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 […]
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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 […]
Horses on the Beach in Santa Cruz
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. […]
More Proof That It Is All a Lie Tomorrow – 1907
I’m sure everyone will wonder what the rest of this shocking story is! Watsonville Apr 1 7 – AM 1907 Cal. J.B.E. Schroer 1325 Wellington Ave. Chicago Ill. Sun- Dear folks, I wrote you a long letter yesterday explaining never beleive anything except from my own lips. Will send you more proof that it is […]
Everything is as Usual in Santa Cruz
There is nothing quite as heartwarming as a letter written out of obligation. As these parents must have been very happy to learn, their son was doing just fine and that “Everything is as usual” in Santa Cruz. Maybe kids haven’t changed so much after all..? Watsonville Mar 21 330 PM 1942 Calif
Four Snapshots of Santa Cruz, January 1901-1988
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 […]
5 Christmas Greetings from the 1910s
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 […]
Art Artifacts – Last Week on Local Santa Cruz
Art Artifacts this week in Santa Cruz: Dec. 4 – Dec. 11, 2016 Instagram
Redwood Grove – Fine Place Here
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 […]
Hotel Palomar, New – Modern – Fireproof
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 […]