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Santa Cruz Saloon, 1970
They say i wanted my picture taken like that!
gina marie
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The Salinas Family, 1969
The Salinas family (Pat, Maria, and Ronnie, and niece Jennifer) next to the old bandstand. We moved from San Jose to Santa Cruz two years later.
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Grandma Van on the Beach, 1906
The back of my great-great grandmother's photo reads: "Today the 21st of February, 1906, I, Ellen Rand Van Valkenburgh, born in Maiden Lane, New York City, June 14, 1827. Came to California in November 1851. Was married to Henry Van Valkenburgh in July 1853 who was a native of Kinderhook, New York State and came by sailing vessel around the horn in 1849. We lived in San Francisco till December 1861 when we moved to Santa Cruz. In January 1862 my husband was killed by a falling tree. I have made Santa Cruz my home ever since and think it is about as nice a place to live as any."
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Bus Ride to the Boardwalk, 1965
The Santa Cruz Boardwalk was and still is a favorite spot of mine. as a kid I remember going with a group of other newspaper boys from the Oakland Tribune. We qualified to go by getting a couple of new subscribers and by not having received any complaints from the customers on our route that month. several bus loads of us would go. the charter bus company was Peerless Stages. we called em "Fearless Peerless". They 'd drop us off arround 11 am and we had till 5pm to enjoy the Boardwalk. boy did we arrive back home in Oakland tired.
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Santa Cruz
Boardwalk
from Pier,
2003
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My Lucky Day, 2006
I will never forget that summer day last year at the boardwalk. Any day at the Boardwalk is a great one, but that day was especially lucky. To begin with, i beat my entire family at mini golf, and scored a free game on the last hole. Then, I got a ring in the clowns mouth on the carousel. But the highlight of my day was when i wrote my name in the sand down at the shoreline, and the tide washed a quarter across the beach, landing right in the middle of my name. I still have that sea-eroded quarter, i won't spend it!
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Please Pass the Lotion, 1956
This picture was taken in 1956, the
girl on the left is my mother. The Boardwalk is still one of my
family's favorite places to go.
I have two children of my own and the Boardwalk is always a pleasure
to visit.
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Great Times, 1957
My first visit to Santa Cruz was in 1957, I was living with my
Aunt and Uncle in San Jose. I thought I had died and gone
to heaven on my first visit. The Boardwalk and the beach was
so much fun. We made frequent visits to the beach.
My
Aunt used to collect starfish and wood that had washed up on the
beach. She took it home and used it in her garden. Even
as a teenager, the Boardwalk never lost its appeal. I have
not been there in years but will always have great memories.
Barbara |
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 Growing Up at the Boardwalk, 1950
My parents, Pep and Hope Mealiffe, fulfilled
their long time dream by moving to Santa Cruz in 1947 when I was
2 years old. They
purchased the Dolphin Court on Riverside Avenue just a block up from
the Merry-Go-Round. My father ran the motel in the summer and
year round wrote the gag lines for Dennis the Menace and Gordo and
epigrams for Post magazine. My mother was a teacher at Branciforte
and Gault elementary schools for many years.
In the summer we spent all of our time swimming and laying on the
pontoons, which were placed in the water off of the Main Beach. (I
swear the water was warmer then.) In the winter we practically lived
at the Boardwalk Plunge, diving, swimming and sitting under the fountains
pretending that we were in the jungle hiding behind a waterfall.
We
loved the Fun House with the clown face entrance. For
a small fee we could spend most of the day sliding down the slide,
trying to keep our balance while walking through the turning tunnel
and trying to stay on the large disk that we would pile onto only
to get spun off and thrown up against a padded wall. The mirrors
made you different sizes and had blowholes in front that would startle
people. They were controlled by one of the boys that worked there. I
always wanted that job.
I can't even express how fortunate I feel to have been brought
up in such an amazing place. It was a child's paradise!
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