Monthly Archives: June 2017

MISS CALIFORNIA PAGEANT CONTESTANTS, June 1963. Here they are way atop the Palomar Hotel. That’s Miss Tulare (with the camera) and Miss Azusa. Obviously it’s 6:14 p.m. on the Town Clock, in its original location on the Independent Order of … Continue reading →

PACIFIC AND LINCOLN STREETS 1953.  You can tell by the former Bank of America now the New Leaf Market, a wholly owned subsidiary of  New Seasons Market chain. More about New Seasons Markets from their website… “New Seasons Market is … Continue reading →

                                                  DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ, Pacific and Cooper Streets April 14, 1894. A huge fire broke out on Pacific and because we had so many wooden buildings it was a catastrophe.  Smart City officials started a fire department that same year … Continue reading →

ORIGINAL SANTA CRUZ HIGH SCHOOL 1895-1913.  This was our first high school. It had about 200 students when it opened. That’s architect William Weeks house on the Left. It was later moved to California Street . Our present high school … Continue reading →