Tucsón es tierra de mexicoamericanos. Hemos estado aquí desde siempre. Estas fotos son un homenaje y reconocimiento a los espacios, negocios, familias y costumbres que reflejan nuestras contribuciones al también llamado Viejo Pueblo.
Y como somos mexicoamericanos, los pies de fotos están en inglés :)
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Francisco Ernesto Angel Hernandez and Maria del Refugio Angel tend store at Cut-Rate Grocery, 178 S. Convent, in 1928. They owned the store and lived next door. He started the store in the early '20s and also owned a gas station behind the store. The location is now the east entry of the Tucson Convention Center.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Sr. Alvaro Obregon, front left, governor of Sonora, leads the official party of Mexican government officials and executives of Aeronaves de Mexico arriving here on the Mexican airline's innaugural flight to Tucson in 1961. On the right is Sr. Jorge Perez y Bouras, Aeronaves director general. Standing on the first step is Fernando Diaz Todd, head of the Mexican government's tourist department.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
In friendly competition Mexican food restaurateurs gather at the intersection of S. 4th Ave. and 29th St.: from left, Alfonso Perez Perez, Dick Fultz, Alyce Fultz, Micha Mariscal, George Simon, Gilbert Mariscal, Bob Perez, Mario H. Velderrain, Tim Ford, Adelina Borgaro, Brad Hultquist, Steve Rendon, Jimmy Lopez and Ernest Lopez Jr. Not pictured are William and Artemisa Garcia.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Joe M. Mendez, first Mexican-American to graduate from University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, on the job in 1991.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Work on the new $15 million arena and exhibition area of the Tucson Convention Center, middle right, was progressing as the downtown area was changing as part of its march toward urban renewal on September 17, 1969. The small park and gazebo in the foreground was spared as was the Mariano Sanmaniego house in the middle of the photograph. To the lower left is the Greyhound bus terminal. The buildling on the lower right is the Ronquillo Bakery. The photograph was taken from the the 11th floor of the new Pima County Administration Building.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Children at Carrillo School near downtown Tucson sing during Las Posadas in December, 1978. The school has hosted the annual procession since 1937.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Exterior of the El Cine Plaza theater at 318 E. Congress St.. in 1978.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
As traffic winds around Congress Street a crowd gathers around the front of the Rialto Theatre moments after the new marquee was lit to mark the reopening of the Rialto in Tucson, June 24, 2005 in Tucson, AZ. The design and scale of the new Rialto Theatre Marquee was loosely based on the Paramount marquee that was erected in 1948 when the Theatre was owned by the Paramount-Publix corporation. In the early 70's it got a new blade sign and was reincarnated as the El Cine Plaza Spanish-language movie house. It was ultimately torn down in the mid 80's. The theatre would not be known by its original 1920 name until 1995 when it re-opened as the Rialto Theatre.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
The shuttered El Cine Plaza Theater, 318 E. Congress St., Tucson, in 1984. It was closed after a boiler explosion severely damaged the interior. It remained closed until 1995, when it was remodeled and opened as the Rialto Theatre.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Linda Ronstadt and Elva Flores in 1998 at the Tucson International Mariachi Conference. Ronstadt, a Tucson native, helped elevate the annual festival. Flores was one of the founders of the conference. She passed away June 22, 2015, in her home. She was 75 years old.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Looking north into downtown Tucson, from about 20th Street and what is now Interstate 10, in 1946. Many of the buildings no longer exist. The street that angles from left to right is South Osborne Ave. The El Paso and Southwestern RR tracks are on the right side. The barrio demolished to build the Tucson Convention Center and Symphony Hall. Main Avenue runs through the center of the photo. At lower right, the La Reforma Housing Project, which housed defense industry workers during WWII. It was demolished in 1984. It's now Drachman Elementary School and Santa Rosa Park.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
A bicyclist passes through Barrio Viejo on her way to work in 2003.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Young children hanging around the streets of Barrio Anita downtown, 1970s.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Convent Street looking north from a little south of McCormick Street. Taken in 1889
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
The color and architecture of Barrio Viejo south of the Tucson Convention Center on Jan. 19, 2018, in downtown Tucson, Ariz.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
A pedestrian walks along South Convent Avenue near West Simpson Street in Barrio Viejo in downtown Tucson on Nov. 26, 2018.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Angels carry the nacimiento as students from Carrillo K-5 Magnet School perform the 81st Annual Las Posadas procession through Barrio Viejo near the school, 440 S. Main Ave., on Dec. 15, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. The procession represents the biblical story of Mary and Joseph as they travelled from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a place for Mary to give birth to baby Jesus.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Built in 1931, San Cosme Chapel is an adobe structure that stands south of the new Fire Central (background left) and is on West Simpson Street. It is mostly cared for by the parishoners of downtown's San Augustine Cathedral. Structures like the chapel, El Tiradito and Elysian Grove Market as well as some of the residential homes say a lot about the character of the places and people that live in Barrio Viejo near the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Ariz
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Barrio Viejo in Tucson, Ariz., at the intersection of Sabino Avenue and McCormick Street in 1953.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Helpers prepare tamales for judging at the Tamal and Heritage Festival at Casino Del Sol AVA on Saturday, December 1, 2007 in Tucson.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
John Murguia of University of Arizona Hispanic Alumni, scores tamales in the traditional category during judging at the Tamal and Heritage Festival at Casino Del Sol on Saturday, December 1, 2007.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Yesenia Garcia, left and Ramses Garcia serve customers at their Makison Tamal Style booth at the Fourth Annual Casino del Sol Tucson Tamal & Heritage Festival Dec. 6, 2008 in Tucson, Ariz.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Ariel Mendoza greets somebody in the crowd as she walks down the aisle with her escort at the 2007 Florecitas, presented by The League of Mexican American Women, at St. Augustine Cathedral in 2007.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Refugio "Cuco" Del Cid plays along with the group, Los Diablos during a rehearsal at Sunnyside High School in 2011. Cid was the mariachi instructor for more than 20 years.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
CD cover of Los Hermanos Perez, "Nostalgia."
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Esperanza Bejarano, right, the 1973 fourth-grade teacher to Carlos F. Tapia, pose for a portrait after talking about the days at Mission View Elementary school on April 26, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz. Tapia lauds Bejarano for her help as his first teacher in the United States.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Guadalupe Romero, principal of Davis Bilingual, talks with friends and supporters after a TUSD school board meeting, March 18, 2003.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
John Huerta sits among momentos from a life of giving in 2004.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Luis Gustavo Mena, a Tucson artist and sculptor, says his statue of César Chávez on April 19, 2019.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
During a break, the students gather in the cafeteria to grab a snack, talk with their friends or just be kids at the Davis Mariachi Summer Camp at Davis Bilingual Magnet School, 500 W St Mary's Rd.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Congressman Raul Grijalva speaks with reporters after his tour of the Southwest Key immigrant shelter, 1601 N. Oracle Road, on July 6 2018, in Tucson, Ariz.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Tucson school board member Raul Grijalva at historic Carrillo School in 1980.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Teacher Cruz Herrera goes over a reading lesson during the English portion of her bilingual first grade class at Hollinger Elementary School in Tucson in 2005.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Alfredo Valenzuela teaches trumpeters Thai Bui, 6, Adrian Smith, 7, and Danielle Alvarado, 10, during an after school practice at Davis Bilingual Learning Center in Tucson, Ariz.in 2008. The school has one of the top student mariachi programs in the city.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, far right, brought students up to help him act out a short story during an assembly at Davis Bilingual Elementary Magnet School on Friday, March 10, 2017.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Cholla High School students chant and raise their fists in protest after they converge on the offices of the Tucson Unified School District and talked with officials on January 12, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. Around 100 Cholla students joined the walkout to protest the TUSD board's decision to remove the Mexican American Studies program. The students confronted officials at the district office to talk about end of the controversial program.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
St. Augustine Cathedral, left, and the Unisource tower in downtown Tucson on Oct. 15, 2019.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Priests line up to lay hands on Deacons John Juarez Gonzales, bottom left, and Thomas Edmund Quirk during an ordination to the priesthood at St. Augustine Cathedral, 192 S. Stone Ave., on June 2, 2018, in downtown Tucson, Ariz. Deacons John Juarez Gonzales and Thomas Edmund Quirk were ordained into the Diocese of Tucson.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Standing room only during a Mass at St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson on Nov. 25, 1963, during services for Pres. Kennedy in Washington, DC.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Parishioners at Santa Cruz Catholic Church at 6th Ave. and 22nd Street, Tucson, sing during Las Posadas in December, 1974.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Sunset over Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church following the mass celebrating the retirement of monsignor Tom Cahalane, Friday, June 7, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Undated photo of Santa Cruz Catholic Church, 1220 S. Sixth Avenue in Tucson, AZ. The church was built between 1916 and 1918.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
The spacious entry hall to the Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House in 2009.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
This is exterior of the Arizona Historical Society's Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont Housein 2009. The eight-room building, which is one of Tucson's oldest adobe houses, is located on the grounds of the Tucson Convention Center. It is a restored residence built in the territorial Mexican-American style and features period rooms and displays of memorabilia of the Sosa, Carrillo and Fremont families. At one time the house was rented to John C. Fremont, the well-known explorer and fifth territorial governor. His daughter moved into the house and stayed for a time.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Leopoldo Carrillo (far left) and Carlos C. Jacome (far right) in the original store, 1896
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Photo of the 13 Jácome brothers and sisters taken in 1951, the year the last store opened. Standing l-r are, Arturo, Juan, Ramon, Josefina Bloom, Sarah Parker, Rosaura Aros, Ricardo, Frank, and Henry. Sitting l-r are Carlos, Anita Dalton, Augustine, and Alejandro.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
The new Jácome's store grand opening in downtown Tucson in Sept, 1951.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Genevieve Martinez Whalen, 99, in 2018. She was the founder of Las Doñas de Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
One-year-old Genevieve Martinez sitting on a horse. She became the founder of Las Doñas de Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Estela Jácome arrives with her son, Alex Jácome, at the annual merienda of Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson on Sunday, April 13, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. Jácome was being honored for her work in the community.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
The Ronstadt family, sans Linda, sings at Tucson Meet Yourself in Downtown Tucson on Oct. 9, 1994. From left, Suzy Jacome, Mindy Ronstadt, Peter Ronstadt, Ed Ronstadt, John Ronstadt and Michael Ronstadt.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
F. Ronstadt's Wagon and Hardware Co. Corner of Broadway Road and Scott Avenue in 1897.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Singer Linda Ronstadt signs autographs at Tucson's Symphony Cotillion Ball in 1977.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Tuneful twosome: From left, two-time Grammy winner Linda Ronstadt teams up with veteran arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle to perform classic ballads in Linda Ronstadt in concert with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Singer Lalo Guerrero sits in the lobby of Hotel Congress in 2002 as he promotes his memoir “Lalo, My Life and Music” with his co-author Sherilyn Meece Mentes.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Joe "Yuca" Salaz, Lalo Guerrero, Gregorio "Goyo" Escalante, seated, and Soledad "Chole" Salaz.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Efrain and Leticia Aguilar dance amidst the crowd (to the band Novillero Norteno) at the Telemundo Festiva at Reid Park in 2001.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Jose and Mary Villanueva dance to the sounds of the Southwest in 1998 during the 11th annual Norteno Music Festival.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
In the hallway outside the auditorium Maribella Juarez, 13, and fellow members with Las Pumas de Roskruge practice their movements before performing at Students helping Students, Mariachi Spectacular at Pueblo High School to benefit Houston Independent School District in Tucson, on Sept. 24, 2017.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Isabel Lemas of Ballet Folklorico Tapatio performs at Fiestas Patrias, September 12, 2009 at Kennedy Park. The event celebrates Mexico's independence from Spain.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Estevan Ochoa, Sr., mayor of Tucson from 1875-78.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Reuben Islas, center, shakes hands with customer Peggy Agredano as she offers well-wishes at American Meat Company, 1439 S. Fourth Ave., in Tucson, Ariz. The Islas family, which opened the butcher shop and market in April 1953, closed doors in 2015.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Two generations of restaurant owners including Crossroads Restaurant owners Tony Gonzalez, second from right, who now owns Guillermo's Double L Restaurant), and his brother Roberto Gonzalez, second from left, and who now owns El Dorado Restaurant) with his son Bobby Gonzalez, left, (who runs Crossroads Restaurant) as other son Edgar Gonzalez, 29, will eventually take over El Dorado, photographed in 2009.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Customers wait outside for their opportunity to eat at Molina's Midway Mexican Food. The family owned restaurant opened in 1953 by Elias and Luisa Molina. Their five children took over ownership. The restaurant closed in 2017, after 64 years of service.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Gilbert and Artemisa "Micha" Mariscal, front, founders of Micha's in front of the original restaurant in South Tucson with family members and workers in 1983.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Daniel Contreras, owner of El Guero Canelo hugs his sonoran hot dog in the restaurant kitchen at his 12th Ave location in Tucson, AZ. on January 18, 2018. El Guero Canelo just won a James Beard Award, a big honor in the food industry.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Sonoran Hot Dog from El Guero Canelo
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Father Rourke and members of Los Changuitos Feos at University of Arizona stadium on July 4, 1966.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Ruben Moreno, right, and other members of Mariachi Luz de Luna lead city officials and guests towards the Santa Cruz River at 29th Street as part of the Santa Cruz River Heritage Project ceremony on June 24, 2019. The release of effluent is the city's first effort to restore a fraction of the riverÕs flow since groundwater pumping dried it up in the 1940s.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Members of Las Pumas de Roskruge perform during Students helping Students, Mariachi Spectacular at Pueblo High School to benefit Houston Independent School District on Sept. 24, 2017.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Isaac Resendez, left, with Herencia Mariachi Academy out of Corona, Calif., and Kevin Zuniga with Mariachi Los Potrillos of Cholla High School jam together as the other workshop students take a break at the 37th Annual La Frontera Arizona Tucson International Mariachi Conference at Casino del Sol, Thursday, April 25, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Mariachis march in the 1962 Tucson Rodeo Parade in downtown Tucson.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Frank O. Sotomayor, formerly with the Los Angeles Times, is a Pulitzer winner and a Tucson native.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Ernesto Portillo talks to Margarita Robles in the KXEW radio studios in Tucson in March, 1980.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Graduation day 1918 at the Marist College, an all-boys school. Florencio "Chito" Corella is in the third row from the bottom, at the far right. He went on to found Jacome's Department Store. In the same row, at the far left, is Elias Moreno, who became owner of El Tucsonense, an influential Spanish-language newspaper.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Buckwheat Zydeco entertains more than 800 people at the newly reopened El Casino Ballroom in 2013.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Hector La Desma sings along with Duke Ellington, right, at the piano and smaller, 15-piece Ellington band during a one-night stand at El Casino Ballroom, 443 E. 26th St. in Tucson on Sept. 17, 1954.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Carne seca on a chile relleno at El Charro, 311 N. Court Ave. in Tucson.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
The original location of El Charro Cafe on Broadway, sometime prior to 1968.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Monica Flin, owner of El Charro Restaurant, 140 W. Broadway Road, Tucson, on July 1, 1968, after closing for business. The restaurant was forced to vacate to make way for the Tucson Convention Center and other redevelopment projects. The business started on 4th Ave., moved near the Temple of Music and Art in 1930, then the Broadway location in 1935 and finally to the current location at 311 N. Court in 1968.
Mexicoamericanos en Tucsón (Mexican Americans in Tucson)
Fiesta de La Placita at La Placita Park in Downtown Tucson on April 2, 1974.
Rick Wiley
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