Arizona Memories from the '50s

[@elijahhassan800]

$0.80 an hour at that time is equivalent to $30.72 an hour today. Time and a half would be $45.36 an hour. For those wondering.

[@peterandreadakis3851]

A right to work state that always cheated its workers with rotten wages and lack of benefits. A dubious destination with California only 500 miles away.

[@Valorince]

But remember, they had such a hard time so its impossible for Gen Z to have a harder time than them, right?

[@LoFoSho]

Don’t forget it was unionized too. Damn how they get better everything back in the day 😭

[@JohnQPublic345]

@@LoFoSho well, after union dues, $30/hr would be $23/hr

[@Truth-f2q]

In and out burger is hiring for 18-22 an hour

[@michaelt.9372]

Even when I was young in the 90s and 2000s, it was so different. It was just the beginning of the huge boom we’ve seen in the last 20 years. Its really sad. It will never be what it used to be and it’s heartbreaking.

[@sergeantseven4240]

I was born in 1989 and grew up in the Arcadia area, used to ride the bus with my dad everywhere when he worked at the Honeywell plant as an electrician. He worked on the Arizona Mills mall and the Dell Webb office building on Lincoln. I do miss the way Phoenix used to be in the 90s and early 2000s. It was a lot of fun growing up.

[@chetpomeroy1399]

@@sergeantseven4240 We all have wonderful memories of our childhoods, and we should savor them. Yes, things have changed, but we should *continue* to make happy memories *today.*

[@MoonShine-o5n]

Change is constant..

[@UnityUnique]

Very heartbreaking power greed and murders. Harassed by people in authority it’s wild. Bringing awareness it’s like so many just go with what they are told

[@RSKLove]

Should have just stayed in Europe

[@TheLakers81]

Great documentary film! I grew up in Maryvale during the 80's. Mr. Long created a beautiful community.

[@ArizonaPBS]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@original8616]

John F long yes sir

[@glow1815]

I heard Maryvel so so bad in the 80s- 90s lots of people moved out. Today even worst one of the scariest city. I never lived just via news and people.

[@cris5549]

I went to John F Long Elementary School and Maryvale High School. A lot has changed in the past 30 years.

[@marlinmessenger3654]

I went to Maryvale in the early 80s😅

[@MetroCollectablesandvlogs]

I bet, lol

[@lloydzufelt7514]

So did I 55th and Camelback

[@chrisredfield4017]

@@lloydzufelt7514 HEY CLASSMATE !!! Nice to see your name. Class of '76. You were at 55th and Camelback and I was at 59th and Camelback. How in the heck are you ???

[@marlinmessenger3654]

Born in 67 and raised in Maryvale, John F.Long homes for miles each direction, was there for 34 years . Now, I here it's not that great anymore.

[@desertrat77]

I hear that it's not great here in Maryvale also.

[@smujer1]

Not in Maryvale it isn't

[@pualsmall5378]

I moved to Phx in 1977...it was paradise Sure wish we could get back to that

[@bluegrassgal]

1957....

[@pualsmall5378]

@@bluegrassgal I was born in 1957 ... Bet it was really paradise back then.

[@Stetson_Pacheco]

It’s still paradise now!

[@freddycabrera837]

@@Stetson_Pachecoyeah right lol

[@franklinburk3314]

There’s literally a town in phoenix metro called paradise

[@Mikeso367]

Ohhh Maryvale, my home! How it’s changed 😢

[@RXM73]

I took a drive through my old neighborhood near 51st ave & Indian School and I was blown away by the downturn and poor conditions of Maryvale. Big shame, John F. Long must be rolling in his grave..no disrespect.

[@lloydzufelt7514]

We moved to maryvale in 1960, i left maryvale in 77 joined the army. My family still lives in Phoenix metro

[@joseolivas9213]

Nowadays maryvale has shootings everyday and junkies walking around lol

[@overdugo82]

I think Maryvale is the worst part of Phoenix. The police don't even go there.

[@smplfi9859]

it's a COLORful neighborhood :P

[@MetroCollectablesandvlogs]

@@smplfi9859 LOL.... facts

[@longiusaescius2537]

I love scholars, youths and joggers in Maryvale

[@RoplexGaming]

Not that bad , I was born and raised here . A whole lot of development recently too

[@MetroCollectablesandvlogs]

Man, I wish it was like this still.... we moved here in 08' .... My mom and I originally moved here in 96' back came back in 08... to get away from the big city ,but now its overcrowded and over priced.

[@josephbingham1255]

A nice film. 3:04 17 year old Harvey Leroy Sleen who graduated from Globe High School June 13, 1941 died in the December 7, 1941 attack and is assumed still on board the U.S.S. Arizona.

[@ArizonaPBS]

Thanks for the kind words, and for remembering a brave Arizonan.

[@alecs5150]

Love this!!! Moved to PHX in 1978 and haven't left. Used to go to the hot air balloon regatta at the Thunderbird School of International Management on 59th Avenue and Greenway. So cool, but PHX has blown up in the past 20 yrs. Waaaaay too many WAORCA virus transplants, turning Maricopa County purple since 2008...

[@mr.roboto7330]

Ruined our state!!! It’s gonna be Blue soon and I hate it.

[@valleyofthesun3297]

Amazing video! That's the valley of the sun!

[@tombstonetrubadora40]

My family lived in Maryvale when I was 8 to 10 years old. My brother was born while we lived there. My dad put a $1000 swamp cooler on the roof. He was $50,000 in debt on $50 a week. We picnicked at Encanto Park. There was a tiny paddlewheel on the canal you coukd sail on. I used to walk to Sky Harbor and climb North and South Mountains regularly to watch the sun come up on Phoenix and then watch the smog rise. My sister and I went to Cartwright, Longview and Osborne schools.

[@ArizonaPBS]

Thank you for sharing your memories!

[@chrisredfield4017]

Do you remember the amazing tile mural of the Phoenix bird in the one and only terminal at Sky Harbor ? You could walk on the roof of the terminal gates to watch departures and arrivals. i remember deplaning onto the blazing hot tarmac as a kid. No jetways yet.

[@aXentOG]

The opening pan of the Westward Ho is such a good first shot to this video

[@LLDavis-qe8wb]

I was born in Phoenix in 1943. Graduated from Phoenix union . Got the hell out of their in 1980, and don't miss it at all.

[@billveek9518]

We don't miss you either, if more Democrats like you would leave we'd be fine

[@phxnezze]

@@billveek9518 😑come on man, just a fun video and not too offensive comment

[@billveek9518]

@@phxnezze how is that comment offensive? Dam, what shallow feelings you have.

[@phxnezze]

​@@billveek9518"Don't miss it at all" was the comment that was offensive enough that you made a dumb political comment.

[@moehemyarecrescentautomoti4295]

@@billveek9518 I moved there in 1970 and out in 2019, I miss the old Phoenix, Glendale. I'm not into the new overcrowded Phx. and before anyone says anything i'm a Republican😊

[@lloydzufelt7514]

Moved to maryvale in 1960 and I loved it

[@RedBlackFilms]

7:38 Maryvale is now garbage and a place you're likely to get shot or robbed.

[@devengudinas1649]

Little Mexico now

[@danielacostanues]

Great production

[@ArizonaPBS]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@silentautisticdragon-kp9sw]

My great-grandma's home in insert Arizona town name here was built in the early 1950s, and it still stands. I'm young but even when I was a little kid it was so much different. I feel like we've lost a lot of our culture and individuality.

[@ReneeYounk]

I just looked at the old 52nd street Motorola. I worked there from 1987-1992. Another semiconductor company is building on their lot

[@MikeHarris1984]

wow, when did this air for Barry Goldwater and others to be interviewed???? I am born and raised phoenix native (1984), and love this city.

[@ArizonaPBS]

1999! We posted it here last year when we dusted it off and re-aired it as part of a series we called "From the Vault." We have everything in a From the Vault playlist if you want to delve into more Arizona history.

[@chrisredfield4017]

@@ArizonaPBS I just found a copy of (my dad's favorite) Arizona Highways from March 1964.

[@bethmendoza1847]

Isn’t that Pat McMahon’s voice in the background? A voice I’ve heard all my life here in Phoenix.

[@ArizonaPBS]

It sure is. Good ear!

[@Nova-ne1il]

He is the voice of Phoenix!! I grew up watching him on Wallace and ladmo. Then PBS. The news at times he just Is the voice of Phoenix.

[@smujer1]

Sure is

[@MoonShine-o5n]

Downtown looks much more active back then lol

[@original8616]

Arizona Native grew up in Maryvale it definitely went down hill

[@grdfhrghrggrtwqqu]

who do we blame.

[@bluegrassgal]

I owned a John F Long home...best one ever!!

[@chrisredfield4017]

Yeah, great quality. My folks was 4br, 2bh. $14,500 and they were scared to death with a $120 a month mortgage.

[@hahahahahahahahahahahahaha7725]

And we’re doing the same since time started. It’s human nature no matter who or where or when.

[@chocolatechunkycookies]

So cool! I was curious about history of my home and now I have learned a lot. I want to learn about the tribes that lived here before the city was started. I'm also curious about how many of the buildings shown in this documentary are still standing and where to find the not so obvious ones. 😅

[@ArizonaPBS]

So glad you enjoyed it. There are definitely always more stories to tell -- thanks so much for your interest!

[@sethliles424]

16:02 truer words have never been said about Arizona.

[@ReneeYounk]

I bought a Chevy truck from Brown and Brown Chevrolet, in 1987. Only an S10 because a big Scottsdale truck cost $24,000. John F. Long was selling cement block homes for $24,000.

[@Thedailysideshow]

My hometown! 🥰

[@michaelfuller34]

Air conditioning? lol when I lived in maryville in the 70s, everyone I knew had swamp coolers. Good for about 10 degrees off what it was outside

[@chrisredfield4017]

OH YEAH ! You had to put cereal, chip and crackers in Tupperware so they didn't go stale from the humidity of the cooler. We finally got AC installed in the mid 70's.

[@stanbarrington]

Sad how Maryvale community went from The Cleavers to gang-banger town in under 30 years.

[@IEchuckie]

Phoenix is now considered LA east and that is not a good thing

[@devengudinas1649]

Vegas also

[@bidenadministrationischina5091]

I’m 32 and my soul is tickled by this video

[@vivalarriva]

Pat McMahon. Anyone remember Wallace and Ladmo?

[@ArizonaPBS]

This is an old interview (obviously), but you might enjoy it! We had Bill "Wallace" Thompson and Pat McMahon on Horizon in 2011: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJqueqyvhbqgbJo

[@chrisredfield4017]

Everyday after school and at Legend City. Our Boy Scout troop got to go to watch the show at KPHO.

[@LoFoSho]

That’s crazy man. Now our problems here are water, single family homes, and car dependency. We were screwed from the beginning! 😭

[@tyket5929]

Yeah, independence is scary.

[@milkdab6977]

They unknowingly set up Arizona for future failure

[@manuelencinas886]

What song is playing in 1:38

[@TeezyT_Sunrise]

KZbin Teezy T Phoenix. Song says it all

[@RayCamacho-m2e]

People, look Phoenix is changing for the better! It has a light rail, more bike lanes are slowly being placed in. The city is progressively, slowly however, getting much better. Phoenix will NEVER return to a small city with many farming and rural areas surrounding it. Get over yourselves!!! Why, because you're are ridiculous wishing Phoenix would return to the 50s!

[@MikeHarris1984]

Motorola created the superfund site tho with the dumping of chemicals and waste...

[@StevieTompkins-bu4qk]

Tachito ws lcm 36 for. Life

[@TheJ602]

This area is now a complete wasteland mostly occupied by a certain group hailing from a near by country. Sick of the overcrowding in Phoenix and overbuilding.

[@cadilacdesert]

Now we have no water

[@smujer1]

Wrong

[@cadilacdesert]

@@smujer1 ok, keep believing what they tell you. I have only guided in the Grand Canyon for 25 years. You should read the Cadillac Desert.

[@cadilacdesert]

Why would a state that completely relies on growth say anything about water problems. Have you tried to dig a well recently? I have.

[@neighborhoodhero9977]

Seems like life was better back then. Minus the racism

[@milkdab6977]

Life was good for white people. It was surely hell for minorities.

[@eutimiochavez415]

Every where u lived in the u s a Mexican and blacks and Indian people were miss treated , I know it happen to me in the 50s

[@fredrickvonpumanickellii4238]

No way

[@eutimiochavez415]

@@fredrickvonpumanickellii4238 yess they are , and u know it or are u in La la land?

[@JakeMcshane3]

sorry about that

[@mr.centrist5789]

Every era has its good and bad

[@chandran8236]

If that is the case then how come the US is the only place in the World where you can see people from every corner of Earth.

[@iiTzBluNTMaN]

And now we have fentanyl...😊

[@SherlockOhms119]

FBI Violent Street Gang Task Force with Phoenix AZDPS.

[@teevee2145]

Sure has been destroyed

[@mr.roboto7330]

Maryvale lol he would be turning in his grave right now if he could see it!!

[@eutimiochavez415]

And the Mexican were left in Guadalupe to live. Huh 😂😂

[@westcoast443]

So much discrimination back then

[@westcoast443]

See people! Wars make money 😂

[@rnninobrown]

Don't forget the Carpio's, Calleros and Cantu's in the 480

[@marlinmessenger3654]

I have no clue 😮!

[@longiusaescius2537]

Who?