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Welcome to my Phoenix and Phoenix Union High School photos. I have a few photos of the high school and several pages of photos for the City of Phoenix 1900 to 1970's

 

I want people to remember Phoenix as it was before 95% of the downtown area was replaced with office buildings. The best way to do this is to share photos; too many valuable pictures have been lost over the years because no one saved them.

 

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Churchill House, built in 1895, sold along with 6 city blocks of land in 1897 for Phoenix Union High School.

Freshman class 1901

Class of 1903

Note the Victorian dome still on the tower

Churchill House 1917

The Victorian mansion was painted white and the decorative roofs removed. 5th Street view.

5th Street entrance 1917

This is the west side, the entrance was enlarged.

Churchill House

McClintock Collection, Arizona Room, Phoenix Public Library

Real Photo Postcard

6 buildings: Building 8, Liberal Arts Bldg., Auditorium, Commercial Bldg., Science Hall, Domestic Art & Sciences.

Old Auditorium built 1912.

This is the original design, the back part was torn down and enlarged in the 1930's, during construction a storm knocked it down and it was rebuilt again.

Anderson House

This was a private home used by Phoenix College in the 40's then torn down. You can see the stadium in the background.

Administration Entrance 1917

This building was originally the Domestic Arts building

Van Buren

There was a road through campus in 1941 and the science building still had the windows.

View 1962

This view shows a lot, not very sharp though. You can see the handball courts and Upton's.

Building 1, Churchill House

You can see girls being photographed on the right for school photo. 1941. This building was torn down in 1949.

Bike rack 1941

This is in front of the Industrial Arts Bldg. Grant Perkins is at the center.

Pete's Place 1941

On 7th St. across from Phoenix Tech.

Stand 1941

This was on Van Buren and 6th St.

Science Bldg. 1941

The windows were filled in with concrete block later. It seems someone stored some oily rags in a window and the sun set them on fire.

Majorettes 1950

This photo is from Nelda Ashford, top left. Nelda used to work in the ticket booth at the Fox Theater.

Fight On Sign

Gov. Jack Williams

Q&Q Ice Cream

Located at 640 E. Monroe. You can see the auditorium to the upper left. Sent by Terry Riley

The Igloo, 7th St. and Polk, Built about 1925. There was a white bear in front for years, but Phoenix College students would keep 'borrowing' it.

The owner was called "Pie" by the students.

Stand at 5th St. and Taylor.

Rodeo Day 1953. Thanks to Bill Faust.

Original auditorium

McClintock Collection, Arizona Room, Phoenix Public Library

Industrial Arts

McClintock Collection, Arizona Room, Phoenix Public Library

Liberal Arts

McClintock Collection, Arizona Room, Phoenix Public Library

The Spot, right across from the gym on 7th St.

Administration

Gym

Phoenix Tech, right across the street.

 

    Old Views of Phoenix 

Thanks to Reed & Carol Perkins (Reed's mom took the 1917 photos )

    

Reed's House

12th St. and Culver 1917. New Auburn.

Elks Club 1917

3rd Ave. and Washington, later remodelled and became the Phoenix Theater

Old Lion Theater 1917

Later became the Hip Theater on Washingon St. Newberry's was built on this site.

Troops off to war 1917

Phoenix Trust 1917

Overland Car Dealership

1917, this was located on Washington St., 4th Ave.

Riverside Pool

Riverside Pool

Look at the platform!

Riverside Park

Riverside Pool

Giant Slide in 1917

Salt River Swimming 1917

Washington Street

Looking east from Central 1917

Central Looking South

1917 Note there is no tunnel under Central yet.

Tempe College 1917

Tempe Normal School 1917

This building is old main and still there.

Picnic at Camelback Mtn.

This was the number one activity back in the 1890's.

Panorama c.1908

From court house to the Fleming Building to 1st Ave.

Adams St. 1917

There is the old Columbia Theater

Looking west from Fox Theater roof. Thanks to Mary Winter.

Phoenix Tech.

McClintock Collection, Arizona Room, Phoenix Public Library

Valley Bank on Adams St.

McClintock Collection, Arizona Room, Phoenix Public Library

Monroe Grammar School 1917, dirt road.

Kiddyland at Encanto Park 1940's

J. W. Dawson 1917. Sue Walker photo

Dawson residence 805 N. 2nd St. 1917. Dawson Music Co. family.

Apache Trail Auto Line

Biltmore Hotel 1932

Court House 1931

Grunow Clinic 1931, time of Winnie Ruth Judd who worked here

Sky Harbor marriage chapel 1937

 

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