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All Aboard, Santa Cruz!
Hop on for a ride to the 1970’s and 1900’s, from the forests of Felton, down to the Boardwalk. Oakland, Calif. PM 28 SEP 1970 Santa Cruz, Calif. SEP 2 3:30 PM 1909
Santa Cruz: Before They Invented #TBT… Or Cars
This week’s postcard is from 1902 , and it is one of my favorite postcards even though I have no idea what it says. 115 years ago this postcard was purchased, scribbled on and dropped in a mailbox somewhere in Santa Cruz. Ever since this card was mailed it has settled, unnoticed, quietly crawling through […]
A 1906 Staycation Complete With Bathing Boots
Don’t Forget to Wear Your Knee High Boots! Sent From Santa Cruz, to Santa Cruz 111 years ago today! These ladies really missed their friend while she was out on her Santa Cruz staycation at the Big Creek Inn. ha! ha! Don’t you think the likeness very great? Dessie. Mayme. Fay. Dear Gertrude, We miss […]
Memories of Summer in Santa Cruz
Postcards from Santa Cruz’s past. From the sounds of Seal Rock, to the speed of 630 horsepower racing from the Santa Cruz Pleasure Pier, Santa Cruz has always had great Augusts. These three cards capture tiny glimpses from summers long past, all the way back to 1906. Santa Cruz, Calif. Aug 17 6 – PM […]
Capitola’s Final Begonia Festival
This Labor Day weekend, 2017, we celebrate the end of an era with “Begonias Take a Bow” – the 65th and final Begonia Festival. The four-day flower and water Festival comes to a close this year, marking the last time thousands of people will flock to Capitola Village for the beloved Nautical Parade. It has […]
Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
I get worried I’ll drop my phone if I try and record on the Dipper, and this person brought along their film camera for the ride! From the California Pioneers of Santa Clara County: A Mattos family trip to Santa Cruz along Highway 17 in 1937 transitions into another visit to Santa Cruz in ’38. […]
Five Summer Adventures in Santa Cruz
Summer in Santa Cruz What is Summer like in Santa Cruz? Has it always been this hot, have we always had traffic, tourists, fog and waves? Starting in 1903 these five postcard snapshots from Santa Cruz history take you back to see a Santa Cruz not so different from today. With bathers in the surf, […]
Limited Edition – Begonia Festival Tribute
Limited Edition Capitola History shirt, in honor of the last Capitola Begonia Festival Did you know that this year will be your last chance to see begonia floats in Capitola. That’s it, this is the final year of the Capitola Begonia Festival. It’s a little sad that this Capitola tradition is about to be gone […]
Dreadfully Sunburned in Capitola
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 […]
