History
Teatro Carmen, like many theaters in the Southwestern United States, offered the opportunity for Mexican artists to present a positive image of the Mexican-American culture.
Carmen Soto Vasquez
Teatro Carmen & Elks-Pilgrim Rest Lodge #601 Timeline
The Elks-Pilgrim’s Rest Lodge #601 occupied the Teatro Carmen property from the 1930s through the mid-1980s. While they used the property for their social events during this time, it was also rented out to other groups on occasion. While photographs and other ephemera have been difficult to find, one source at the University of Arizona Special Collections was identified. A group of photographs by press photographer Jack Sheaffer. Sheaffer freelanced for the Arizona Daily Star and attended several events at the Elks Lodge which he photographed in the late 1950s and early1960s. Thank you to UA Special Collections for assisting with these photographs.