Since 1939's "Arizona," Old Tucson Studios west of the Tucson Mountains has hosted nearly 300 productions. Nearly 40-percent of the historic w…
Rick Wiley
Photo editor
About
Rick Wiley is the photo editor of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. From 1995-2004, he was director of photography at the East Valley Tribune in Mesa. From 1988-94 he was a photographer at the Tucson Citizen. He is a graduate of ASU (yes, that ASU).
For more than 60 years, Kitt Peak National Observatory has been the crown jewel of observatories in the southern United States, sitting atop t…
These archive photos follow transit strikes against Tucson Rapid Transit and Sun Tran in Tucson going back to 1958.
The legendary band performed at the Tucson Community Center in June 1972.
Pinal Air Park north of Tucson began its life as a 3.5-acre flight training base in World War II (Marana Army Air Field), to a contract flight…
An IBM 650 computer (or "electronic brain") was installed in three parts in the University of Arizona Engineering Experiment Station in 1957 t…
Tucson was rocked by a series of bombings in 1968 at the Tucson homes of organized crime figures and a beauty salon.
In these throwback photos, sorority pledges and members meet during Rush Week at University of Arizona in 1968.
Riding the wave of songs like “Don’t Fear the Reaper” and “Godzilla” and a live album that sold 2 million copies, the group rode into Tucson i…