Category Archives: Weekly Articles

COOPER HOUSE FALL OUT SHELTER 1961. These coeds are proving just how wonderful our Civil Defense was against somebody back on October 30, 1961. This was the Santa Cruz County Court House before it became the Cooperhouse. photo credit: Covello … Continue reading →

North end of Pacific Avenue- circa 1880.We’re looking right at where the Town Clock is now. Then it was the intersection of Main, Willow and Mission streets. Note the accessible, affordable and horse driven trolley (on the tracks). That streetcar … Continue reading →

ARMED FORCES DAY PARADE, MAY 17, 1952. What a fine, neighborly town, even though they’re marching the wrong direction. This is Pacific and Cooper Streets as you can tell by the County Bank Building. Anyone know anything about the Paesano … Continue reading →

THE HOTEL ST. GEORGE & PACIFIC GARDEN MALL 1970. The original Hotel St. George went up in different eras, and burned down in other years. At one time it housed 27 businesses. The original Catalyst was in the back on … Continue reading →

DEL MAR THEATRE February 25, 1957. That’s Brad McDonald (Mr. Capitola) on the far right. That’s a wax dummy of James Dean (he died Sept. 30,1955) leaning against the car. I have no idea who the guy on the left … Continue reading →

SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA? I’ve always thought Morrissey Boulevard looked like a street down in Los Angeles (Malibu? Long Beach? Santa Monica?) somewhere, but even more so in this photo of yesteryear… There’s a bank on the corner now, and … Continue reading →

AFTER THE 1894 FIRE. This is looking South on Pacific Avenue just about at the corner of Cooper and Pacific. Note the future town clock on top of the Odd Fellows Building and the fireproof bank vault sitting where the … Continue reading →

HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL GROUND WORK. 1967. Here’s a great shot of the much debated La Fonda overpass and the ground moving preparation for Harbor High School. That’s Morrissey Turnoff in the upper left and De LaVeaga Elementary School in upper … Continue reading →

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT IN SANTA CRUZ. Eleanor was here April 26, 1962. She’s shown here shaking hands with then Mayor Bert Snyder. That’s Democrat activist Erva Bowen smiling proudly on the right. Erva was president of the NAACP, President of the … Continue reading →

DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1966. All of “Old Santa Cruz” was still here …The Mc Hugh Bianchi Building, The Tea Cup, and The corporate Union 76 Station!!! With the “new clock tower” structure (that went up in 1976) we actually have … Continue reading →