buying me beautiful dresses.
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margo tomas
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#7468
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Barber Shop on Speedway - Going, Going, Gone???
While driving down Speedway this morning, I passed that old, tiny barber shop midway between Beverly and Woodland on the north side. It's directly across from the SAS Fabric store. The whole front of
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Cook, Alexander G - (agcook)
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#7465
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Re: Digest Number 1675
It was called the Buckskin
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michael.horton1
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#7464
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Country Bar on Oracle Rd
My wife and I were just talking, and I remembered a country bar that I used to frequent in the 70's on Oracle rd where Tucson Mall is now. It was on the east side of Oracle north of Wetmore. It was
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David and Diane Goodyear
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#7463
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Re: Cele Peterson clothing
Have you contacted Carrie Brennan, the principal at City High School? They are in the Cele Peterson building (in fact they recently purchased it). I know they have photos. They sometimes find ways for
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Roy Martin
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#7461
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drugstore hangouts
-It should be no surprise that mine was the Mission Drug Store at 1537 S. 6th Ave. as it was my father's store and I not only got to enjoy the lunch counter but also worked there from, time to time,
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Allan Bazar
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#7462
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Jacome's ephemera
Last request for now, I promise:I would like to install a new display window at my shop at Broadway/Tucson Blvd for Modernism Week this October and am looking for ephemera (shopping bags, boxes,
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Claudine Villardito
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#7460
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Cele Peterson clothing
Good morning groupies! I am starting to gather images + artifacts for a potential museum exhibit on Cele Peterson planned for 2015. Anyone have any photos of themselves or family members in a piece of
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Claudine Villardito
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#7457
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The Way They Wore: 1950s formalwear in Tucson
Hi all!I'm compiling images for a publication and am looking for family/candid photos of "dressed up" Tucsonans in the 1950s. These could be anything from dinner dates at any of the numerous downtown
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Claudine Villardito
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#7459
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Drugstores
I have very foggy memories of a Walgreen's drug store downtown. It was in the early '60s & I was working at the Lyric Theatre, 171 W. Congress. This Walgreen's served hot apple pie with Cheddar cheese
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elviejopobre
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#7458
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Re: Drug store hangouts
I spent a major portion of my childhood at Wilmot Drug from 1969-1974 and the soda fountain was still alive and well when I was there. I would order a frozen Coke, grab the latest "Superman" from the
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patrickbgawne
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#7456
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Re: Drug store hangouts
The mother lode of drugstores was the one at Congress an Fifth, SE corner. Ryan Evans I think. It was open all night, had a huge Fountain, books, magazines, and the largest collection of downtown
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Bill Ahrens
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#7455
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Tucson Drive-Ins Redux
George Cohn, Congratulations on the Channel 4/KVOA article on your efforts to bring a Drive-In theater back to Tucson! The kick-starter campaign sounds like a great idea. My great-nephew in school at
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Cook, Alexander G - (agcook)
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#7453
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Re: Drug store hangouts
John H. (n7iqv), In Tucson, my favorite drug store counter was actually downtown in the Walgreens on Stone & Pennington (recently renovated and being used by UA Architecture). I don't remember much of
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Cook, Alexander G - (agcook)
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#7452
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Re: Drug store hangouts
Glad you asked! Below is from my mystery novel, "El Con," on Amazon, written under the name of Ashley Kent. Broadway Village Drug Saturday Morning April 24, 1949 I do my best thinking at lunch
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kenethridge66
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#7454
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