USA | Vintage Arizona |Tucson | 1975

[@stevenwalterjr.2927]

It's nice to see the history of my home town.

[@philp.3978]

Same here. I was in high school then. Go Rincon Rangers.

[@armandosamneigo5406]

I wish this Year was here

[@rooseveltdavis9559]

Hey, I’m with you also. I still got my stereo 8-track tapes.

[@ph3nce]

Hello sir from 8 years ago. I was born in the Casas Adobes neighborhood, and it is very fascinating to see the historic footage. I live in CA's Inland Empire now

[@tiznado27]

I love Tucson. I was born and raised here. My family are still here. They changed so much. I like the old one but everything changed. Tucson growing so fast.

[@lyncaho4507]

I was born in Tucson in '64. This brought back so many memories. Even thought I saw our '65 Chevy Bel Air station wagon! Thank you for the nostalgia!! 😎🌵🌞❤

[@frankwood7878]

When Tucson was just perfect. Not alot of people & traffic wasnt so bad & the price of living was fair & inflation wasnt sky high like nowadays

[@dragon-sb6hc]

Who ever made this video thank you so much I was born in 71 but still remember how tucson use to be

[@anahigaelmartinez6979]

Im 11 years old and it's great to see the old day comparing to now

[@LittleMissAlice44]

How wonderful! So interesting to see the era in Tucson when my parents were young. Thank you so much for uploading!

[@LittleMissAlice44]

2consider Yep! My mom went to Catalina & my Dad went to Tucson High.

[@sunsetcity1111]

Alicia M. you're hot!!!

[@cacatr4495]

+2consider Same, Rincon.

[@chuckschickbaldtacos]

I was born in Tucson in 1975....I really wish this video showed the east side of town...would’ve loved to see Sabino High School and maybe the roads up to Mt. Lemmon. My earliest recollection going up there was probably 1980...I’d always get scared because there were cars that fell off the cliff on the way up you could see. They also used to have a 76 gas station up there. Scary as hell ride up there especially in the snow.

[@MarkLost-dq7eo]

They had a 76 gas station in mt Lemmon?

[@betonarchese]

I wish it was still that way. Best years of my life.

[@gersonluizpereiradasilva2797]

Espetacular as imagens de Tucson, moro no sul do Brasil mais tenho o sonho de conhecer essa linda cidade.

[@Maknlife]

I hope you get to make it here

[@nancyblair9862]

Thank you SO, SO much!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏More please??!!👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@superblip9372]

I was 9 years old, going to Los Ninos elementary. I remember all of those places, including the TV chairs at the bus station, Myersons and McClellan stores downtown, brunch at the Territorial Room at Levy’s El-Con, uncle bob kids show on channel 11 KZAZ, pleasure time soda pop etc. what a time it was, so glad I was raised there.

[@lyncaho4507]

OMG 😂 I haven't thought about the uncle bob show in years! I got to go to a birthday party on it once. I think I was 5 maybe?!! 😂😂😂

[@boxadorsrus5991]

I remember all that too, except I lived just west of the horse racetrack near River and First. We were allotted one soda a day except on the last day of summer. To mark that event, my friend Jim and I would eat an entire Bisquick crust pizza or two and drink an entire case of Pleasure Time soda. It was a bellybustin' good time.

[@desertrocker]

I would say "this brings back memories" but in truth my memories of living in Tucson in the 70s have never left me. Those TV chairs in the old Greyhound Bus Station! I visited the station many times during the 80's and up to the early 90's when it was still around. Many thanks for this great video.

[@robertvillarreal7055]

The truth is, What our see or have seen, never ever leave our memory bank on a personal level, but time passing, changes everything. Glad the confidence in “the past,” is squared-off.

[@robertvillarreal7055]

.......”what our Eyes”.......

[@edwardcontreras9754]

Thanks For the Video; Grewup in Tucson, Sunnyside Schools, Whole Family Originates from Tucson, Now Scattered Over the Country. Great Memories.

[@adamdtechnology]

Such a great blast from the past!

[@whatsgood8134]

Yep, Some beautiful memories of Tucson😀

[@Ladybug-uf7uh]

Exactly right, Hank.

[@cacatr4495]

Who else remembers the grass in the medians? It was so beautiful. They ruined that when they pulled the grass out to replace it with gravel and taller desert vegetation, which also blocked our driving visibility for left turns and U turns. Who remembers the reversible lanes they tried, during rush hours? What a traffic mess that was.

[@checkflag]

Oh yeah - those suicide lanes during rush hours on Grant Road and Broadway.

[@boxadorsrus5991]

Every single rush hour, both morning and late afternoon, would result in at least one accident because not everyone was aware of the "suicide lanes" on Broadway and Grant. Also, do you remember all the drive-in theaters? We would ride our bicycles to either the Miracle Drive-In or the Tucson 4 (later the Tucson 5) Drive-In . Then we would climb over or under the fence and sit near a family so we appeared to be part of their group.

[@burningexperience6031]

Omg thanks for the history! Please try to upload a video of broadway during the 70s! :)

[@97warlock]

Take me back there, Please!~ Ready to go back to 1975 & get out of this insanity!!

[@foxiedogitchypaws7141]

Me. too

[@ewetoob137]

Oh yes please !

[@flicmydik]

2024 checking in LOL. Mental illness has taken hold

[@thewestisthebest2529]

Crime, all crime,was much higher in the 1970s. Poverty as well. People drank more. Fewer people could read. More people failed to finish high school.

[@robertlyman9789]

The newest and cleanest I have ever seen Tucson

[@spiritanimal7516]

It actually looked nice back then.

[@aquicktake]

back in the good ole' days, when I could ride my bike and play in the neighborhood all afternoon until the sun set without having a care in the world.

[@DanielCantinero]

Oh my Goodness I remember as a small child in the 80’s watching T.V and playing arcade games at the Greyhound. Beautiful memories visiting with my grandmother.

[@cassandrasilva7135]

❤ All of a sudden, I feel old and really homesick

[@charlesalmada4486]

wow my fathers side is from tuscon great times an the 80s when my grand mother lived on 3rd st my dad would take us to see them from la to tucson last time i was there with my kid was 08

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

I can still recognize so much in this video.

[@davidhays5453]

lived in lakewood estates south of green valley in 1974 Amado Arizona. Attended Sahaurita High School.

[@wintergreentheme]

I lived in sahuarita in 74 also...i was 11..then we moved back to new england, but i remember green valley and the area rather well...nice place !

[@thecandyman9308]

great looking footage. 16mm originally?

[@JuanPerez-yz2wi]

I remember those TV chairs in the greyhound bus station!!! They were so cool !!! No smartphones around 😂

[@piratesmurf4251]

R.I.P to all the old people in this video

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

That old man @2:41 was likely born in the late 1800's, but at least in the early 1900's. He would have been in his early 20's when the Mexicans invaded Arizona and Pershing and his division were based here in Tucson before they invaded Mexico for a short while.

[@selah7779]

Wow. Great to see when people looked/acted normal. And if they weren't ( normal), they kept it to themselves. • Pay phones back then • Black and White TVs Thank you for the upload. I'd like to see what Reid and Kennedy park looked like back then. Also would like to see more of Downtown.

[@marcparella]

Tucson's happening scene: the Greyhound Terminal. Been there many times.

[@alexanderking5395]

I was born in the south west US in the Early 80's.. The scenery is nostalgic and familiar

[@everettrhay4855]

The greyhound bus station was across the street from my transit bus stop. Everyday I’d wait for the bus after school.

[@christopherherrera4983]

Thats where Im from Tucson,AZ.

[@foxiedogitchypaws7141]

Happy Birthday Tucson, I miss you,!

[@lepere13]

Time tripping. '79 Rincon Ranger.

[@scottrobbins6216]

73 Salpointe Lancer

[@roooal5533]

Love it!

[@eutimiochavez415]

That good old days miss them,now just memories ❤❤❤❤😢😢😢

[@speckitis]

....... And Tucson native, Linda Ronstadt, was killing it on the radio and in the recording studio.... In fact, Broadway got its name from Ronstadt's grandfather (father? uncle?) who owned a hardware store in the downtown area. He apparently had a friend who commandeered a street sign from Broadway Blvd in NYC and he hung it outside his hardware store. Over time, the name took, and the rest is history.

[@christopherherrera921]

Im from Tucson. Grew up on the city's southside; valencia and 12th.

[@AronKovnertv]

Nice! Like these videos!

[@backwoodyben4360]

We all just gonna ignore the serial killer at 2:11?

[@michaelmckenzie5232]

Back in the day

[@billbright1755]

El Gato! The Rillito River Tucson Arizona Territory.

[@greatadventures7378]

This is the Tucson I remember

[@mikehenry4743]

So was this a Greyhound commercial?

[@joelewing4498]

ThamesTv?? I grew up in Tucson....grad. CDO in '73. Robert Thames.....is this YOUR video? Hit me back! Great music in the background, btw. What is the tune?? Thanks joel ewing

[@robertvillarreal7055]

True, awesome soundtrack. Bummer he never answered what band that was!

[@joelewing4498]

@@robertvillarreal7055 +Robt. Villarreal....I think I could find out anyways. My long long-time urologist is married to a guy who did all the news-camera studio work, as well as commercials galore for I think it was channel 4 years ago. I see her next month, and I'm going to send him a message thru her to email me and I'll email him back this video. I KNOW this tune was one of the main-stays of the daily news musical tracks for channel 4 or maybe it was channel 9's newscasts. He will most likely know this tune....or know where I can find out. I'd love to have this tune.....maybe like you I'm an old Tucson boy....been here since '61...and this tune just takes me back to the good old days. So stay tuned....I'm gonna pursue this. jbeinarizona

[@robertvillarreal7055]

Thanks Joel Ewing. ......heard the soundtrack tune again of awesome Tucson back then. Actually, I’m in the Big T. Texas, that is. Just thinking & seeing & reading up on Tucson. In the 100’s temperature wise, over this way. Met a few dudes from Phoenix years back, but never gave Arizona much thought. Colorado yes, but not Arizona. Was reading up on Arizona Monsoons. Are & can they be pretty bad? Take care then, Joel. Have a good one!

[@joelewing4498]

@@robertvillarreal7055 Well, I've experienced 61 southern Arizona monsoons now, as I was 6 when I moved here from Nebraska. Can they be "pretty bad"?? Well, not to be non-committal in my answer, but that is totally in the eye of the beholder. Coming from Nebraska....a tornado alley state, and the fact that for 40 plus years I've been a hard-core storm chaser who chases the midwest's tornado alley each spring seeking the wildest of storms, I'd say that they're not quite as bad as a town that has been hit by a tornado. But make no mistake, the monsoon storms are usually of the heavy-downdraft / microburst variety, and these downdrafts can be absolutely violent. Well-built homes can and do have their roofs blown off in the worst of these type of storms, and lesser-built things can get blown down pretty easily. We absolutely DO get REAL tornadoes out here during the monsoon, but usually they are EF-2 or less, and usually don't stay down on the ground for very long compared to torn-alley. We've had people killed 2 times in tornadic storms near Tucson....once in '64 and again in '74. Arizona's tornadoes normally hit out in rural areas, often on Indian Reservation Lands, and even if they happen to get spotted they often do not get called into the weather service and reported. Doppler has been good at spotting rotation in storms that happen out in no-man's land where they don't get seen usually, so we know they're happening more than we once thought. Probably the biggest killer is FLASH FLOODING. The heat really cooks our desert grounds, making it just hard as heck to penetrate, so when a strong/wet monsoon storm cell dumps maybe an inch or two of precip in a short time and very localized area.....it doesn't sink into the ground and runs off really quickly......often making violent rivers of flowing water that sweeps everything in it's path along with it. Cars / trucks will easily get flooded and carried away, and people die in these flash floods EVERY MONSOON SEASON. So yeah.....these monsoon storms are often nothing to be messed with...as they can kill you in several ways. Usually they are packed with tons of cloud-to-ground lightning, and that'll kill a person or two every season. I hope this helps broaden your monsoon knowledge. Personally, for a storm chaser like me, I strongly look forward to seeing what wild stuff the monsoon will bring every year. We're all hoping for a nice, wet one this season.....as we're in a drought situation AGAIN....and need the relief. jbeinarizona

[@JJONNYREPP]

USA | Vintage Arizona |Tucson | 1975 1412pm 16.7.23 makes me wanna bake some bread, tucson...

[@AJsketchy]

Me, who lives in Tucson trying to make out where these camera shots were taken, even though I’ve probably passed the area millions of times:

[@janellemcdonald1673]

Miracle Mile

[@carlosgutierrez3968]

The year I was born

[@rhshel]

vintage ...really... i remember when stone was a dirt road and they had horse tie ups at the airport with wood sidewalks

[@Kate-nc4yt]

I think the 1st time I went was around '75

[@dragon-ei7kf]

tucson is so ugly now compared to what it use to look like. Ahhh the good old days

[@cacatr4495]

That's true. And the people are now rude.

[@cacatr4495]

True.

[@THEHamBot1]

@alelx jines unless youre an ASU fan

[@valterabreuabreu7257]

🇺🇸

[@johnsmith-qe2fd]

“Greyhound.....the shit way to travel”

[@robertvillarreal7055]

😂

[@Kate-nc4yt]

Have you ever tried to fry an egg on the street? It almost works.

[@eddieorosco6062]

🥲

[@theother1406]

All of the Greyhound station footage is idiotic.

[@goldpharaoh6976]

Yep looks about the LAME.

[@WitchyWagonReal]

Omg... I just realized I am the last generation to remember sitting down at a TeeVee chair at the depot, and watching some crappy black and white news... everybody has phones and tablets today! 🤣 “Hey, stop right here, I need to make a call and see if she’s around...” - Stops at PAYPHONE! To call a HOUSE... with a LANDLINE... and maybe leave a message on a fancy schmancy ANSWERING MACHINE! 🤣 Believe it, we lived that way.

[@WitchyWagonReal]

And the World worked just fine, too! 😆

[@robertvillarreal7055]

Unbelievable. Even my folks would say that.