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A Look at the Phoenix That Once Was

Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 4:04 p.m.

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. This building is located on the northwest corner of Third Avenue and Washington Street and housed a J.C. Penney store before becoming the headquarters of the Central Arizona Light and Power Company. Constructed in 1920, it was financed by Phoenix businessman and real estate developer J. W. Walker and designed by architect L. M. Fitzhugh. This photograph probably dates from the early 1940s. The McCulloch Bros. register describes this image as "Labor temple." 1/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. O'Neil Building on West Adams Street: View looking west down West Adams Street from approximately the corner of Adams and North First Avenue. The O'Neil Building (104 West Adams) and the Columbia Theatre (108 West Adams) are visible. 2/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Phoenix Motor Company Building Exterior and Lot, 1946. 3/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Phoenix Motor Company, 1946. 4/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. W. F. Williams Shell Service Station, 1946. 5/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Central Beverage Company at 32 South Seventh Street, 1944. 6/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Rialto Theatre exterior, 1944. 7/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Crystal Ice & Cold Storage Company, 1944. 8/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Orpheum Theatre exterior, 1944 9/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Dr. J. Gordon Shackelford operated a dental office at 1218 North Central Avenue in 1946. 10/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Orpheum Theatre exterior, 1945. 11/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. 200 block of East Washington Street: View looking toward the north side of East Washington Street. Visible is L. Garcia & Son Furniture Company (220 East Washington). 12/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. 200 Block of East Washington Street: View looking west down East Washington Street at the 200 block. Visible are Handel's Bohemian Rye Bakery (342 East Washington) and the Capitol Hotel (242 East Washington). 13/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Intersection of East Pierce and North Second streets, 1945. 14/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Residential neighborhood: Part of the Hotel Westward Ho is visible in the distance. This photograph was probably taken within a few blocks of the intersection of East Pierce and North Second streets, 1945. 15/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. O. S. Stapley Company Store, 1945. 16/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Intersection of West Van Buren Street and North First Avenue, 1942. 17/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. West Van Buren Street and North First Avenue at night, 1942. 18/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Fiesta Parade heading south on Central Avenue near Fillmore Street, 1949. 19/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Alley between Central Avenue and First Street. 20/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Street near the Hattie Mosher House: View looking east on Polk Street from Central Avenue. 21/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Cityscape of downtown Phoenix, 1946. 22/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Cityscape of downtown Phoenix, 1946. 23/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Cityscape of downtown Phoenix, 1946. 24/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. View looking north on Central Avenue taken from a rooftop located at approximately at the intersection of Central and Van Buren Street, 1946. 25/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. View looking south from the 300 block of North First Street taken from a rooftop located at approximately the intersection of Central Avenue and Van Buren Street, 1946. 26/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. View of the intersection of North First and Polk streets taken from a rooftop located at approximately the intersection of Central Avenue and Van Buren Street, 1946. 27/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. View looking east down Van Buren Street. Photographer is standing on a rooftop at approximately the intersection of Van Buren and Central Avenue. St. Mary's Basilica and portions of Monroe Street are visible. 28/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Looking west on Pierce Street toward Seventh Street in the 1930s. 29/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. 312 East Fillmore Street in 1929. 30/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Sun Drug in the 1940s, 140 North First Avenue. 31/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Intersection of North Central Avenue and Garfield Street showing the KOY Studio, 1945. 32/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Intersection of Washington Street and First Avenue, 1928. 33/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Intersection of Washington Street and First Avenue, 1928. This is the same corner as the previous picture seen from above. 34/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. View looking east toward the intersection of Van Buren Street and Third Avenue from approximately the intersection of Van Buren and Fourth Avenue. 35/36

McCulloch Brothers Inc. Photographs, CP MCLMB. Arizona State University Libraries: Arizona Collection. Southwest corner of West Washington Street and Central Avenue, 1944. 36/36

A Look at the Phoenix That Once Was

This week, New Times examined how redevelopment is reshaping downtown Phoenix. Thanks to the photos of the McCulloch Brothers, available online via the ASU Library, we can see how downtown used to be before the Valley's population exploded in the post-WWII years.

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