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This Post Card was sent from Capitola all the way to Los Gatos 109 years ago today! Since this is the final year of the Capitola Begonia Festival, this postcard is particularly poetic. And although this card was sent about 34 years before the first begonia festival, I like to think that I can spot […]
The front of this card shows a trolley pulling up to the Seabright Hotel and Station. The Seabright Station was used and advertised as an Aquatic Getaway to folks in San Francisco and San Jose, mostly between the 1890’s and 1910’s. Really, not an uncommon story in the history of Santa Cruz’s neighborhoods. Santa Cruz, […]
Elliott Bliss Painting The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum and Lighthouse We had a great time hitting up lighthouse field and the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum with Elliott Bliss. We scouted out the angle we wanted, set up our cameras, put on some sunscreen and Elliott set to work. It is really impressive to see Elliott […]
It’s time for a little time lapse relaxation! Take a quick five minutes and treat yourself watching Marc Doiron paint.
The Santa Cruz Post Office in 1914 At the corners of Pacific Ave, Mission Street and some other street. This gem of a card was sent from Santa Cruz to Alameda in 1914, and the sender was excited enough about the Santa Cruz post office and its $100,000.00 price tag to write home, with the […]
In these videos the artist, Shaylynn Ann, breaks down how to draw celtic knots in a simple and straightforward way. We followed along, had a lot of fun and ended up with some fun celtic knots of our own. How to Draw Celtic Knots, Part 1 How to Draw Celtic Knots, Part 2
Beautiful, 100+ year old shot of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Casino, reflecting off the water at night. I can imagine a mother, stamping a sending this card off with her daughter. Concerned about the long distance trip and two trains it will take to get all the way to Salinas, eagerly awaiting the post […]
Beach cabanas, horses, carriages and the beach trolley rolling down the track at the boardwalk? The author of this postcard was right, it certainly is lovely here in Santa Cruz! Will try to stop over Monday night. Am having a fine time. Tis perfectly lovely here Dasy Oakland, Cal. JUN 78 -PM1911 Boulder Creek Cal. […]
The Santa Cruz wave motor was a wave powered pump along Westcliff Drive. The motor was used to pump up and store sea water, which in turn was used to keep down dust on Santa Cruz’s unpaved roads. Ironically , understanding the wave motor was the easy part of this card. The handwriting was another […]
Just a few years before the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake life in Santa Cruz felt different. Check out what you can spot in this ultra cool Coors sponsored map of Santa Cruz from 1985. Santa Cruz in the 80s Let us know what you spot in the comments!
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