Monthly Archives: March 2012
March 27 – April 3, 2012
LOCH LOMOND RESERVOIR. This was taken at the inauguration of the “Loch Lomond” reservoir in Ben Lomond on July 27th 1963. Left to right that’s Margaret Browning, Anne Laurie, Capt. Wesley M. Hoffer (the then Sheriff of Santa Cruz County) … Continue reading
March 20 – 26, 2012
HERB CAEN IN SANTA CRUZ, JUNE 18,1978. That’s me talking to Herb Caen at the Miss California Pageant. It was the only time I attended. My “Goodtime Washboard 3” had played for his and Jessica Minford’s joint birthday parties in … Continue reading
March 13 – 19, 2012
BAD FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT 10:40P.M. APRIL 14, 1894. This is the block bounded by Cooper Street, Pacific Avenue and Front Street. There wasn’t any water pressure because the City Water mains had been turned off. All this according to Sheila … Continue reading
March 7 – 13, 2012
DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ. I don’t dare put a date on this photo. There are too many cars in it and car nuts like Paul Elerick can date it within months. So lets hear it from auto enthusiasts. It’s before The … Continue reading
February 29 – March 6, 2012
PACIFIC AVENUE 1960. Most of this photo shows the Hotel St. George. Built mostly in 1893, and damaged beyond repair in the 1989 earthquake. It had a Garden Court, and held The People’s Bank (according to John Chase) Tanners Drug … Continue reading
