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Seabright Beach, Santa Cruz, California Can you decipher this message sent from Seabright to downtown? Seabright Beach, Santa Cruz, California A popular sheltered cove at the end of Seabright Avenue. Overlooking the beach and Monterey Bay is “The Castle”, an interesting landmark. Although Seabright no longer has a castle, it is still home to Santa […]
A quick peek across 80 or so years of Santa Cruz history via short and fun postcards. Santa Cruz Casino, Santa Cruz, Cal. SANTA CRUZ CAL JAN 23 12 30 PM 1901 Bro, Happy New Year SANTA CRUZ CAL JAN 2 4 – PM 1909 WEST SPRINGFIELD, PA REC’D. JAN 7 8 AM 1909 A […]
Christmas and the holidays are a time to be with family and showing a connection to those you love at the darkest time of the year. For those who can’t spend the holidays at home with us, we have a long tradition of sending cards, probably as long as the post office itself, For those […]
This Post Card was sent from Boulder Creek to Santa Cruz 109 years ago this month. December 16th, 1907The simple message “Sorry I can’t stay the night, I have to catch a train.” Something that we we would easily send off in a text message today, took planning, shopping, a stamp and a trip to […]
This Post Card celebrating the opening of the the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium was sent from Santa Cruz to Worcester Massachusetts 68 years ago.Ma Green was surprised to see the weather doing fine and the trees all in bud during November. Its fun to recognize these Santa Cruz weather oddities that we see regularly and […]
This Santa Cruz Post Card was sent from San Francisco to Vermont 86 years ago this month. It looks like Jessie had a great time, but would have had an even better time if her friend had joined her to “chase around” on her tour of the west coast!SAN FRANCISCO CALIF NOV 12 930 PM […]
This Post Card was sent from the Big Trees Redwood Grove via Santa Cruz to Natick Massachusetts 110 years ago this month. SANTA CRUZ, CAL. APR 3 12:30 PM 1906 And it only took 4 days to arrive! NATICK APR 7 2-PM 19 06 MASS BRITTON & REY, LITHOGRAPHERS, SAN FRANCISCO 687. General Fremont, Wife […]
New – Modern – Fireproof. From a post card contest entry sent August 1974 from El Palomar Santa Cruz to San Francisco Do you think they won anything? Postal Service, CA PM 2 Aug 1974 HOTEL PALOMAR, Santa Cruz, California New – Modern – Fireproof Located in the Heart of a Paradise of Nature […]
This Post Card was sent from Santa Cruz to Salt Lake City 106 years ago this month.SANTA CRUZ CAL JUL 28 5 – PM 1909 510 – Fisherman’s Wharf, SANTA CRUZ, California.
This Post Card was sent from Seabright to San Jose 113 years ago this month.SANTA CRUZ JUN 13 8 AM SEABRIGHT S 1912 798 – Sea Beach Hotel.SantaCruz,California.
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