Photos: Tucson's Winterhaven Festival of Lights through the years
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Rick Wiley
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The annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights during the Christmas holiday season in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. The festival was canceled for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.Β
The event was started in 1949 by Winterhaven's original developer, C.B. Richards, after he visited some similar neighborhood light displays in Beverly Hills, Calif. In fact, the whole neighborhood was designed in hopes of one day being able to host a big holiday festival like the one we see today.
There is no admission. However, a donation to the Community Food Bank is requested. Go to winterhavenfestival.org for more information.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1964. Time exposure at Christmas Ave. and McKenzie St.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1964.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1964.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1964.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1966.
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Time exposure of Luminaria Lane in the Winterhaven subdivision in Tucson in December, 1961. Residents along Greenlee Road and Stewart Avenue placed hundreds of traditional Mexican luminarias around their homes.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1966.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1966.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1966.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1968.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1971.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1971.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1971.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1971.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1971.
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A single vehicle drives through the Winterhaven neighborhood in Tucson on Christmas Eve, 1956.
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Entrance to the Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1971.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in 1968.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1972.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1972.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1972.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1974.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1974.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1974.
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Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson in December, 1964. Time exposure at Christmas Ave. and McKenzie St.
Rick Wiley
Photo editor
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