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City Hall and Gazebo c.1910
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Fleming Building 1905
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Washington St. c.1918
From top of court house, you can see the Lion Theater. |
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Original Adams Hotel
Burned down about 1915 |
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Central Ave. 1920's
Adams Hotel |
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Central 1920's
From Adams Hotel and Adams St. |
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Jefferson & Central c.1905
Commercial Hotel on the right. Note the large hanging gas arc light. |
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Central looking north
This is 1940's |
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Central at night c.1950
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Central
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North Central
You can see the old Pepsi Cola bottling plant lower left. |
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Washington and Central
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Lerner's
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Central
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Central
American Kitchen and Miller's Cafeteria |
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Village Drive-In
Central and Thomas |
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Helsings Uptown Plaza
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Van Buren and 1st St.
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Westward Ho
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Adams Hotel
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Washington St.
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Library
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Cathay Garden Restaurant
Only was open for a few years in late 40's |
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Washington St.
The Ford Hotel still has the sleeping porches. |
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Orpheum c.1928
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Adams St.
There's the Flame, hot spot to meet someone in the 50's. |
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Washington and Central
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Fox Theater
Who can forget Lew King on Saturdays? |
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Academy of Medicine on Central 1958
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Washington St.
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Christown opened in 1964.
Named after Mr. Chris who owned the land. He lived in a shack with a donkey. |
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Birds were originally in Christown.
They made an awful racket, especially the myna bird. |
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Pullman Restaurant.
There used to be two of these on Bethany Home and on Camelback. |
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1958 Toy's, 16th St. & Camelback
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Maytag Children's Zoo, Papago Park.
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Ray Korte Ramber, West Camelback.
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Carpetime came along in the 50's and just about put everyone else out of business.
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Sears Camelback
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Coulter Cadillac
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Central and Van Buren 1958
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St. Joseph 1958
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Porter's on Adams St.
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