1960 photos: This home stresses livability
From the Photos: Peek inside these 80+ historic Tucson homes series
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In 1960, the Tucson Citizen featured the home of Ed and Evelyn Carmack, who remodeled their home in the Catalina Foothills Estates so it would work when there was a house full of of children and grandchildren and when there was just the two of them.
1960 photos: This home stresses livability
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
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Shades of pastel bronze in walls and carpeting blend with a natural driftwood finish of cabinets and ceiling in the Carmack living room. A Dale and Marjorie Nichols water color hangs over the brick fireplace. Couch is in bright persimmon brocade. Chinese objets d'art are from a collection belonging originally to Mrs. Carmack's sister-in-law, who was a missionary in China.
1960 photos: This home stresses livability
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
- Updated
A former glassed-in porch has been converted to what the Carmack's call their Arizona room — with tile floor, plant-covered rockery and fountain, casual rattan furniture and a magnificent view of the Old Pueblo and the Tucson Mountains.
1960 photos: This home stresses livability
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
Shades of pastel bronze in walls and carpeting blend with a natural driftwood finish of cabinets and ceiling in the Carmack living room. A Dale and Marjorie Nichols water color hangs over the brick fireplace. Couch is in bright persimmon brocade. Chinese objets d'art are from a collection belonging originally to Mrs. Carmack's sister-in-law, who was a missionary in China.
1960 photos: This home stresses livability
- Bill Sears / Tucson Citizen
A former glassed-in porch has been converted to what the Carmack's call their Arizona room — with tile floor, plant-covered rockery and fountain, casual rattan furniture and a magnificent view of the Old Pueblo and the Tucson Mountains.
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