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    • Camelback Inn - Mummy Mountain backdrop

    • Camelback Inn - Mummy Mountain backdrop

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Camelback Inn

    • Jack Stewart opened Camelback Inn in December 1936, and by February 1937, despite the Great Depression, was fully booked with winter visitors. Set between Mummy and Camelback Mountains in Paradise Valley, the resort attracted Hollywood...
    • Camelback Inn horseback riders

    • Camelback Inn horseback riders

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    • Photographs -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Photography -- Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History; Scottsdale (Ariz.) -- History -- Photographs; Camelback Inn

    • Horseback riding was one of the most popular activities for winter visitors at the Camelback Inn near Scottsdale. Opened in 1936, it attracted a steady stream of wealthy midwesterners, many of whom decided to move to the Scottsdale area after...
    • Maria Leyva Wedding Photograph

    • Maria Leyva Wedding Photograph

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Leyva, Maria; Leyva, Roberto;

    • Maria Jauregui married Roberto Leyva during one of his U.S. Army furloughs during World War II. They had been childhood sweethearts in Scottsdale. Many couples in Scottsdale's Mexican-American families celebrated their wedding vows in the Old...
    • Scottsdale artists enjoy desert campfire in late 1940s

    • Scottsdale artists enjoy desert campfire in late 1940s

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Yuschik, Leonard; Segner, Wes; Gibson, Frank; New, Betty; Gibson, Eleanor;

    • Members of Scottsdale's arts and crafts community enjoy a campfire on the desert near Camelback and Scottsdale roads circa 1947-48, when that area was the unofficial northern boundary of the small town of Scottsdale. Left to right: Leonard...
    • Reenactment of Chaplain Winfield Scott

    • Reenactment of Chaplain Winfield Scott

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Scott, Winfield - 1837-1910;

    • A reenactment actor portrays U.S. Army Chaplain Winfield Scott in this event at the Scottsdale Historical Society.
    • 5th Avenue Fashion Show - 1957 ca.

    • 5th Avenue Fashion Show - 1957 ca.

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    • 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...
    • Paradise Inn putting green.

    • Paradise Inn putting green.

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

    • The Paradise Inn was opened immediately after World War II in the late 1940s. Its location on Camelback Road included a putting green, riding stables, a dining room, tennis courts and other amenities. The resort shared an 18-hole golf course with...
    • Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce - ca 1974-75.

    • Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce - ca 1974-75.

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    • 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...
    • Tico Taco Restaurant downtown Scottsdale 1950s or 1960s.

    • Tico Taco Restaurant downtown Scottsdale 1950s or 1960s.

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    • Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; Tico Taco Restaurant - Scottsdale (Ariz.);

    • The Contrearas opened Tico Taco Restaurant in downtown Scottsdale circa the early 1950s. Popular with tourists and local residents, son of the late President Franklin D. Roosevent, Elliot Roosevelt, was a friend of Mr. Contrearas from World War II...
    • American Institute for Foreign Trade Founding Administrators

    • American Institute for Foreign Trade Founding Administrators

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    • American Institute for Foreign Trade; Dunne, Finley Peter; Patterson, John; Yount, Barton Kyle

    • Three men who developed the American Institute for Foreign Trade in 1946-47 are shown in this photo (l-r). 1) John Patterson was former Director of the School of Public Affairs of American University and Chief, Division of Inter-American...
    • Hot Air Balloons

    • Hot Air Balloons

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    • American Graduate School of International Management; Ballooning

    • 1983 Hot air balloons at the 1983 Thunderbird Balloon Classic celebrate 200 years of flight. Left is a hot air balloon celebrating the air and space bicentennial in honor of the first manned ascent in a hot air balloon named after its...
    • General "Hap" Arnold, who authorized civilian training bases for World War II.

    • General "Hap" Arnold, who authorized civilian training bases for World War II.

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    • Arnold, General "Hap"; Generals American 1930-1950; military; World War II; Thunderbird Field I

    • General "Hap" Arnold, who authorized civilian training bases for World War II, knew the U.S. would need more air training bases if this country were to enter the war. Congress, however, disagreed and would only authorize the expansion of one...
    • Tower Dedicated as Student Center

    • Tower Dedicated as Student Center

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    • Aircraft tower; Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management

    • The Tower Building was rededicated on June 15, 1992 as a Student Center following the construction of a new building for the World Business Department faculty and the Academic Affairs office. The remodeled Tower Building contained a student...
    • Thunderbird Activity Center

    • Thunderbird Activity Center

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    • American Graduate School of International Management; buildings; hangars; Thunderbird Field; Thunderbird School of Global Management

    • One former Thunderbird Field hangar was transformed in 1982 to become the Thunderbird Activity Center (TAC) on the Thunderbird School of Global Management Campus. The building that once housed the famous Stearman aircraft was used as a parking...
    • Entrance, The American Institute for Foreign Trade

    • Entrance, The American Institute for Foreign Trade

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    • American Institute for Foreign Trade; Thunderbird Field I; World War II;

    • Founder's Hall, at the entrance to the AIFT Campus, was the original administration building during World War II when Thunderbird Field I was an Army Air Forces training base. After the base was converted to a school, the building housed the...
    • Thunderbird Air Control Tower, Modern Version

    • Thunderbird Air Control Tower, Modern Version

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    • Aircraft control tower; American Graduate School of International Management; Thunderbird; Thunderbird Field;

    • The Thunderbird Tower Building remains the centerpiece of the Thunderbird Campus long after the airbase had been converted to a school. This photo is taken from the garden in front of the Tower Building and features a wrought iron Thunderbird art...
    • First Graduating Class

    • First Graduating Class

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    • Graduation Ceremonies; American Institute for Foreign Trade;

    • The first graduating class at American Institute for Foreign Trade numbered 234 students from 45 U.S. states. Most of the early graduates were men studying under the postwar financial aid program for veterans of World War II, known as the G.I....
    • Luke Air Force Base

    • Luke Air Force Base

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    • Aircraft; Luke Air Force Base

    • Luke Air Force Base was also a major wartime airbase in western Maricopa County. Construction of the base started in March, 1941, just before Thunderbird Field, and it became the biggest training base in the Army Air Corps. Although placed on the...
    • Cadet George Byrne

    • Cadet George Byrne

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    • Pilots and pilotage; World War II; Thunderbird Field I; Luke Field; airbases; Byrne, George;

    • George Byrne,a cadet from Iowa, trained first at Thunderbird Field and then received his wings at Luke Field in May 1942. Byrne married a local girl, Ruth Sparks, and after a career in the air force, retired in Glendale.
    • Lt. General Barton Kyle Yount

    • Lt. General Barton Kyle Yount

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    • Yount, Barton Kyle

    • Under the direction of the School's first president, retired Lt. General Barton Kyle Yount, the School opened its doors on Oct. 6, 1946 as American Institute for Foreign Trade. Yount, former head of the Army Air Training Command, had been...

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