1940s TUCSON & BISBEE ARIZONA HOME MOVIES 33492

[@jcallinger]

Based on the mountains in the background, I suspect the ruins to be Fort Lowell...

[@chuckschickbaldtacos]

jcallinger agreed...lived in Tucson since ‘76...I wish there were some video taken of downtown.

[@_DCCLXXVII_]

Appreciate being born in 2000s seeing how bike lanes were first introduced and how far we make damn

[@sallyguzman6591]

At about the 12 second mark looks like the top of the divide on the old road before the Tunnel was built through the mountain.

[@kristenbarry8692]

About 9 minutes and 30 seconds is sabino canyon

[@frankwood7878]

Very Interesting

[@tackyman2011]

Didn't see the Lavender pit. Was Copper Queen the only mine at that time?

[@markbell9742]

No pit yet. The dark hill that fills the frame at 14:59 is Sacramento Hill where the Lavender pit now resides. Sacramento Hill contained copper ore and was mined off.

[@ngenius2]

@@markbell9742 The Lavender Pit was started in 1950. They actually moved a portion of the town of Lowell out to the Saginaw area, (or so I was told by friends who lived in the Saginaw part of Bisbee. You can still see where the rest of Lowell is, and see where it abruptly ends at the South end of the pit. As I recall, Ortega's Shoe Store was the first business on the remaining street in Lowell.

[@markbell9742]

@@ngenius2 Thanks for that. I am a retired Geologist (oil/gas not mining) and would love to go back in time and see how these operations started (a fly on the wall). Cheers, Mark

[@christophernardozza5668]

From 13:10 is 4th Street in the Sam Hughes historic district of Tucson. First clip: 13:10 : 2143 E 4th St (Near N Plumer Ave) Second clip: From N Olsen Ave to N Norris Ave: 13:19 : 2043 E. 4th St 13:24 : 2035 E. 4th St 13:27 : Empty lot before 2025 E. 4th St was built 13:30 : 2015 E. 4th St 13:32 : 2003 E. 4th St Third clip: From N Norris Ave to N Campbell Ave 13:37 : 1941 E 4th St 13:42 : 1935 E 4th St 13:45 : 1923 E 4th St 13:49 : 1917 E 4th St 13:52 : 1911 E 4th St All the above buildings are identifiable on google maps. I could not find any houses that matched the next two blocks. I could not find any existing house number 1701 in Tucson that matches the house shown. The 1700 and 1800 blocks of 4th St no longer exist. These blocks still appear on a map online dated 1957-1963. The site of the house at 1701 is now probably part of the McKale Memorial Center which opened in 1972. 13:53 - 14:05 unidentified block, presumably 1800 block of 4th St 14:11 - 14:26 unidentified block that appears to end at the house "1701", so presumably the 1700 block of 4th St Ending: 14:27 : Presumably 1701 E 4th St

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Fantastic...thanks for this!

[@HectorGonzalez-lr2lk]

I spent about an hour looking for the last house on the map before I read this comment haha

[@1Klooch]

WOW! Not a Walgreens, or Circle K in sight. Pity the poor folk! No Slurpee's, or Big Gulps!

[@BC-ev4hl]

Wow