#OnThisDay of Arizona history in 1926, the Tucson Landmarks Association acquired the site of the Wishing Shrine, or El Tiradito, on Main Street. This undated photo shows a woman sitting in front of the shrine.
📸: c. 1920s, REF: 27597
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El Tiradito: shrine to a sinner, or a place to reflect in Barrio Viejo El Tiradito Wishing Shrine has been a fixture in Tucson's Barrio Viejo for more than a century, its history shrouded in legend. Pat Parris has its Absolutely Arizona story.

The wishing shrine in Tucson: www.kgun9.com/absolutely-a... #folklore #folkcatholicism #wishingshrine #folkloresky #folksky #myth #forbiddenlove