Re: Kiddie Land
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
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Frank Casanova <fcasanova@...>
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Re: Kiddie Land
it Yeah...I remember going there around 1953 I think...It was magical then even though I knew it was for toddler kids.
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Frank Casanova <fcasanova@...>
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22nd St.
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
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marnybuck64 <marnybuck64@...>
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Re: Drug Stores
<mistercopacetic@...> wrote: photos info. > > http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/ronstadt/jan/ss56/ss56phot3.ht ml above was confirmed old
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ZONA1953
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Re: Drug Stores
I meant to write that the lobby was on the left and the shop to the right. Sorry. buildings where the Rincon Market is. my dad used to take me to. This was around 1970. As you entered the hotel on
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Steve Q. <joebuck95@...>
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Re: Drug Stores
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Melissa Talley
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Re: Drug Stores
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
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joebuck95@...
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The neon cowboy boot sign
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
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clayhaskell
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Re: Kiddie Land
Re: [vanishingtucson] Re: Kiddie Land 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
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! <KMcVeigh05@...>
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Re: Drug Stores
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
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mistercopacetic
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Re: Hidden House Ice Cream Parlor
wrote: 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
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ZONA1953
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Re: Drug Stores
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
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George Cohn <george@...>
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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
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Patrick Casanova <pcasanova1@...>
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Re: De Grazia Mexican Restaurant?
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Lee .
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Re: Drug Stores
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. <aliceeckstrom@...> wrote:
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Steve Q. <joebuck95@...>
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Re: Kiddie Land
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
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Jim Mueller
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Re: Hidden House Ice Cream Parlor
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. wrote: Drop
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Jim Mueller
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Re: Drug Stores
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
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tricksec65 <tricksec@...>
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Re: Cruising Speedway
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
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lanniemalaha <lannini@...>
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Re: Hidden House Ice Cream Parlor
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
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John Wilder <jwilder@...>
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