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Hi All,

Posting some scans of movie ads from the Dec. 1st, 1954 Arizona Daily
Star. I didn't count, but there may have actually been more drive-ins
than indoor theaters back then.

Note that the De Anza was originally called the Cactus Drive-In.

I don't see an ad for the Apache.

More scans in the Photos section.

These yellowed 1954 newspaper fragments have another significance.
We recently rescued them from inside the ruins of Tucson's first
airport. You can still see the metal skeletons of the old airplane
hangars by looking southwest from the corner of Kino and 36th. At the
site, you can find evidence of even older wooden hangars. If it's
quiet, you can almost hear the sound of the propeller-driven planes
taking off and landing on the packed-caleche runways.

The city was using the hangars for storage until recently. They are
now completely abandoned and will certainly be gone soon.

Carlos

Hey Carlos,If you may recall a lot of businesses were
Cactus Corporation and well reknowned partner was Hugh
Downs.Still nobody has information on Bowling Alley in
Hidden Valley or Ranch owned by Roger McClusky.
--- mistercopacetic <mistercopacetic@...> wrote:

Hi All,

Posting some scans of movie ads from the Dec. 1st,
1954 Arizona Daily
Star. I didn't count, but there may have actually
been more drive-ins
than indoor theaters back then.

Note that the De Anza was originally called the
Cactus Drive-In.

I don't see an ad for the Apache.

More scans in the Photos section.

These yellowed 1954 newspaper fragments have another
significance.
We recently rescued them from inside the ruins of
Tucson's first
airport. You can still see the metal skeletons of
the old airplane
hangars by looking southwest from the corner of Kino
and 36th. At the
site, you can find evidence of even older wooden
hangars. If it's
quiet, you can almost hear the sound of the
propeller-driven planes
taking off and landing on the packed-caleche
runways.

The city was using the hangars for storage until
recently. They are
now completely abandoned and will certainly be gone
soon.

Carlos

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How many airports has Tucson had?

Charles A. Lindbergh landed here September 23, 1927, to dedicate the new
city airport located on property that is now part of DMAFB, in the area
immediately southeast of Golf Links & Alvernon. Aviation Highway was a
dedicated dirt road starting at 22nd St. at the SP railroad, and
paralleling the tracks directly to the airport. This city airport,
called Davis-Monthan Municipal Airport, was the largest municipally
owned airport in the country when it opened.

In 1940 it was announced that a military air base was to be located
"somewhere in Arizona", and both Tucson and Phoenix badly wanted it.
The city offered to give D-M to the military if they would locate the
base here. The military accepted, and retained the D-M name for the
base. The base continued to handle the American Airlines passenger
flights until the present Tucson International Airport opened in 1948.

So, what airport do the hangers near Kino & 36th belong to? The property
is listed as belonging to the City of Tucson, and the parcel certainly
contains enough acreage for an airport.

The airport prior to 1927 was supposed to have been south of town on
Nogales Highway. Another was called Macauley field, but I don't know the
location. The city obtained the first portion of land for the present
airport in 1941.

A 1940 street map shows the airport bordered by Alvernon on the west,
Golf Links on the north, the SPRR tracks on the south, and an eastern
border on the same alignment as Rosemont. The base is shown as an
eastern extension from the Rosemont alignment to Craycroft. The map does
not indicate anything southwest of 36th & Kino.

The 1940 map shows Aviation Highway ending at Alvernon. It also shows a
city bus line (the # 7!) running south from Broadway on Craycroft,
entering the base at its eastern boundary about a half mile south of
Golf Links. The downtown bus terminal is shown located at 6th Ave. &
Congress, where the Ronstadt Transit Center is today!

Does anyone know if the small hanger at the corner of D-M near Golf
Links & Alvernon is an original building from the municipal airport?

All of this is fascinating. I hope others have information to clear up
these mysteries.