Category Archives: Santa Cruz

Vintage Photo: Santa Cruz, California

Posted on December 7, 2012 by vickiwees
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Disaster Diary: 1989 Santa Cruz Earthquake 9-1-1 calls

Posted on December 4, 2012 by vickiwees

Santa Cruz County 9-1-1 Recording Transcription, Oct. 17, 1989, beginning at 5:04 p.m. Transcribed by the San Francisco Earthquake Research Project. From the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco. I found this site when I googled “Felton Grove”.  … Continue reading →

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Vintage Photo: Circa 1940’s (Highway 9)

Posted on November 10, 2012 by vickiwees

This Vintage Photo of Inspiration Point was taken along what is now Highway 9 between Felton and Santa Cruz. Note the train and the San Lorenzo River below the bridge.

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1980 Interest rates 11 3/4% to 25% in Santa Cruz County

Posted on October 30, 2012 by vickiwees

This is my first mortgage calculator booklet showing 1980 interest rates in Santa Cruz County. The low was 11 3/4% and went up to 25%! I sold real estate then and still do today.

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Vintage Photo: Arch Rock, West Cliff Dr.

Posted on October 26, 2012 by vickiwees

This vintage photo is of Arch Rock on West Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz.

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Tsunami Signs In Santa Cruz

Posted on October 24, 2012 by vickiwees

Tsunami signs in Santa Cruz at E. Cliff Dr and 7th Ave.

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Vintage Photo: Santa Cruz Casino And Beach

Posted on October 14, 2012 by vickiwees

Here’s a great vintage photo of the Casino and Beach in Santa Cruz, California.

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Vintage Photo: Surfin’ Santa Cruz

Posted on September 24, 2012 by vickiwees
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Old Photos, Local History, Railroad, Powder Works and More!

Posted on September 21, 2012 by vickiwees

This is one of the coolest blogs I’ve come across so far. It’s FILLED with historic photos and info about local railroads in and around Felton and Santa Cruz, the California Powder Works, Santa Cruz Beach and Casino Station, the … Continue reading →

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Vintage Photo: Pier and Casino From West Cliff Drive

Posted on September 21, 2012 by vickiwees
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Vintage Photo: Downtown Santa Cruz 1940’s

Posted on September 13, 2012 by vickiwees
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Family Trip To Santa Cruz – 1937 and 1938

Posted on September 1, 2012 by vickiwees

Here is a link to a youtube video of a family trip to Santa Cruz in 1937 and 1938: Posted by SCC Pioneers, a local film archive group. They say: “A Mattos family trip to Santa Cruz along Highway 17 … Continue reading →

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Vintage Photo: Santa Cruz To Felton

Posted on August 14, 2012 by vickiwees

“San Lorenzo Canyon on the Road to the Big Tree Grove, Santa Cruz, Cal.”  Highway 9

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1932 Cars On Stilts

Posted on August 13, 2012 by vickiwees

Splash along as you please on flooded roads and highways. Simply raise your car up on stilts so that the body rests several feet above the undercarriage and wheels, and GO!

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Signs You Don’t See in Santa Cruz

Posted on August 12, 2012 by vickiwees
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Met My Mummy At The Santa Cruz Flea Market

Posted on July 29, 2012 by vickiwees

Sarcophagi And Friends These 3 young ladies kindly let me to take their photo with the sarcophagi (?) they were selling at the Santa Cruz flea market this morning. Thanks ladies! Very cool.

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Grama Nova’s Santa Cruz Recollections 1907

Posted on July 26, 2012 by vickiwees

The following was written by my Grama Nova on her 72nd birthday in 1972. We all went to Santa Cruz, California, to Uncle Ralph and also where Aunt Stacia lived. Uncle Ralph and Auntie Amelia had a big home on … Continue reading →

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