Photos: Dillinger Days take over Hotel Congress
Hundreds of people gathered downtown for Hotel Congress's 26th annual Dillinger Days outside of Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., on January 19, 2020.
Dillinger Days include family-friendly festivities such as Dillinger capture reenactments, historical artifacts and vintage cars.
John Dillinger, known as Public Enemy No. 1, was a notorious bank robber in the early 1930s. Dillinger and his gang, known as the Dillinger Gang, arrived in Tucson in 1934. A fire on the third floor of Hotel Congress led to Dillinger and his gang's arrest. The capture and arrest of Dillinger helped put Tucson on the map, said Mincks while playing Dillinger in "The Hotel Congress Incident."
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Jim Ferguson, while dressed in 1930s attire and holding a Thompson submachine gun, poses for a photo in front of a line of historic vehicles during Hotel Congress's annual Dillinger Days at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on Jan. 19, 2020.
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John Dillinger, played by Jonathan Mincks, shoots at detectives during a reenactment of John Dillinger and his gang's visit to the Old Pueblo at Hotel Congress's 26th annual Dillinger Days outside of Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on January 19, 2020.
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Bob Valentine looks at early 1930's vehicles during Hotel Congress's 26th annual Dillinger Days at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on January 19, 2020.
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Jim Beebee, left, owner of a Ford 1931 Deluxetown Sudan Slint, shows photos while talking about the restoration process with Rosa Padilla, center, and Tony Garcia during Hotel Congress's annual Dillinger Days at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on January 19, 2020.
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Jim Beebee, left, owner of a Ford 1931 Deluxetown Sudan Slint, shows photos while talking about the restoration process with Rosa Padilla, center, and Tony Garcia during Hotel Congress's annual Dillinger Days at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on January 19, 2020.
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Audience members watch a reenactment of John Dillinger and his gang's visit to the Old Pueblo at Hotel Congress's 26th annual Dillinger Days outside of Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on January 19, 2020.
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After robbing a bank with John Dillinger (not shown), played by Jonathan Mincks, Ed McKechnie, playing gangster John Hamilton, fires a shot at police officers during a reenactment of John Dillinger and his gang's visit to the Old Pueblo at Hotel Congress's 26th annual Dillinger Days outside of Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on January 19, 2020.
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David Duran, left, talks with Ted Geare, volunteer with The Greater Tucson Fire Foundation restoration team, about the 1923 American LaFrance pumper during Hotel Congress's annual Dillinger Days at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on January 19, 2020. The 1923 American LaFrance ladder truck was one of four fire pumpers used in the Hotel Congress fire and one of two pumpers restored.
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Dennis Hill, left, walks past a 1931 Ford Model A Coupe during Hotel Congress's annual Dillinger Days at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on January 19, 2020.
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Audience members try to use their arms to block out the sun during a reenactment of John Dillinger and his gang's visit to the Old Pueblo at Hotel Congress's 26th annual Dillinger Days outside of Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on January 19, 2020.
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Lee McKechnie, playing a police detective, is flipped by Mari Shryoc, playing a gangsters girlfriend, during a reenactment of John Dillinger and his gang's visit to the Old Pueblo at Hotel Congress's 26th annual Dillinger Days outside of Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on January 19, 2020.
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Jack Sluets, playing a paper boy, yelling "Extra, Extra. Read all about it," hands out show papers prior to a reenactment of John Dillinger and his gang's visit to the Old Pueblo at Hotel Congress's 26th annual Dillinger Days outside of Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on January 19, 2020.
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John Dillinger, played by Jonathan Mincks, puts his hands up while being captured at the end of a reenactment of John Dillinger and his gang's visit to the Old Pueblo at Hotel Congress's 26th annual Dillinger Days outside of Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. on January 19, 2020.
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