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    • Scottsdale Subdivision Map 1913

    • Scottsdale Subdivision Map 1913

    • Streitz, Cook and Smart, Civil and Structural Engineers

    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Maps - Arizona;

    • This map, notarized in 1913, shows how downtown Scottsdale was officially subdivided as an entity of Maricopa County. Boundaries are: Scott Avenue, Third Street, Garfield Avenue, and Paradise Street (now Scottsdale Road). Signatories on the...
    • 5th Avenue Fashion Show - 1957 ca.

    • 5th Avenue Fashion Show - 1957 ca.

    • Unknown

    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Fashion merchandising;

    • As more artists and crafts people opened galleries, studios and shops in post-World War II Scottsdale, the downtown area became a center for fashion and wearable art. During the winter months, the fashion shops and merchants staged weekly or...
    • Fifth Avenue sign - circa 1960s.

    • Fifth Avenue sign - circa 1960s.

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History

    • By the 1960s, visitors from around the world were coming to Scottsdale's Fifth Avenue to shop and dine. Gas lamps were installed throughout the downtown Scottsdale area in the 1950s, and some called Scottsdale the Gas Lamp Capital of the World.
    • Fifth Avenue Downtown Scottsdale - 1950s.

    • Fifth Avenue Downtown Scottsdale - 1950s.

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History

    • Scottsdale's Fifth Avenue arts, crafts, fashion and shopping district in the 1950s was an internationally-renowned tourist draw. Several of the fashion shops -- Jerome and Lloyd Kiva were two -- had been featured in Life magazine.
    • Packrat, Zeph's and Chew's on 1948 Brown Avenue.

    • Packrat, Zeph's and Chew's on 1948 Brown Avenue.

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History;

    • Brown Avenue has always been a center of retail activity in Scottsdale, dating back to 1897, when J. L. Davis opened the town's first general store. This 1948 view looking south toward Main Street shows the Packrat shop, Zeph's service station and...
    • Brown Avenue and Main Street, Saba's, Portofino Cinema

    • Brown Avenue and Main Street, Saba's, Portofino Cinema

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History

    • The corner of Brown Avenue and Main Street is the historic center of downtown Scottsdale. The first business, J.L. Davis' General Store, opened in 1897 on the southwest corner of the intersection. This mid-1970s view shows Saba's Western Store...
    • Pima Plaza1950s.

    • Pima Plaza1950s.

    • Unknown

    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Pima Plaza;

    • When Pima Plaza opened on First Avenue east of Scottsdale road in the early 1950s, it incorporated many innovative shopping designs. It was one of the first places in Scottsdale that was designed to accommodate shoppers arriving in cars, with ample...
    • Artists at Kiva Craft Center

    • Artists at Kiva Craft Center

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Kiva, Lloyd; Loloma, Charles; Cavalliere, George; Caldwell, Leona;

    • Lloyd Kiva, Charles Loloma, George Cavalliere, Leona Caldwell and other artists at Kiva Craft Center on Fifth Avenue.
    • Save The Little Red School House Benefit Dance 1970s

    • Save The Little Red School House Benefit Dance 1970s

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Little Red Schoolhouse (Scottsdale, Ariz.);

    • When the 1909-vintage Little Red Schoolhouse was threatened with destruction to make way for west Civic Center Mall development in the late 1960s, the newly-formed Scottsdale Historical Society, along with the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, began...
    • Trader Vic's Front Entrance

    • Trader Vic's Front Entrance

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Trader Vic's Restaurant;

    • Trader Vic's Restaurant opened on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Craftsmen Court in 1962. The Polynesian-themed restaurant chain was a popular place to celebrate special occasions, or to take a first date to make a good impression. It...
    • Gabe Brooks, E.G. "Scotty" Scott and Mort Kimsey

    • Gabe Brooks, E.G. "Scotty" Scott and Mort Kimsey

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Brooks, Gabe; Scott, E.G.; Kimsey, Mort;

    • Gabe Brooks, E.G. "Scotty" Scott and Mort Kimsey were all mechanically-inclined Scottsdale residents. Gabe Brooks was a water well driller and a highly respected machinist, whose machine shop is on permanent display at Scottsdale's...
    • Trader Vic's Restaurant

    • Trader Vic's Restaurant

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Trader Vic's Restaurant;

    • Opened on Scottsdale's trendy Fifth Avenue in 1962, Trader Vic's Restaurant hosted many special occasions for individuals as well as civic groups. Its long-time manager was Eric Denk. It closed in 1990, then was reprised at the Hotel Valley Ho in...
    • Sugar Bowl Restaurant

    • Sugar Bowl Restaurant

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Restaurants - Scottsdale (Ariz.); Sugar Bowl (Scottsdale, Ariz.)

    • Sugar Bowl Restaurant, formerly a Western Auto store, opened on Scottsdale Road at First Avenue in 1958. Jack Huntress was the original owner, later passing the ever-popular ice cream parlour to his nephew Carroll Huntress. Cartoonist Bil Keane,...
    • Goldwaters Department Store At Scottsdale Fashion Square.

    • Goldwaters Department Store At Scottsdale Fashion Square.

    • Unknown

    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Goldwaters Department Store

    • The Goldwater family opened a department store in downtown Phoenix prior to 1900. In 1950, they expanded to a small store on the northeast corner of Scottsdale Road and First Avenue. Goldwater's became the major anchor tenant at the new Scottsdale...
    • Fifth Ave Segner photo - 1950

    • Fifth Ave Segner photo - 1950

    • Wesley Segner

    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History

    • After the Arizona Craftsmen building at Brown and Main street burned down in May 1950, the artists and craftspeople, with the patronage of Anne and Fowler McCormick, moved north of downtown Scottsdale to a previously undeveloped piece of land. A...
    • Jew Chew Song -- Early Scottsdale Businessman.

    • Jew Chew Song -- Early Scottsdale Businessman.

    • Unknown

    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Jew Chew Song;

    • China-born Jew Chew Song and his family came to Scottsdale in the late 1920s, purchasing the former Johnny Rose Pool Hall and converting it into a grocery store on the northeast corner of Main Street and Brown Avenue. In the 1950s, the family...
    • John Wayne "Hatari" Premiere 1962.

    • John Wayne "Hatari" Premiere 1962.

    • Unknown

    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Wayne, John, 1907-1979; Hatari (Motion picture);

    • John Wayne, star of the film "Hatari," came to Scottsdale for its gala premiere in 1962. The pre-party, a benefit for the new Maytag-Phoenix Zoo, was held at Trader Vic's on Fifth Avenue, and the movie was shown at the Kachina Theater on Scottsdale...
    • Kiva Craft Center & 5th Ave Fashion Show.

    • Kiva Craft Center & 5th Ave Fashion Show.

    • Unknown

    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History;

    • During the 1950s and 1960s, fashion shows featuring locally produced wearable art and accessories were held regularly on Fifth Avenue. Many of the fashion artists displaying their latest creations worked in the Kiva Craft Center, opened by Lloyd...
    • Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce - ca 1974-75.

    • Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce - ca 1974-75.

    • Unknown

    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Little Red Schoolhouse - Scottsdale (Ariz.); Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce (Scottsdale, Ariz.);

    • The Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce was chartered in 1947, and promoted both business and tourism in the booming post-World War II Scottsdale. After operating out of several temporary locations during its first 25 years, it moved into the...

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