Maxey photograph collection, ca. 1945-1970.

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Maxey photograph collection, ca. 1945-1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49241805

Summary: Photographs, by Ben Maxey, of Tucson architecture, fashion and portraits from the 1950s to 1970. Images of Tucson include the Casas Adobes Plaza, Sam Nanini's home and the Nanini Financial Center, a beauty shop interior, St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church, Tucson Inn, and the Tucson National Golf club. There are photographs of fashion models, including one posed with a 1960s portable record player, and photographs for tourism promotion, taken for the Sunshine Climate Club, of models posed with cactus and by swimming pools. There are a few of the "High Chapparal" set filming at Old Tucson. Portraits include Barry Goldwater, Ted De Grazia, C.S. Paola, Gerry Peirce, Ray Strang, and Fred Harman.

16.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7603624

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998

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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide, Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the...

Paola, C. S.

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Sunshine Climate Club (Tucson, Ariz.)

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Strang, Ray, d. 1954

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Casas Adobes Shopping Plaza (Tucson, Ariz.)

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Nanini, Sam, d. 1978

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Maxey, Ben (Benjamin T.), d. 1987.

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Biographical note: Commercial photographer, Tucson, Ariz.; Ben Maxey moved to Tucson about 1950 and acquired the Photocenter located on Broadway Blvd. In 1960, he opened Ben Maxey Portrait Studios in the Casas Adobe Plaza and was in business there until about 1969. From the description of Maxey photograph collection, ca. 1945-1970. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 49241805 ...

Tucson National Golf Club

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Peirce, Gerry, d. 1969

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St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church (Tucson, Ariz.)

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Tucson Inn

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Harman, Fred, 1902-1982

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De Grazia, 1909-1982

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