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Hello out-of-towners,

If you ever get homesick, you can take a virtual stroll around town
using Google Maps Street View. For example, to see what the
(broken)neon cowboy boot sign looks like nowadays go here:

,+Tucson,+AZ+85719,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title

To see a time-lapse movie of an entire Tucson day, go here:



There are downtown webcams which are fully adjustable, here:



The most informative online aerial maps and photos are also the
hardest to use. They feature dozens of overlays plus Microsoft
Virtual Earth:



Happy surfing,

Carlos





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

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?

The course across from Magic Carpet was called Green Acres. I think the name changed later on, but I can't remember what it changed to. We used to go there for the arcade. <<<<<<

It was owned by the same people who had Oracle Acres on Oracle Road just south of Prince. I spent many hours at that place. It had pinball machines too, and there was a baseball game that was easy to get free replays on.

Another topic: Old gas stations. My first paying job was at Dana Brothers Shamrock at Campbell Avenue and Blacklidge Drive. It was odd because it wasn't a major intersection, but there was a gas station on all four corners. On the southwest corner was Dana Bros., on the northwest was Richfield, on the southeast was Chevron (aka Standard), and on the northeast was another; I forget which brand (Enco?).
When I first moved here, there was a Signal Gas station on the northwest corner of First Avenue and Prince, near where I lived (a poor-folks trailer court with the pretentious name of Elms Mobile Home Estates). First Avenue was a two-lane road with so little traffic that one time a neighbor girl lay down in the middle of the road until she could hear a car coming.
There was a little Dixie station farther west on Prince, and a little bit east was a little station called Gas for Less. And of course a lot of people remember Blakeley's. Rebel, on East Fort Lowell, was a cut-rate station that was so cheap that they didn't bother to bury the fuel-storage tank.

Kerry

Hello All,

Thanks to everyone who recently added to the our list of TV and movies
filmed in Tuscon. It is now the most complete and detailed list
available on the internet.

Remember the main point of the list is to call attention to SPECIFIC
filming locations around town (besides Old Tucson). Then when we
watch these films, we'll be able to recognize these locations which
may appear very different today. Feel free to post more info to the
Group whenever the mood strikes you. You can review the list here:



The reports from the extras are great. But apparently they were too
modest to let us know exactly which scenes they were in?

It was impossible for me to determine who contributed the most to win
the contest, so here's what I'll do. If you identified a TV show or
movie that wasn't already on the list, or shared an anecdote about a
listed movie, you ALL won. Send me a private e-mail OFF-BOARD to
claim your DVD prize.

Here's the info I need:

-your name and address
-are you willing and able to copy your DVD to send to one of the other
winners? If not, that's okay.

-can your DVD player or computer play "Divx" files (the most popular
format for TV shows)? If you don't know what this means, that's okay.

-What is your favorite prize?

"Moonfire" 1972 (scenes downtown, at TTT, and historic Rancho El Diablo

"It's Alive Two" 1978 (scenes at St. Joseph's Hospital, and we need
to identify the local residences and a local motel)

"Alice..." 1974 (Chicago Store and various locations to be identified)

"The Fugitive" 1963 (Divx format) (scenes at several downtown
locations plus El Capitan Court)


Thanks again,

Carlos
mistercopacetic@...

Hello Diana,

Yes, the best part of the fund-raiser is that Magic Carpet will be
re-opened for golf, live music and food with local celebrities and
others who want to save the statues and also help rebuild the Valley
Of The Moon at the same time.

Please spread the word!

Cheers,

Carlos

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Diana" <diana.knoepfle@...>
wrote:

Does this mean you get to play the course on the 26th??

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

Hello All,

Here's a quick update for the new members. First, to correct the

rumors...

Yes, it will be difficult or perhaps impossible to move ALL the Magic
Carpet sculptures, but the smaller ones should be fairly easy.

Yes, the Valley of the Moon is currently closed to the public, but
that is only TEMPORARY.

Here's the latest info:

The project to move the Magic Carpet statues to The Valley Of The
Moon is a reality, headed by our State Representative, Steve Farley.
Steve is devoted to accomplishing this project without using taxpayer
funds. That means that the amount of money we raise, and the
companies we can convince to donate services will determine how many
statues are saved from the wrecking ball.

The "Last Round Of Golf" fund-raiser will feature live music, food,
and local celebrities. Please mark your calendar, start saving Magic
Carpet money in a jar, and spread the word to everyone you know who's
ever knocked a golf ball around a Tiki or a Sphinx. This event is fun
and important enough to justify a drive from Phoenix, or even a cheap
flight on Southwest from ______?

Project spokesman Charles Spillar is promoting this project as an
international media event, because what the project symbolizes will
have a positive impact far beyond The Old Pueblo.

I asked Charlie what we at VanishingTucson can do to help. He said
for now, mainly just spread the word.

Charlie's e-mail is cspillar@

I would recommend contacting Charlie directly if:

You have contacts within companies who might donate engineering

services.

You know a celebrity who wants to get involved.

You know someone who wishes to make a large donation to the Magic
Carpet project, Valley Of The Moon restoration, or both.

Mention vanishingtucson so he'll know how you found him.

Thanks everyone,

Carlos

Does this mean you get to play the course on the 26th??

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

Hello All,

Here's a quick update for the new members. First, to correct the

rumors...

Yes, it will be difficult or perhaps impossible to move ALL the Magic
Carpet sculptures, but the smaller ones should be fairly easy.

Yes, the Valley of the Moon is currently closed to the public, but
that is only TEMPORARY.

Here's the latest info:

The project to move the Magic Carpet statues to The Valley Of The
Moon is a reality, headed by our State Representative, Steve Farley.
Steve is devoted to accomplishing this project without using taxpayer
funds. That means that the amount of money we raise, and the
companies we can convince to donate services will determine how many
statues are saved from the wrecking ball.

The "Last Round Of Golf" fund-raiser will feature live music, food,
and local celebrities. Please mark your calendar, start saving Magic
Carpet money in a jar, and spread the word to everyone you know who's
ever knocked a golf ball around a Tiki or a Sphinx. This event is fun
and important enough to justify a drive from Phoenix, or even a cheap
flight on Southwest from ______?

Project spokesman Charles Spillar is promoting this project as an
international media event, because what the project symbolizes will
have a positive impact far beyond The Old Pueblo.

I asked Charlie what we at VanishingTucson can do to help. He said
for now, mainly just spread the word.

Charlie's e-mail is cspillar@...

I would recommend contacting Charlie directly if:

You have contacts within companies who might donate engineering

services.

You know a celebrity who wants to get involved.

You know someone who wishes to make a large donation to the Magic
Carpet project, Valley Of The Moon restoration, or both.

Mention vanishingtucson so he'll know how you found him.

Thanks everyone,

Carlos

The present La Placita was constructed after the original La Placita was demolished for urban renewal. La Placita was the area that was kind of the central plaza where freight wagons, stagecoaches, etc. used to come into town.

Here is a link to an article I found that explains it better than I can. It has a small photo:


http://www.downtowntucson.org/downtowntucsonan/july06/historic.html

I have also posted a couple pics of downtown that show La Placita circa 1965. One is cropped for detail and the other is the same shot uncropped with La Placita in the lower left corner. I've also added a scan of a map of downtown from 1956, again both cropped and uncropped. I believe La Placita is the semi-circular place highlighted in red located between Broadway and the bus depot. It makes sense since it is bordered by Mesilla street (La Plaza de La Mesilla). The photo cropped for detail shows the grassy park next to a bus station. I've posted them in the misc. downtown album here:

http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/vanishingtucson/photos/browse/3a48?b=4&m=t&o=0

Downtown photo cropped for detail:

http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/vanishingtucson/photos/view/3a48?b=18

Downtown photo wide shot:
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/vanishingtucson/photos/view/3a48?b=19&m=s&o=0

Downtown map:

http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/vanishingtucson/photos/view/3a48?b=20

Downtown map detail:
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/vanishingtucson/photos/view/3a48?b=21&m=s&o=0

This map also shows Sabino Avenue (Gay Alley) and the part of Meyer street that is now gone.

Steve Q.










mistercopacetic wrote:

Hello All,

What a coincidence! I just watched an episode of "The Fugitive" from
1963. I'm trying to determine certain filming locations.

Phil, you already answered one question. As Dr. Kimble is at the
Greyhound Station trying to flee Tucson, there is a clear shot of
Art's Hamburgers across the street.

My questions:

Also near the Greyhound Station is a big sign on a brick wall which
reads "Toro Lounge". Where was that? It mght have said "El Toro".

Dr. Kimble gets a job tending bar at the "Branding Iron", a bar in the
Hotel Santa Rita on Scott. The Branding Iron has a nice flashing neon
sign. Did the bar actually exist in the Hotel Santa Rita? You can
ALMOST see it under the arches in this postcard, but there is too much
shadow:

http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/vanishingtucson/photos/view/b890?b=1&m=f&o=0

(I'll eventually rearrange some of the photos into this Hotel folder)

Next, Kimble is supposedly staying in room 26 at the Hotel Congress.
But the outside doors FACE the staircase. I don't think that's how
they look today. Did they change something, or film elsewhere?

Also, when Kimble's bus passes the old pavillion at La Placita
Village, there's NO La Placita Village there! Did they build it after
1963?

Thanks for clearing this up for me.

Carlos

By the way, Kimble meets a gal who lives at the El Capitan Apartments.
The place looks a lot nicer in 1963 than my photos from 2006, here:

http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/vanishingtucson/photos/browse/af3a





--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Phil" wrote:
>
> I may be showing my age, but does anybody remember Arts Coney
Island. Hot dogs and stuff
> Located by West Congress Near the old Greyhound bus depot. Chili
Dogs 12/$1.00
>





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Is DELLA AND THE DEALER by Hoyt Axton on the list?

"Down Tucson way there's a small cafe where they play a little cowboy
tune........"

Jim Buchanan

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Ann Tarwater"
<raingirl44@...> wrote:

Carlos, did we ever pull together a song file I found a few out of

the

way ones.

Ghetto Cowboy - buy Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

"These directions say we go to Tucson, Arizona"

You Can Sleep While I Drive - Melissa Etheridge
"We'll go through Tucson up to Santa Fe.."

Leila - ZZ Top
"She left my ex bes friend out in old tucson"

Wouldn't wanna be ya - Toby Keith
"I made it out to Tucson where I turned my truck around"

There was another one by the Insane Clown posse but the lyric was a
little graphic -

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Ann Tarwater"
<raingirl44@...> wrote:

Carlos, did we ever pull together a song file?

Hello Ann,

Here's the list so far. Thanks to everyone who contributed.



The real challenge will be to put together a CD. If anyone has any of
these in mp3 format, you might e-mail them to me off-board.

Cheers,

Carlos

Hello All,

What a coincidence! I just watched an episode of "The Fugitive" from
1963. I'm trying to determine certain filming locations.

Phil, you already answered one question. As Dr. Kimble is at the
Greyhound Station trying to flee Tucson, there is a clear shot of
Art's Hamburgers across the street.

My questions:

Also near the Greyhound Station is a big sign on a brick wall which
reads "Toro Lounge". Where was that? It mght have said "El Toro".

Dr. Kimble gets a job tending bar at the "Branding Iron", a bar in the
Hotel Santa Rita on Scott. The Branding Iron has a nice flashing neon
sign. Did the bar actually exist in the Hotel Santa Rita? You can
ALMOST see it under the arches in this postcard, but there is too much
shadow:



(I'll eventually rearrange some of the photos into this Hotel folder)

Next, Kimble is supposedly staying in room 26 at the Hotel Congress.
But the outside doors FACE the staircase. I don't think that's how
they look today. Did they change something, or film elsewhere?

Also, when Kimble's bus passes the old pavillion at La Placita
Village, there's NO La Placita Village there! Did they build it after
1963?

Thanks for clearing this up for me.

Carlos

By the way, Kimble meets a gal who lives at the El Capitan Apartments.
The place looks a lot nicer in 1963 than my photos from 2006, here:







--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Phil" <tucnative744@...> wrote:

I may be showing my age, but does anybody remember Arts Coney

Island. Hot dogs and stuff

Located by West Congress Near the old Greyhound bus depot. Chili

Dogs 12/$1.00

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

Where you went from the U of A to get a pastrami sandwich and a

coffee for two dollars and really get a taste of the Tucson / Back
East type crowd.

DeGrazia left most of his fortune to the DeGrazia

Foundation

and

to an

illegitimate son. His other children didn't get much, the

biggest

asset he

left them I believe was this property on Prince. Do you

remember

when

DeGrazia protested the inheritance tax by burning 100 of

his

paintings in

the Superstition Mountains?


*ldjscott1 <ldjscott1@>* wrote:

From the later 60's I recall a small old shopping center on

the

corner

of maybe Grant and Campbell or Ft. Lowell? Unfortunately, I

don't

seem

to remember exactly which streets. It had a couple little

art

shops and

a silversmith and a Mexican restaurant. Ted De Grazia had

done

art work

all over the inside walls of the restaurant. Can anyone

help

me

with

the location or name? I think I remember hearing it was the

oldest

shopping center in Tucson. Thanks.
Hi, I think it was called Cambell plaza, on Cambell and I

believe Glenn.

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Hello All,

Here's a quick update for the new members. First, to correct the rumors...

Yes, it will be difficult or perhaps impossible to move ALL the Magic
Carpet sculptures, but the smaller ones should be fairly easy.

Yes, the Valley of the Moon is currently closed to the public, but
that is only TEMPORARY.

Here's the latest info:

The project to move the Magic Carpet statues to The Valley Of The
Moon is a reality, headed by our State Representative, Steve Farley.
Steve is devoted to accomplishing this project without using taxpayer
funds. That means that the amount of money we raise, and the
companies we can convince to donate services will determine how many
statues are saved from the wrecking ball.

The "Last Round Of Golf" fund-raiser will feature live music, food,
and local celebrities. Please mark your calendar, start saving Magic
Carpet money in a jar, and spread the word to everyone you know who's
ever knocked a golf ball around a Tiki or a Sphinx. This event is fun
and important enough to justify a drive from Phoenix, or even a cheap
flight on Southwest from ______?

Project spokesman Charles Spillar is promoting this project as an
international media event, because what the project symbolizes will
have a positive impact far beyond The Old Pueblo.

I asked Charlie what we at VanishingTucson can do to help. He said
for now, mainly just spread the word.

Charlie's e-mail is [email protected]

I would recommend contacting Charlie directly if:

You have contacts within companies who might donate engineering services.

You know a celebrity who wants to get involved.

You know someone who wishes to make a large donation to the Magic
Carpet project, Valley Of The Moon restoration, or both.

Mention vanishingtucson so he'll know how you found him.

Thanks everyone,

Carlos

Steve,

That would be the Golf N Stuff that I referred to. Thanks for remember
the other mini-golf course across from Magic Carpet.

~Diana

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

Hi,

The course across from Magic Carpet was called Green Acres. I think

the name changed later on, but I can't remember what it changed to. We
used to go there for the arcade.

There used to be a place with a really big arcade, bumper boats, I

think go carts too, out in the general direction of Tanque Verde. I
seem to remember the building as a castle and the entrance was like a
drawbridge. If I'm remembering this correctly, does anyone recall the
name?

Steve Q.
Diana <diana.knoepfle@...> wrote: Valley of the Moon is still there.

In the 80s it had been resurrected

by a group of actors. My father took my brother and I (I was about a
freshman in high school, my brother is a lot younger then me) to a
Halloween adventure there...touring through it with a group and there
were some really bad actors doing some kind of fairy adventure. I am
not sure what is happening today with it though. Seemingly unrelated,
Magic Carpet Golf is now defunct, and the car dealership next to it
which now owns it wants to make it into a parking lot. There was a
call to move the golf statues over to Valley of the Moon, but it seems
the structural engineers are determining the statues as "unmovable". I
didn't even know Magic Carpet Golf was closing. My seven year old
daughter had been begging me to take her there to play the course--it
is more appealing to her than Golf N Stuff--and now it's too late; do
I regret this. If it even reopened for even a fund raiser, I'd take
her. I played there in the 70s, and it was kind of neat.

Oh! Does anyone remember the competitor mini-golf course that was
across the street from Magic Carpet Golf (where Fuddrucker's now is)?

And does anyone remember Putt Putt Golf course on 22nd near Columbus?

-Diana

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Frank Casanova"
wrote:

Hey...Does anyone remember this wierd eclectic place called The

Valley

of the Moon? Kind of all built out of stone and this old guy (white
hair and long white beard) would do this act with white mice & rats.
Had a birthday party there, probably in the early '50s...

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Hi,

Just the other day I posted some scans of photos from the March 4, 1966 article in Life magazine? that labeled him with that name. The scans are located in an album titled Speedway. Here's the link:

http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/vanishingtucson/photos/browse/b13d

My intention was to create an album of pics related to Charles Schmid but the topic of Speedway came up so I went with that instead. Also included are some pics of the Redwood Lodge.

If anyone is ineterested I can post the other pics I have related to Charles Schmid. Like the cottage where he held his parties.

My mom told me she had seen him walking around at El Con once. I guess he was such an outlandish looking figure that it was hard to not notice him.

Steve Q.

George Cohn wrote:

Deb Rollins wrote:
>
>
> In the 60's Speedway got a chilling reputation when
> that Charles Schmidt was said to be a frequent cruiser
> around there and was arrested for murdering young
> girls. I was terrified when they found the bodies of
> Gretchen and Wendy Fritz out in the desert area
> between Park Ave and Palo Verde Rd. I didn't want to
> go out after dark for a long time let alone cruise
> Speedway anymore . They called him the Speedway Killer
> or something like that. He ended up escaping prison
> and was found dead on the railroad tracks in Tucson.
>

Actually he died in prison. His nickname was "The Pied Piper of Tucson"
as he was dubbed by the press.

Whole story here:


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Hi,

Are you sure they were painted by Ted? It might have been done by his son Nick who used to create a lot of artwork in the style of his father. Anyway, it should have been saved.

Deb Rollins wrote:

I do remember the De Grazia shops and restaurant. But
also years ago (late 60's to mid 80's) there was a
mexican restaurant on the corner of Mission/Drexel Rds
called El Poblano. In the small strip mall called
Mission Valley, there was John's Gun shop on the
southend and the restaurant in the middle, and a bar
that was called Mission Valley . Well, on the side of
the bar that faced Mission Road just before you come
to Drexel Rd, Ted de Grazia had painted huge, about 5
or 6 ft tall images of 3 little Indian girl Angels in
each section of the wall. They were there for maybe 8
to 10 years until the original owner of the place sold
the parcel to someone else. The new owner not being
very smart had the side walls painted over. When I
seen that, I nearly had a heart attack. How could
someone do that! Apparently, the original owner had
been a friend of Mr. de Grazia's for many years and it
was done as a favor but guess failed to let the new
owner, who must have been from out of state, and an
idiot, know what a treasure those original paintings
were. Many of us who lived in that area remember what
happened but I don't know if the deGrazia family knew
anything about the paintings or that they were
literally destroyed. I have often thought if someone
could do it, that maybe those walls could be restored
or taken apart and saved for Tucson's history
surrounding Ted de Grazia. Does anyone here remember
anything about this?
-Deb


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I used to live on 15th st. & 5th ave. in the mid eighties so I went into the OK market quite a few times.

The owner was an old chinese man. His wife was much youner though already middle aged at the time. They had a son who was about in his early twenties who used to stock the shelves, grumble a lot and listen to hair band music on his boombox as he worked.

The store was mostly empty, very dusty shelves. About the only merchandise that moved regularly were eggs, milk, cheese and some great gorditas made by I think Lujan's bakery or some other local bakery in the general vicinity. There would be odd items that must have been on the shelf for years like old flit guns that never sold.

Creaky old wooden floors and very little lighting. They used to have outdated meat like Homer Simpson buys at the Quicky Mart.

At the time my dad's print shop was on 4th ave. & 23rd st. One day when I was walking home after work there was a guy passed out in front of the store. He was wearing clean clothes that were in good shape, and didn't look like the average wino you'd see in the area or in Santa Rita park. His breathing was very shallow so I called 911 and waited around till they got there.

Does Santa Rita park still fill up with transients in fall & winter?

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azhwy666 wrote:

anyone out there hae any history on the OK Market SW corner of th Ave
and 16th St? It's still standing, but quite the eyesore these days
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Deb Rollins wrote:

In the 60's Speedway got a chilling reputation when
that Charles Schmidt was said to be a frequent cruiser
around there and was arrested for murdering young
girls. I was terrified when they found the bodies of
Gretchen and Wendy Fritz out in the desert area
between Park Ave and Palo Verde Rd. I didn't want to
go out after dark for a long time let alone cruise
Speedway anymore . They called him the Speedway Killer
or something like that. He ended up escaping prison
and was found dead on the railroad tracks in Tucson.

Actually he died in prison. His nickname was "The Pied Piper of Tucson" as he was dubbed by the press.

Whole story here:
<>

George Cohn

Hi,

The course across from Magic Carpet was called Green Acres. I think the name changed later on, but I can't remember what it changed to. We used to go there for the arcade.

There used to be a place with a really big arcade, bumper boats, I think go carts too, out in the general direction of Tanque Verde. I seem to remember the building? as a castle and the entrance was like a drawbridge. If I'm remembering this correctly, does anyone recall the name?

Steve Q.
Diana wrote:

Valley of the Moon is still there. In the 80s it had been resurrected
by a group of actors. My father took my brother and I (I was about a
freshman in high school, my brother is a lot younger then me) to a
Halloween adventure there...touring through it with a group and there
were some really bad actors doing some kind of fairy adventure. I am
not sure what is happening today with it though. Seemingly unrelated,
Magic Carpet Golf is now defunct, and the car dealership next to it
which now owns it wants to make it into a parking lot. There was a
call to move the golf statues over to Valley of the Moon, but it seems
the structural engineers are determining the statues as "unmovable". I
didn't even know Magic Carpet Golf was closing. My seven year old
daughter had been begging me to take her there to play the course--it
is more appealing to her than Golf N Stuff--and now it's too late; do
I regret this. If it even reopened for even a fund raiser, I'd take
her. I played there in the 70s, and it was kind of neat.

Oh! Does anyone remember the competitor mini-golf course that was
across the street from Magic Carpet Golf (where Fuddrucker's now is)?

And does anyone remember Putt Putt Golf course on 22nd near Columbus?

-Diana

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> Hey...Does anyone remember this wierd eclectic place called The Valley
> of the Moon? Kind of all built out of stone and this old guy (white
> hair and long white beard) would do this act with white mice & rats.
> Had a birthday party there, probably in the early '50s...
>





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Hi,

Thanks for the post. I think the name was El Rio Drugstore. Do you remember if it was? My dad's print shop was on Main adjacent to Estevan Park. (I think its a landscaping business now) We used to go there for lunch or breakfast.

My dad used to send me to buy cigarettes for him there when I was out making deliveries. He'd give me a note explaining that they were for him. They knew my dad so they'd sell them to me even though I was underage. This was around 1980.

I loved that lunch counter even though the food wasn't spectacular. I took a friend to lunch there once because I thought it was so cool and I wanted to show it to him. He was thoroughly unimpressed. "Too bad for him" I thought.

Steve Q.

Deb Rollins wrote:

Hi,
I have an issue of El Tucsonense (a spanish language
newspaper) from March 9, 1951. It has an ad for Martin
Drug Co. which was part of the Rexall chain. It says
they had stores at Speedway & Country Club and
Congress & Church (these locations had photographic
service. Their store at Congress & 5th Ave. had all
night service.
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My first job at 16 yrs old was working the lunch
counter at a drug store on North Stone Ave near
Arizona Mortuary. I think it was Martin's Drug also.
There was a group of young good looking guys wearing
suits that would come in 2-3 times a day when I was
there and sit, drink a soda or have a grilled cheese
and joke around with me. I noticed a smell when they
would be there and mentioned it to the older waitress
and she started grinning at me and said, "Don't you
know that smell? They are students at the mortuary and
that smell is formalgahyde" I was like waaaahhhh and
got kind of freaked out. But then got use to them
anyway. Aferall, they sure were nice looking guys.
-Deb R.



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