Author Archives: Bruce

SOQUEL RAINS IN 1955. Taken on the Soquel Bridge looking east we can see that rains and storms have done some damage many times before these last two weeks.                                                     photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information … Continue reading →

OUR CLASSIC CITY LIBRARY. On September 12, 1966 the city tore down this classic Carnegie Library at the same location our threatened library sits today. Carnegie built 1689 libraries in the USA. You can see the funeral home that still … Continue reading →

PACIFIC AVENUE December 22, 1955.  This was about between where Rip N’ Curl and PaperVision are today. Many Pacific Ave business basements on the river side still flood today. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always … Continue reading →

BEFORE EMILY’S BAKERY. This was taken May 2, 1962. Do note the 31.9 cents per gallon gas price. It is of course Laurel and Mission Streets. Emily opened it in October of 1982. One could say that you still get … Continue reading →

LIBERACE’S BROTHER GEORGE AT SANTA’S VILLAGE. May 9, 1959.  Not a genuine holiday photo but neither was Santa’s Village very genuine. That’s Hocus Pocus passing as Santa. Hocus was a local magician and showman with one million friends.                                                     photo … Continue reading →

PACIFIC AND COOPER STREETS. 7:50 am WINTER 1957. That’s of course the Cooper House on the right and Leask’s Department Store on the far left.  Also on the right had side as we’re looking at it….Santa Cruz County Bank, Montgomery … Continue reading →

SNOW ON PACIFIC AVENUE 1957. 7:46 am. A long time tradition of printing snow and Christmas scene photos this month. As you can almost see this is Church street and Pacific Avenue. It’s about in front of the Regal’s Cinema … Continue reading →

SANTA CRUZ WHARF AND RAILROAD WHARF 1913. The railroad wharf shown here was gone by 1922. Wharves were a necessity back then for shipping and receiving goods and products by sea. It’s all part of our rich Santa Cruz History … Continue reading →

SANTA CRUZ MUNICIPAL WHARF. Taken about 1910, this great photo shows just how much our wharf was used and needed by our early Italian residents. It’s only part of the wharf’s history that would be erased forever if our City … Continue reading →

TIM EAGAN’S PROFOUND STATEMENT. Tim Eagan has been drawing cartoons for over 30 years. His Deep Cover cartoon SUCH AS THIS ONE  (see above) have ripped our politics apart since 1994. This “Slinkin’ Monument” (my title) is one of his … Continue reading →