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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Sticky Wicket scrapbook
Creator:
Jowers, Vic (Victor)
Identifier/Call Number: MS.403
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
2 document boxes, 1 oversize flat
Date (inclusive): 1959-1964
Abstract: This scrapbook contains newspaper
articles, menus, artwork and photographs documenting the Sticky Wicket café in Aptos,
CA.
Language of Material:
English
Collection open for research.
Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by the creators and their heirs.
Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair
use requires permission from the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the user to
determine whether a use is fair use, and to obtain any necessary permissions. For more
information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy on Reproduction and Use.
Sticky Wicket scrapbook. MS 403. Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Gift of Roy Rydell.
The Sticky Wicket café was first opened on Cathcart Street, Santa Cruz on May 6, 1959 by
Victor and Sidney Jackson Jowers. For the first couple of years it existed as the only
bohemian coffee house in town. But due to location restrictions, the Jowers moved the Sticky
Wicket to Mar Vista Drive, Aptos in 1961 where the café thrived. They established the coffee
house as a place to have a cup of coffee, eat "exotic" foods, play a game of chess, and
listen to nightly folk music. They added frequently changing art shows, free Thursday
evening chamber music concerts and eventually a summer program of light opera at the New Vic
Theatre.
In 1963, the State Highway Department started work on the Seacliff Beach interchange to
make this section of the Cabrillo Highway a controlled access freeway. The old side roads
including Mar Vista Drive were blocked requiring patrons to drive out of the way to get to
the cafe. The results were disastrous and eventually led to the closing of the Sticky Wicket
café on September 7, 1964.
Scope and Content of Collection
This scrapbook documents the life and times of the Sticky Wicket café in Aptos, CA through
newspaper articles, menus, artwork and photographs.
Prior to processing, the scrapbook was disassembled and the pages cut apart with the
exception of a page or two. Subsequently the materials, clippings, artwork, photographs,
have been organized into folders by page as they would have appeared originally.
The container list is also presented as the materials would have been found if the
scrapbook pages had been left intact.
Separate PDF lists for "Clippings" & "Photographs" are attached to the finding aid
under "Additional Collection Guides".
Processed by M. Carey in August 2014. EAD encoded finding aid by M. Carey.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Aptos (Calif.)
Scrapbooks
Sticky Wicket (Cafe : Aptos, Calif.)
Cabrillo Music Festival