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    • 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,...
    • Girls Entering Little Red Schoolhouse Library - 1960's

    • Girls Entering Little Red Schoolhouse Library - 1960's

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

    • The Scottsdale Public Library traces is origins to an all-volunteer run library at the Adobe House community center, starting in 1955. In the early 1960s, the city took over operation of the public library, and in 1963 moved it into the...
    • Goldwaters Department Store At Scottsdale Fashion Square.

    • Goldwaters Department Store At Scottsdale Fashion Square.

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    • 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...
    • Kiami Lodge aerial view.

    • Kiami Lodge aerial view.

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Kiami Lodge (Scottsdale, Ariz.)

    • Circa 1937, the Kiami Lodge opened north of the small farming town of Scottsdale. Open during the winter season, it hired Phoenix Indian School student Charles Loloma to create murals for its buildings. Loloma later became a world-renowned jewelry...
    • May Day at Scottsdale Grammar School

    • May Day at Scottsdale Grammar School

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

    • One of the most celebrated days of the school year in old Scottsdale was May Day. On May 1st, students at Scottsdale Grammar School gathered around the May pole, grasping colorful streamers and dancing around it in a big circle. There were often...
    • Cowboy Road Sign.

    • Cowboy Road Sign.

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

    • Scottsdale's beloved 'Cowboy Sign' on the northeast corner of Scottsdale Road and Main Street has been a much-photographed symbol of The West's Most Western Town since it's first version was erected by the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, with the...
    • China Lil's in downtown Scottsdale 1960s.

    • China Lil's in downtown Scottsdale 1960s.

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

    • China Lil's was one of downtown Scottsdale's favorite restaurants in the 1960s. Run by Jack Song, it was located on land that is part of today's Scottsdale Civic Center Mall. After the Civic Center Mall was built in the late 1960s and early 1970s,...
    • All Arabian Horse Show at Paradise Park.

    • All Arabian Horse Show at Paradise Park.

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Horse shows - Arizona -Scottsdale; Arabian horse;

    • The Arabian Horse Association of Arizona held its first annual show at the Biltmore Resort in 1955, then moved the show to Scottsdale in 1956, where it has been held every winter since then. From 1956 to 1968 the show was held at Paradise Park, an...
    • Christopher King and Fred Dittmer at the Paradise Inn - 1959.

    • Christopher King and Fred Dittmer at the Paradise Inn - 1959.

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

    • Christopher King (the stage name for local radio personality, who was also a Scottsdale High School teacher named Bernard M. Kane) and businessman Fred Dittmer use the putting green at the Paradise Inn in 1959. R.T. "Bob" Evans opened the Paradise...
    • Aerial McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park

    • Aerial McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park - Scottsdale (Ariz); Parks - Scottsdale (Ariz.);

    • In this May 1981 aerial view of the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park (then called the McCormick Railroad Park), the 'figure-8' of the Paradise & Pacific Railroad can be seen in the grassy areas of the photo. On the right side of the photograph...
    • Hilton Resort Scottsdale -1970s.

    • Hilton Resort Scottsdale -1970s.

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Hilton Resort -- Scottsdale (Ariz.); Griffen, Merv;

    • The Scottsdale Hilton Resort opened on the southeast corner of Scottsdale Road and Lincoln Drive in 1972/73, a project of Bob Karatz, a Minnesota businessman who had recently relocated to Scottsdale. In the early 1990s, the resort was acquired by...
    • Jokake Inn

    • Jokake Inn

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Jokake Inn; Hotels - Phoenix (Ariz.);

    • Sylvia Evans and her friend Lucy Cuthbert opened a tea room on Camelback Road they called the Jokake Inn in 1926. Two years later, they expanded to include guest rooms in the winter season. Decorated with Southwestern arts and crafts, it was a...
    • Jokake Inn front view.

    • Jokake Inn front view.

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Jokake Inn; Hotels - Phoenix (Ariz.)

    • Located at the southern slope of Camelback Mountain, the Jokake Inn was designed by local designer, architect and contruction company owner R.T. "Bob" Evans. Originally opened in 1926 as a tea room, it operated as an inn from 1928 to the 1970s, 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...
    • Pinnacle Peak Patio billboard.

    • Pinnacle Peak Patio billboard.

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

    • Pinnacle Peak Patio opened on the northeast face of Pinnacle Peak mountain circa 1957 as a service station and convenience store where people on their way to Bartlett Lake could stop in the otherwise undeveloped desert area. It grew into a...
    • Safari Coffee Shop-1960s.

    • Safari Coffee Shop-1960s.

    • Unknown

    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Safari Coffee Shop - Scottsdale (Ariz.); Restaurants - Scottsdale (Ariz.);

    • The Safari Coffee Shop at the Safari Hotel was a popular meeting place 24 hours a day. It was famous for its Swedish pancakes and its celebrity clientele. Many people, after a night on the town, stopped by the Safari Coffee Shop for a late-night...
    • Scottsdale Residents in front of school house 1912.

    • Scottsdale Residents in front of school house 1912.

    • Unknown

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

    • For many years after it opened in 1909-10, the Scottsdale Grammar School/Little Red Schoolhouse was the public facility in the small, unincorporated farming community of Scottsdale. Scottsdale residents would often gather inside or in front of the...
    • T-Bar-T Theater Kids' Line.

    • T-Bar-T Theater Kids' Line.

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; T-Bar-T Theater - Scottsdale (Ariz.);

    • Scottsdale entrepreneur Malcolm White opened Scottsdale's first movie theater, the T-Bar-T Theater, on the south side of Main Street in 1948. State of the art for its day, it featured a smoke bar and a crying room for babies. The theater was...
    • State industrial school: the whole truth of it

    • State industrial school: the whole truth of it

    • Hunt, George W. P. (George Wylie Paul), 1859-1934

    • Hunt, George W. P.--(George Wylie Paul),--1859-1934; Callaghan, J. C.; Osburn, Charles R.; Bullard, George Purdy; Hardy, Leslie C.; Whipple, W. M.; Arizona State Industrial School--History; Arizona.--Board of Control; Arizona--Office of the State...

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