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box-folder 1:1-2:1, 87:1

Agriculture Series 1 1895-1969

Physical Description: 1 box

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs of dairies, farms, fields, gardens, orchards, produce and food, ranches, and vineyards. Some images from vintage postcards depict "giant" produce going to market. See also, 4-H club, Box 19:6.
box 1:1

Dairies circa 1900-1955

box 1:1

Carl Dettling's Dairy circa 1960-1969

box 1:1

J.C. Steele's Green Oak Dairy circa 1900-1930

box 1:1

Yellow Bank Dairy Bldgs being Razed 1955

box 1:2

Hatcheries circa 1914-1976

box 1:2

The Archibald Hatchery circa 1920-1945

box 1:2

Crew's Hatchery circa 1920-1945

box 1:2

Rocky Falls Farm circa 1914-1920

box 1:2

Smith's Poultry Farm circa 1920-1940

box 1:2

Webb's Cackle Farm circa 1920-1935

box 1:2

Live Oak Area Poultry Ranches circa 1920-1935

box 1:2

Poultry and Barns circa 1920-1935

box 1:2

Poultry Producers of Central California Santa Cruz circa 1920-1935

box 1:2

California Farm Bureau Egg Laying Contest circa 1920-1935

box 1:2

Men in Barn with Feed Bags circa 1920-1935

box 1:2

Barn and Barnyard with Miniature Houses circa 1920-1940

box 1:3, 87:1

Fields circa 1920-1950

box 1:3

Artichoke Field up Coast Road circa 1920-1940

box 1:3

Barrett Ranch 1945-08-04

box 1:3

Lettuce Field Watsonville Calif. circa 1945

box 1:3

View South from the Summit of Hecker Pass Highway near Watsonville, Calif. circa 1945

box 1:3

A 100 Acre Field of Strawberries circa 1945

box 1:3

Pajaro Valley Watsonville, Calif. circa 1945

box 87:1

Man Plowing with Two Horses. Man and Woman in Field circa 1890-1910

box 1:4

Nurseries circa 1920-1950

box 1:4

H.A. Hyde Nursery circa 1927

box 1:4

Lilydale Ginseng Garden circa 1912-1915

box 1:4

Field of Freesias (in February) at Los Robles, Santa Cruz, Cal. circa 1912-1920

box 1:4

Arthur Main Glads Santa Cruz circa 1912-1920

box 1:5

Orchards circa 1861-1940

box 1:5

San Lorenzo River Flowing Past Barson Pear Orchard circa 1912-1930

box 1:5

Chittenden, California circa 1912-1930

box 1:5

Henry Dakin and his Famous Avocado Tree circa 1912-1940

box 1:5

The Farm Santa Cruz, Cal. Scenery circa 1861

box 1:5

Miltonmont Anson Miller's Place Oct. 31, 1931

box 1:5

Mission Orchard Apple Tree Sept. 22, 1932

box 1:5

The 100 Year Pear Tree of Branciforte, 1794-1894, 1894-09-17

box 1:5

Winter Scene in the Santa Cruz Mts. Nr. Wright's, Cal. circa 1920-1940

box 1:5

Coastal Foothill in Orchard Areas circa 1912-1940

box 1:6

Produce and Food circa 1861-1945

box 1:6

Carloads [of Strawberries] Go from Watsonville, California. circa 1900-1910

box 1:6

Spuds from Watsonville Calif. Dec. 3, 1907

box 1:6

Woman Processing Turkeys circa 1920-1945

box 1:6

Box of Red Giant Apples circa 1920-1945

box 1:6

The Mammoth Blackberry circa 1861-1920

box 1:7

Ranches circa 1860-1940

box 1:7

Brownridge's Ranch, Happy Valley Santa Cruz County, Cal. circa 1860-1900

box 1:7

Cowell Ranch circa 1860-1947

box 1:7

Ranch Hands with Cattle circa 1900-1920

box 1:7

Reservoir circa 1920-1940

box 1:7

Oxen and Barn circa 1900-1920

box 1:7

Horse in Paddock circa 1900-1920

box 1:7

Ranch Cowboy circa 1900-1920

Box 1:7

Warehouse Aug. 1947

box 1:7

Deming Wheeler Ranch circa 1920-1945

box 2:1

Vineyards circa 1895-1996

box 2:1

Cultivated Mountain-Sides Near Santa Cruz, Cal. circa 1895-1920

box 2:1

Italian Gardens circa 1895-1920

box 2:1

View East from the Kron Residence on River Street circa 1895-1920

box 2:1

A Vineyard Santa Cruz Mts. circa 1895-1920

box 2:1

View of Vineyards and Valley in Santa Cruz Mountains circa 1895-1920

box 2:1

Burrell School Vineyard 1996

box-folder 2:2-2:6, 131

Animals Series 2 1890-1960

Physical Description: 1.5 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs of domestic animals, livestock, sealife, and wildlife.
box 2:2

Domestic circa 1936-1960

box 2:2

Dog Advertising Santa Cruz S.P.C.A. Animal Shelter circa 1940-1960

box 2:2

Boy with Basket of Kittens circa 1940-1960

box 2:2

Chinchillas Jan. 1950

box 2:2

Lady Ann [Dog] 1936

box 2:3

Livestock circa 1919-1950

box 2:3

Children and Women Feeding Chickens circa 1930-1950

box 2:3

Incubator Babes and Cornish Rooster, Mission Hatchery Feb. 8, 1950

box 2:3

Ewe of the High School Flock on Hill Below Manual Bldg. Apr. 8, 1919

box 2:3

Mule Team Pulling Thresher circa 1890-1920

box 2:3

Purebred, Pedigreed Black Aberdeen Angus Bull Dec. 1949

box 2:4

Sealife circa 1918-1980

box 2:4

1100 lbs. (also reported 700 lbs.) Turtle Caught off Santa Cruz July 1923

box 2:4

Finner Whale Washed up on Beach Near Wharf 1960

box 2:4

The Seals at Lighthouse Point Santa Cruz, Cal. circa 1930-1950

box 2:4

Sea Gulls on Wharf Aug. 18, 1918

box 2:4

Brown Pelican on Municipal Wharf circa 1930-1960

box 2:4

Day on the Bay circa 1960-1980

box 2:5

Bottlenosed Whale on Tide Pools 1925

box 2:6

Wildlife circa 1915-1950

box 2:6

Big Basin Deer Herd circa 1915-1930

Box 2:6

Albert M. Weaver Feeding Wild Deer circa 1915-1930

box 2:6

Cowell Buffalo Herd circa 1918-1940

box 2:6, 131

Cowell Elk Herd circa 1918-1930

box-folder 3:1-7:3, 131

Beaches Series 3 1880-1960

Physical Description: 5 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs of beaches from the following areas: Aptos, Capitola, Santa Cruz Central, Eastside and Westside, North and South Coast.
box 3:1

Aptos circa 1930-1960

box 3:1

Rio Del Mar circa 1930-1960

box 3:1

Seacliff Beach and Cement Ship circa 1920-1950

box 3:2-4

Capitola circa 1880-1960

box 4:1, 131

Santa Cruz, Central circa 1904-1950

box 4:1

Cowell circa 1904-1950

box 4:2-3

Santa Cruz, Eastside circa 1883-1960

box 4:2

Seabright circa 1883-1960

box 4:3

Wood's Lagoon circa 1920-1940

box 4:3

Twin Lakes circa 1880-1952

box 4:3

Black Point circa 1930-1940

box 4:3

Del Mar/Sunny Cove circa 1900-1960

box 4:3

Pleasure Point circa 1930-1950

box 4:3

Opal Cliffs circa 1930-1950

box 4:5

Santa Cruz, Westside circa 1880-1920

box 4:5

Lighthouse Point circa 1880-1920

box 4:5

Vue de L'eau circa 1880-1920

box 5:1-3

Natural Bridges circa 1880-1920

box 6:1-4, 131

West Cliff Drive circa 1880-1920

box 7:1

North Coast circa 1894-1920

box 7:2

South Coast circa 1885-1940

box 7:3

Unidentified Beaches circa 1885-1940

box-folder 7:4-12:5, 146

Boardwalk and Casino Series 4 1875-1990

Physical Description: 6 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs of the following: pre-casino; Casino I, II, and the period between casinos; concessions, entertainment, Natatorium, Pleasure Pier, rides, trains, and the casino remodel of 1980 and 1990.
box 7:4-8:2

Pre-Casino circa 1875-1906

box 8:3

Casino I circa 1904-1906

box 8:4

Period between Casinos circa 1906-1907

box 8:3-11:1

Casino II circa 1907-1980

box 8:5

Construction 1906-1907

box 9:1

Interior 1907-1929

box 9:2

1907-1912

box 9:3

Beach Street 1907-1910

box 9:4

Night Views 1908-1925

box 10:1-2

1920-1929

box 10:3

1930-1939

box 10:4

1940-1949

box 11:1

1950-1980

box 11:2-4

Concessions circa 1906-1939

box 11:5

Entertainment circa 1907-1959

box 11:6

Natatorium circa 1890-1930

box 12:1

Pleasure Pier circa 1906-1940

box 12:2-3

Rides circa 1915-1960

box 12:2

General circa 1900-1940

box 12:3

Giant Dipper circa 1908-1960

box 12:4

Trains circa 1900-1950

box 12:5

Remodel 1980, 1990

box-folder 13-18:1, 128:3-5, 133

Businesses Series 5 1880-1996

Physical Description: 6 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs covering a wide range of businesses from automotive to veterinarians.
box 13:1

Automotive circa 1913-1955

box 13:2

Banks, Finance, and Insurance circa 1880-1940

box 13:3

Barbershops circa 1920-1960

box 13:3

Bookstores circa 1960-1967

box 13:4

Cemeteries and Mortuaries circa 1920-1989

box 14:1

Clothing Stores circa 1900-1959

box 14:2

Cycleries circa 1900-1919

box 14:3-4

Bars and Saloons circa 1880-1960

box 14:5

Breweries and Liquor Stores circa 1880-1910

box 14:6

Cafes and Restaurants circa 1880-1991

box 15:1-16:1, 133

Grocery Stores circa 1880-1996

box 16:2-17:1

Hardware and General Merchandise circa 1880-1950

box 17:2

Jewelers circa 1900-1920

box 17:2

Laundries circa 1900-1950

box 17:3

Movers circa 1910-1940

box 17:3

Newsstands circa 1944

box 17:3

Real Estate circa 1910-1940

box 17:5

Pharmacies and Drug Stores circa 1880-1950

box 17:4

Photographers circa 1880-1930

box 18:1

Plants and Nurseries circa 1910-1996

box 17:4

Stables circa 1880-1930

box 17:4

Surveyors circa 1890-1919

box 17:4

Theaters circa 1915-1959

box 17:4

Veterinarians circa 1918

box 128:3-5

Pacific Garden Mall circa 1970-1972

box-folder 18:2-19:7, 129, 132-133

Civic Organizations and Government Series 6 1866-1993

Physical Description: 4 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs documenting local government, city and county officials, civic buildings, charities and community groups, fraternal and sororal orders, and visiting politicians.
box 18:2

Chamber of Commerce circa 1920-1950

box 18:3, 19:7

Charities circa 1894-1960

box 18:4

City and County Officials circa 1882-1950

box 18:5-19:4

Civic Buildings circa 1866-1960

box 18:5

City Hall circa 1918-1944

box 18:6

Civic Auditorium circa 1930-1946

box 18:7-8, 133

Court House circa 1866-1953

box 19:1

Hall of Records circa 1890-1993

box 19:2

Sheriff's Office and Jail circa 1920-1940

box 19:3

Town Clock circa 1874-1950

box 19:4

Veteran's Hall circa 1932-1960

box 19:6-7

Civic Groups circa 1886-1960

box 19:6

4-H circa 1947-1950

box 19:7

Elks circa 1920-1940

box 19:7

Grand Army of the Republic 1886

box 19:7

Salvation Army May 13, 1957

box 19:7

Native Sons of the Golden West circa 1900-1919

 

See also, Cultural Activities: Parades, 23:1-4

box 19:7

Native Daughters of the Golden West 1899

box 19:7

Knights of Pythia May 9, 1910

box 19:7

Santa Cruz Boosters circa 1920-1930

box 19:7

Social Hall of Santa Cruz June 8, 1919

box 19:7

Veteran's of Foreign Wars - VFW Hall circa 1940-1960

box 19:5, 129, 132-133

Visiting Politicians circa 1888-1937

box-folder 20-21:7

Communications and Utilities Series 7 1880-1960

Physical Description: 2 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs of the following businesses and utilities: newspapers, post offices, radio, telegraph, telephone, gas, electric, sanitation, and water.
box 20:1-4

Newspapers circa 1890-1969

box 20:1

San Francisco Examiner circa 1890-1919

box 20:2-3

Santa Cruz News circa 1918-1940

box 20:3

Santa Cruz Sentinel circa 1918-1969

box 20:4

Santa Cruz Surf 1891, 1914

box 20:5-21:2

Post Offices circa 1880-1960

box 21:3

Radio circa 1947-1950

box 21:3

Telegraph circa 1900-1920

box 21:3

Telephone circa 1920-1955

box 21:4

Gas, Electric, and Sanitation circa 1900-1959

box 21:5-7

Water circa 1898-1940

box 21:5

Bay Street Reservoir circa 1923-1924

box 21:6

Wave Motor circa 1898-1910

box 21:6-7

Pipelines, Pumps and Flumes circa 1898-1940

box-folder 22-28:4, 133-134

Cultural Activities Series 8 1880-1994

Physical Description: 8 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs of exhibits, festivals and celebrations, parades, visual arts, and water carnivals.
box 22:1

Exhibits circa 1915-1970

box 22:2-4

Festivals and Celebrations circa 1880-1970

box 22:3

Holidays circa 1918-1959

box 22:3-4, 134

Music circa 1880-1970

box 23:1-26:3, 133

Parades circa 1880-1991

box 23:1-4

Native Sons of the Golden West circa 1880-1927

box 24:1-2

1900-1919

box 24:3-25:1

1920-1929

box 25:2-3

1930-1939

box 25:4-26:1, 133

1940-1949

box 26:2

1950-1959

box 26:3

Gay Pride 1981

box 26:3

Santa Cruz Bicentennial October 5, 1991

box 26:4

Visual Arts 1994

box 26:4

Murals 1994

box 26:5-28:2, 134

Water Carnival circa 1895-1928

box 28:3

Begonia Festival circa 1950-1960

box 28:4

Watsonville Water Carnival circa 1895-1915

box-folder 28:5-33:1, 130

Disasters Series 9 1880-1996

Physical Description: 6 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs documenting earthquakes, explosions, fires, floods, landslides, and storms.
box 29:5-33:1

Disasters circa 1906-1992

box 28:5-7

Earthquakes circa 1906-1992

box 29:1

Explosions October, 21, 1905

box 29:2-30:6

Fires circa 1887-1990

box 30:7-32:4, 130

Floods circa 1880-1982

box 32:5

Landslides circa 1915-1996

box 33:1

Storms circa 1918-1960

box-folder 33:2-45:11

Entertainment Series 10 1860-1985

Physical Description: 12 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series includes photographs of circuses, fairs, theaters and theatrical productions. In addition, a large segment covers films made in Santa Cruz including actors, sets, and production crews.
box 33:2-45:11

Entertainment circa 1860-1985

box 33:2-34:2

Circuses circa 1860-1960

Box 33:2

Ads and Posters circa 1920-1940

Box 33:3

Parades and Wagons circa 1909-1920

Box 33:4-5

Performers circa 1909-1960

Box 33:6-7

Side Shows circa 1860-1950

Box 34:1

Tents and Grounds circa 1918-1949

Box 34:2

Trains circa 1918-1929

box 34:3-34:6

Fairs and Exhibits circa 1886-1959

Box 34:3

Apple Annual circa 1919-1920

Box 34:4-5

Santa Cruz County Fair circa 1886-1959

Box 34:6

Miscellaneous Carnivals circa 1880-1959

box 35:1-44:4

Film in Santa Cruz circa 1911-1959

Box 35:1

Babes in the Woods circa 1917

Box 35:2

Blue Blazes Rawden 1918

Box 35:3

Broken Chains 1922

Box 35:4

The Danites 1911

Box 35:5

A Diamond in the Rough 1911

Box 35:6

The Dixie Merchant 1926

Box 35:7

Don't Marry 1928

Box 35:8

Evangeline 1929

Box 36:1

Eyes of the Forest 1923

Box 36:2

False Evidence 1919

Box 36:3

Foolish Wives 1920

Box 36:4

The Forest Rangers circa 1942

Box 36:5

Freckles 1917

Box 36:6

Hands Across the Sea 1926

Box 37:1

Hide-Out 1934

Box 37:2

Higher Education 1922

Box 37:3

His Weekend 1923

Box 37:4

How Could You Caroline?/Carolyn of the Corners 1919

Box 37:5

In Old Kentucky 1919

Box 37:6

Jes Call Me Jim circa 1920

Box 37:7-8

The Johnstown Flood 1926

Box 38:1

Just Squaw 1979

Box 38:2

A Kentucky Schoolmaster/Mountain Dew 1917

Box 38:3

Kick In 1922

Box 38:4

The Kingdom Within 1922

Box 38:5

Lily of Poverty Flat 1922

Box 38:6

Lying Lips 1920

Box 38:7

Maid of Salem 1936

Box 38:8

The Man Who Fights Alone 1924

Box 39:1

Melissa of the Hills 1917

Box 39:2

The Midnight Kiss 1926

Box 39:3

Noah's Ark 1928

Box 39:4

Old Hutch 1936

Box 39:5-6

The One-Way Trail 1919

Box 40:1

Peaceful Valley 1920

Box 40:2

Peggy Takes the Lead/Peggy Leads the Way circa 1917-1919

Box 40:3

Primal Lure circa 1915-1916

Box 40:4

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1932-1933

Box 40:5

Roadhouse 1928

Box 40:6

A Romance of the Redwoods 1917

Box 40:7-8

The Romance of Rosy Ridge 1946

Box 40:9

Rosemary Climbs the Heights 1918

Box 41:1

Rubber Tires circa 1922-1927

Box 41:2

Salomy Jane 1923

Box 41:3

Sea Urchin circa 1916

Box 41:4

Soft Living circa 1928

Box 41:5-6

Soul of the Beast circa 1923

Box 42:1-2

The Sun Comes Up 1948

Box 42:3

Testing Block 1920

Box 42:4

Thunder Mountain circa 1925

Box 42:5

Tol'able David circa 1930

Box 42:6

Winking Idol 1925

Box 43-44:1

Actors and Crew Members 1917-1950

Box 43:1

Zasu Pitts circa 1919-1937

Box 43:2

Miss Weick of Casa del Rey July 25, 1920

Box 43:2

C. Brooks and Miss I. Cohen of Chicago July 25, 1920

Box 43:2

Alice Williams and Unidentified Actor circa 1917-1929

Box 43:2

Mrs. Gertrude Sawyer, Alice Williams, and Unidentified Actor circa 1917-1929

Box 43:2

David Ragin circa 1917-1929

Box 43:2

George O'Brien, Dog, and Unidentified Man circa 1917-1929

Box 43:2

George Mason circa 1917-1929

Box 43:2

Martha Raye and Buddie - Reed Children circa 1924

Box 43:2

Dorothy Dalton circa 1918

Box 43:2

Dorothy Davenport circa 1917

Box 43:2

George Duryea circa 1929

Box 43:2

Jim Kirkwood circa 1920

Box 43:2

"Old Buckskin" (Richard E. Homer) and "Headlight" the Horse May 18, 1918

Box 43:2

Preston Sawyer and a Movie Group on Location circa 1948

Box 43:3

Western Character Actors on Location circa 1920-1930

Box 43:4

Sets and Location Shots circa 1916-1950

Box 43:4

Fer Dal Film Mfg. Co. - De Laveaga Park 1916

Box 44

Posters and Billboards circa 1913-1922

Box 44:1

The Country Circus and The Little Mascot circa 1915-1916

Box 44:1

Babes in the Wood circa 1917

Box 44:1

The Zeppelin, The Leap for Liberty, et al. Mar. 1918

Box 44:1

Courage Nov. 30, 1930

Box 44:1

Getting the Best of Dad circa 1913

Box 44:1

Hunting Big Game in Africa with Gun and Camera by H.A. Snow circa 1922

box 44:2-6

Theater circa 1870-1974

Box 44:2

Jack Swan Founder of First Theatre in California circa 1917

Box 44:2

Cast of Queen Esther circa 1870-1880

Box 44:2

Great Juvenile Pinafore Company circa 1880

Box 44:2

Flora, Vaudeville Actress - W.H. Sherer Theatre circa 1912

Box 44:2

Possibly Cast of Mac Swain's Theater Show circa 1880

Box 44:2-5

Unidentified Actors circa 1880

Box 44:3

Monroe Salisbury June 1, 1924

Box 44:3

From Hazel's "Egyptian" Dance - Van Dyke Nov. 1, 1918

Box 44:3

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Archer Aug. 29, 1918

Box 44:3

Tom Prescott and Unidentified Actors circa 1918-1920

Box 44:3

Ernest Otto, Sentinel Society Editor and Edith Fikes, School Principal circa 1918-1920

Box 44:3

Charlie (Chaplin) Amador June 1924

Box 44:3

Walter Burchett and Branciforte School Actors in The Toymaker Dec. 12, 1930

Box 44:3

Ted Howland and Actors in Local Comedy circa 1918-1920

Box 44:3

Mack Swain as the King in When Knighthood Was in Flower 1907

Box 44:3

Lincoln Plumer, Charles Delaney, Mack Swain circa 1907-1910

Box 44:3

Roso Bell Marston and Leo Christel Bell circa 1907-1910

Box 44:3

Reunion of Old Vitagraph Players 1927

Box 44:3

Marcella Rostron and Unidentified Girls Dressed as Angels circa 1920-1930

Box 44:3

Cora King Swain as La Belle Marie circa 1907-1910

Box 44:4

Eddie Shore - Brown's Sax [Saxophone] Six circa 1925

Box 44:4

New Santa Cruz Theatre circa 1920-1925

Box 44:4

Higher Education circa 1920-1930

Box 44:4

The College Flapper Feb. 2, 1931

Box 44:4

Miracle of the Trees May 7, 1949

Box 44:4

George Washington Johnson's Great and Only Broadway Revues circa 1920-1935

Box 44:5

Dance Troupe - Max Groszman, Dorothy Adams, Helen Kingdon, MyrnaLea Russell, TyrLyn Cruse, Leah Sievert circa 1940-1950

Box 44:5

Ballet Company circa 1940-1950

Box 44:5

Hawaiian Troupe - Nelda Gill, Rita Anderson, Norma Grafft, Garth Grafft, Lee Geary circa 1940-1950

Box 44:5

Oliver! Nov. 1974

Box 44:6

Frank Smith Sets and Actors circa 1920-1929

Box 44:6

Ed Headrick Posing at the Frank Smith Home circa 1920-1929

box 45:1-11

Theaters and Movie Houses circa 1880-1960

Box 45:1

Cameo circa 1920-1929

Box 45:2

Del Mar circa 1935-1960

Box 45:3

Electric circa 1880-1889

Box 45:4

Grand Sept. 5, 1919

Box 45:5

Jewel circa 1917-1920

Box 45:6

Rio 1953-1954

Box 45:7

New Santa Cruz circa 1919-1959

Box 45:8

Encina Drive-In circa 1949-1955

Box 45:9

Swain's circa 1906-1910

Box 45:10

Unique circa 1914-1936

Box 45:11

Ben Lomond Theater circa 1940-1950

Box 45:11

The Dolan Theater - Boulder Creek circa 1940-1951

Box 45:11

Forest Theater - Brookdale June 8, 1919

Box 45:11

The Capitola Theater circa 1948-1951

Box 45:11

Watsonville - T and D Theater and Auditorium circa 1910-1942

box-folder 46-51:3

Hotels, Cottages and Apartments Series 11 1870-1965

Physical Description: 5 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs of lodgings for the following towns: Aptos, Ben Lomond, Big Basin, Boulder Creek, Felton, Glenwood, Zayante, Olympia, La Selva, Soquel, Capitola, Santa Cruz, Davenport, Watsonville, and Wrights.
box 46-51

Hotels, Cottages, and Apartments circa 1870-1965

box 46:1

Aptos circa 1880-1960

Box 46:1

Bay View Hotel circa 1880-1960

Box 46:1

Ocean House circa 1880-1960

Box 46:1

Rio Del Mar Country Club circa 1926-1945

Box 46:1

Aptos Hotel circa 1960-1965

box 46:2

Ben Lomond circa 1900-1960

Box 46:2

Cottages at Lockwood's Grove circa 1930-1960

Box 46:2

Hotel Ben Lomond circa 1910-1930

Box 46:2

Hotel Dickinson circa 1935-1940

Box 46:2

Hotel Rowardennan circa 1904-1960

Box 46:2

Ben Lomond Lodge circa 1927

Box 46:2

Stacy's Cottage Court circa 1930-1940

box 46:3

Big Basin circa 1915-1951

Box 46:3

Big Basin Lodge 1951

Box 46:3

Redwood Inn circa 1915-1930

box 46:3

Boulder Creek circa 1880-1950

Box 46:3

Boulder Creek Lodge circa 1940-1950

Box 46:3

Boulder Creek House circa 1880-1910

Box 46:3

Commercial Hotel circa 1880-1910

Box 46:3

Evans Rest Cabins circa 1940-1960

Box 46:3

Redwood Rest Hotel circa 1900-1930

box 46:4

Brookdale circa 1908-1960

Box 46:4

Brookdale Lodge circa 1908-1960

box 46:5

Felton circa 1875-1955

Box 46:5

Griffin's Redwood Grove circa 1925-1955

Box 46:5

Welch's Resort circa 1927

Box 46:5

Felton Hotel circa 1937

Box 46:5

Grand Central Hotel circa 1908-1937

Box 46:5

Big Tree House circa 1875-1885

Box 46:5

Cottages and Camping, Sycamore Grove Store circa 1930-1940

box 46:6

Glenwood circa 1880-1920

Box 46:6

Glenwood Hotel circa 1880-1920

box 46:7

Zayante circa 1880-1920

Box 46:7

Zayante Inn circa 1880-1920

box 46:8

Olympia circa 1910-1920

Box 46:8

Olympia Park circa 1910-1920

box 46:8

La Selva circa 1925-1935

Box 46:8

Rob Roy Camp circa 1925-1935

box 46:9

Soquel circa 1880-1950

Box 46:9

Summer Home Farm circa 1890-1910

Box 46:9

Mt. View Ranch Hotel circa 1930-1950

Box 46:9

Park House circa 1890-1900

Box 46:9

Sund's Resort circa 1920-1940

box 46:9

Redwood Lodge, Wrights circa 1910-1930

box 46:9

Santa Lucia Motor Inn, Los Gatos circa 1930-1940

box 47:1-3

Capitola circa 1895-1950

Box 47:1

Hotel Capitola circa 1895-1929

Box 47:2

Hillcrest Court, Bay View and Monterey Bay Apartments circa 1920-1949

Box 47:3

Venetian Court Apartments circa 1920-1949

box 47:4-50:7

Santa Cruz circa 1880-1952

Box 47:4

The Antlers, Bedell House, and Bayside Lodge circa 1900-1950

Box 47:5-6

Casa del Rey circa 1910-1960

Box 48:1

Cherry Court circa 1938

Box 48:2-3

Cottage and Tent City circa 1904-1930

Box 48:4

Davis Apartments and Hotel Santa Maria del Mar circa 1892-1950

Box 48:5

Douglas House circa 1885

Box 48:5

El Dranel, Fratangelo's Del Mar Apartments, and Furrer Hotel circa 1930-1959

Box 48:6

Garibaldi and Germania Hotels circa 1890-1900

Box 48:6

Hotel Santa Cruz, Granada Hotel and Beachcomber Club circa 1918-1950

Box 48:7

Hagemann Hotel, Hotel Graystone, and Rio Club of Hotel D'Italia circa 1892-1945

Box 48:8

Lily Dale Apartments and the March House - Walker's Court circa 1920-1949

Box 48:9

Hotel McCray and Miramar Court circa 1900-1947

Box 48:10

Neptune Cottage circa 1886

Box 49:1

Pacific Ocean House and Palais Monte Carlo Apartments circa 1890-1940

Box 49:2

Hotel Palomar circa 1920-1945

Box 49:3

Piedmont Court circa 1912-1940

Box 49:4

Pope House and Pogonip Club circa 1880-1931, 1930-1950,

Box 49:5

Railroad Exchange Hotel and El Rio Auto Camp circa 1920-1940

Box 49:6

Riverside Hotel circa 1890-1950

Box 49:7

St. Charles Hotel circa 1900-1949

Box 49:8

St. George Hotel circa 1880-1949

Box 49:9

St. James Hotel circa 1880-1940

Box 50:1

Santa Cruz House and Salt-Air Court circa 1880-1900, 1950

Box 50:2-4

Sea Beach Hotel circa 1880-1940

Box 50:5

Seaside Home and Seabright Hotel circa 1870-1880, 1920-1944,

Box 50:6

Simmons Cottages and Swanton House circa 1883-1923

Box 50:7

Terrace Court and Twin Lakes Auto Court circa 1920-1950

Box 50:7

Wilkin's House and Youngman's Apartments circa 1886, 1920-1951

box 51:1

Davenport circa 1880-1952

Box 51:1

Ocean View Hotel and Sportsman's Retreat circa 1940-1959

box 51:2

Watsonville circa 1880-1952

Box 51:2

Hotel Appleton and Hotel Resetar circa 1920-1929

box 51:3

Unidentified Hotels circa 1880-1950

box-folder 51:4-56:3, 130, 133-134

Industries Series 12 1870-1996

Physical Description: 8 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs for the following industries: blacksmithing and carriage works, fishing and hatcheries, food processing, logging and lumber mills, metal works, mining, oil drilling, powder works, shoe repair, tanning, and others.
box 51:4-55:4

Industries circa 1870-1996

box 51:4-5

Blacksmiths and Carriage Works circa 1880-1955

box 51:6-52:3

Fishing and Hatcheries circa 1900-1949

box 52:4, 130

Food Processing circa 1880-1965

box 52:5-54:5

Logging and Lumber Mills circa 1870-1929

box 54:6, 130

Metal Works circa 1900-1920

box 54:7-55:4, 130, 133-134

Mining circa 1890-1960, 1996

Box 54:7, 130

Bitumen, Gold, and Rock circa 1890-1929, 1996

Box 54:8-55:1, 134

Cement circa 1905-1940

Box 55:2-4, 133-134

Lime circa 1890-1960

box 55:5

Oil Drilling circa 1920-1929

box 55:6-7

Powder Works circa 1890-1927

box 56:1

Shoe Repair circa 1912-1918

box 56:2

Tanning circa 1895-1940

box 56:3, 134

Miscellaneous Industries circa 1900-1960

box-folder 56:4

Landmarks Series 13 1920-1965

Physical Description: 1 Folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs documenting historic markers and plaques of Santa Cruz County. See also, Civic Organizations and Government: Civic Buildings, Boxes 18-19.
box 56:4

Landmarks and Plaques circa 1920-1965

box-folder 56:5-57:8, 130, 132-133

Military Series 14 1879-1948

Physical Description: 4.5 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs documenting military groups and activities in Santa Cruz County.
box 56:5-57:8

Military circa 1879-1948

box 56:5-57:1, 130, 132

Pre-World War I circa 1879-1905

box 57:2-4

U.S. Navy and Armory circa 1896-1919

box 57:5, 133

World War I circa 1917-1918

box 57:6

California High School Cadets circa 1917-1919

box 57:7

World War II circa 1938-1945

box 57:8

National Guard 1920

box 57:8

Miscellaneous circa 1920-1948

box-folder 58:1-63:7

Nature Series 15 1875-1960

Physical Description: 5.5 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs of natural scenery in and around Santa Cruz County.
box 58:1-63:7

Nature circa 1875-1960

box 58:1-5, 61

Forests and Trees circa 1875-1940

box 59:1-3, 61

Lakes and Lagoons circa 1890-1960

box 59:5

Mountains circa 1900-1960

box 59:6-60:2

Natural Arches circa 1880-1960

box 60:3

Plains and Meadows circa 1910-1940

box 62:1

Plants circa 1900-1950

box 62:2-63:5

Rivers and Streams circa 1890-1960

box 63:6

Valleys circa 1900-1950

box 63:7

Waterfalls circa 1900-1955

box-folder 64-84, 96:6-7, 129, 132, 134, 148, 187

People Series 16 1862-1975

Physical Description: 25.5 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs of individuals and groups from Santa Cruz County, identified and unidentified.
Businesses, clubs, and school group photographs include: Chamber of Commerce, Sundaz! weekly newspaper, Santa Cruz Sentinel - publicity and Santa Cruz City birthday party.
Note: This series includes photographs of Santa Cruz residents that are arranged in groups identified by race or ethnicity, such as Chinese Americans. The exact provenance of this arrangement is unknown, but it is likely that the material was organized in this fashion by the collector and/or by volunteers and Special Collections staff over the course of approximately 1968-1990. This method of arrangement and description reflects the time period in which it was created, and does not align with current archival practice and UCSC University Library values.
See also, Recreation: Sports Teams, boxes 89-90; Religion, boxes 91-94; Social Services: Schools, boxes 98-101.

Arrangement

Identified photographs are arranged alphabetically and by size.
box 64-71:5

Individuals, Identified circa 1862-1975

box 64-65:2, 129

"A - C" circa 1880-1965

box 65:3-5

"D - F" circa 1880-1960

box 66

"G - H" circa 1880-1975

box 67:1-4

"I - L" circa 1862-1965

box 67:5-68

"M - N" circa 1850-1978

box 69

"O - R" circa 1866-1950

box 70

"S - T" circa 1870-1950

box 71:1-5

"U - Z" circa 1890-1960

box 71:6-74

Individuals, Unidentified circa 1880-1960

box 71:6-72:2, 187

Children circa 1880-1960

box 72:3-5, 129

Women circa 1880-1950

box 73:1-4

Men circa 1880-1940

box 74

Tintypes circa 1880-1940

box 75-84, 96:6-7, 148

Groups, Identified circa 1880-1976

box 75:1

Cowell, Garrett, Leibbrandt, Sesnon, Stagnaro, and Williamson Families circa 1890-1917

box 96:6-7

Middleton Family circa 1880-1910

box 148

Bailey and Terrill Families circa 1880-1910

box 75:2-3

A - V circa 1888-1976

box 75:4-76:2

Chinese Americans circa 1890-1950

box 76:3, 129

Filipino Americans circa 1925-1950

box 76:4

Japanese Americans circa 1900-1941

box 76:5

Mexican Americans and Latinos circa 1890-1985

box 76:6

Native Americans circa 1890-1975

box 76:7-82:1, 84, 129, 132, 134

Businesses, Clubs, and Schools circa 1880-1975

Box 76:7-77:1

Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, Rotary Club, et al. circa 1886-1950

Box 77:2-4

Sundaz! Weekly Newspaper circa 1973-1975

Box 78:1-79:5

School Groups circa 1880-1960

Box 78:1, 132

Santa Cruz High School and Pi Delta Fraternity circa 1899-1925

Box 78:2

Mission Hill Grammar School circa 1893-1929

Box 78:3-79:1

Bay View circa 1880-1929

Box 79:2

Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Glen Canyon, Glen Haven, Glenwood, Grant, Pescadero, and Watsonville circa 1880-1910

Box 79:3

Bonny Doon, Capitola, Library Reading Club, California Congress of Parents and Teachers circa 1950-1960

Box 79:4-5

Unidentified School Groups circa 1880-1935, 1950-1960,

Box 80:1-82:1

Santa Cruz Sentinel - Publicity and Santa Cruz Birthday Party circa 1925-1959

box 82:2-84, 129, 134

Groups, Unidentified circa 1880-1940

box-folder 85-90, 134

Recreation Series 17 1874-1970

Physical Description: 7 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs of recreational pursuits in Santa Cruz County, including: beauty pageants, boating, camping, dancing, fishing, racing, team sports, tourist attractions, and county parks.
box 85:1

Beauty Pageants circa 1920-1944

box 85:2

Boating circa 1900-1955

box 85:3, 134

Camping circa 1890-1940

box 85:4

Dancing circa 1940-1950

box 85:5

Fishing circa 1910-1950

box 85:6

Tourist Attractions: Mystery Spot, Santa's Village and Tree Circus circa 1941-1960

box 85:7

Picnics and Barbeques circa 1890-1960

box 86:1-88:4

Parks circa 1890-1960

box 86:1-2

Big Basin circa 1900-1949

box 86:3-88:2

Big Trees - Henry Cowell State Park circa 1880-1960

box 88:3

De Laveaga Park circa 1918-1929

box 88:4

Linden Park, Nisene Marks, Waddell Creek/Hoover Ranch circa 1918-1978

box 88:5

Pogonip, Casa del Rey Golf and Country Club circa 1912-1946

box 88:6

Racing circa 1920-1955

box 88:7-90:7

Team Sports circa 1874-1970

box 88:7

Baseball circa 1880-1950

box 89:1

Basketball circa 1906-1950

box 89:2

Boxing circa 1910-1920

box 89:3

Football circa 1890-1965

box 89:4

Golf circa 1920-1955

box 89:5

Gymnastics circa 1874-1948

box 89:6

Horsemanship circa 1920-1945

box 90:1

Physical Education circa 1920-1959

box 90:2-4

Swimming circa 1997-1970

box 90:5

Track and Field circa 1890-1920

box 90:6

Tennis circa 1920-1950

 

See also, Pogonip 88:5

box 90:7

Miscellaneous circa 1930-1950

box-folder 91-94:4, 131

Religion Series 18 1858-1989

Physical Description: 4.5 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs of various churches and places of worship in Santa Cruz, Soquel, Boulder Creek, Felton, and Watsonville. The denominations represented are: Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Episcopal, First Adventist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Seventh Day Adventist, Unitarian, and various tent churches, missions, and camps. Also represented are spiritual centers and retreats.
box 91:1-4, 131

Catholic circa 1858-1960

box 91:1-2, 131

Santa Cruz Mission circa 1930-1933

box 91:3

Holy Cross circa 1858-1950

box 91:4

St. Francis, St. Joseph, St. Patrick, Our Lady Star of the Sea, and St. Michael circa 1930-1960

box 92:1

Baptist circa 1890-1989

box 92:2

Community circa 1930-1950

box 92:3

Congregational circa 1890-1955

box 92:4

Episcopal circa 1876-1960

box 92:5-6

First Advent Christian circa 1900-1940

box 93:1-2

First Christian circa 1890-1930

box 93:3-4

Methodist circa 1870-1950

box 93:5

Presbyterian circa 1880-1938

box 93:6

Seventh Day Adventist circa 1930-1950

box 93:7

Unitarian circa 1900-1930

box 94:1-3

Spiritual Centers circa 1890-1970

box 94:1

Beulah Park circa 1940-1950

box 94:2

Mount Hermon circa 1918-1970

box 94:3

St. Francis / El Pajaro Springs circa 1890-1930

box 94:4

Miscellaneous circa 1890-1970

box-folder 94:5-97:7, 131-133

Residences Series 19 1872-1989

Physical Description: 6 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs of residences throughout Santa Cruz County including Aptos, Capitola, Soquel and Watsonville. Identified family residences include: Aydelotte, Anderson, Anthony, Bailey-Terrill, Bartlett, Blackburn, Castro, Cooney, Douglass, Dreher, Drennan, Foster, Hihn, Howden, Irish, Irwin-Hyde, Jackson, Jeter, Jordon, Knight, McPherson, Middleton, Miller, Osman, Reid, Thurwacher, and White.
box 94:5

Adobes circa 1900-1989

box 94:6-7, 133

Downtown circa 1872-1945

box 95:1

Hihn House circa 1880-1935

box 95:2-4, 131-132

Westside circa 1880-1955

box 95:5

Beach Hill circa 1880-1965

box 96:1-2

Eastside circa 1892-1950

box 96:3

Aptos circa 1920-1940

box 96:4

Capitola circa 1880-1940

box 96:5

Live Oak, Pleasure Point, Rio Del Mar, Seacliff, Soquel circa 1890-1965

box 96:6-97:2

San Lorenzo Valley circa 1927-1940

box 96:6-7

"Villa Madrone" Middleton Family House circa 1900

box 97:1

Irwin-Hyde House, Brookdale circa 1904-1925

box 97:2

Howden Castle, Ben Lomond circa 1929-1940

box 97:3

Pasatiempo circa 1928-1962

box 97:4

Watsonville circa 1890-1986

box 97:4

Thurwacher House circa 1986

box 97:5-7

Miscellaneous and Unidentified circa 1880-1955

box-folder 98:1-103:5

Social Services Series 20 1877-1972

Physical Description: 5.5 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs that document education, health and emergency services, and public employees of Santa Cruz County. Included are schools, fire and police departments, hospitals, libraries, and museums.
box 98:1-101:4

Education - Schools circa 1880-1972

box 98:1

Bay View circa 1908-1948

box 98:2

Ben Lomond and Boulder Creek circa 1880-1950

box 98:3

Branciforte circa 1890-1950

box 98:4

Cabrillo College circa 1960-1967

box 98:5

Chaminade circa 1910-1950

box 98:6

Felton circa 1930-1940

box 98:7

Gault circa 1890-1955

box 99:1

Glenwood circa 1896-1950

box 99:2

Grant circa 1899-1944

box 99:3

Happy Valley circa 1890-1940

box 99:4

Holy Cross circa 1880-1940

box 99:5

Laurel circa 1890-1950

box 99:6

Live Oak circa 1914-1945

box 99:7

Mission Hill circa 1890-1965

box 100:1-2

Santa Cruz High circa 1895-1940

box 100:3

Scotts Valley and Sequoia circa 1923-1940

box 100:4

Soquel circa 1910-1955

box 100:5

Watsonville - Primary, Notre Dame Academy and High School circa 1890-1957

box 101:1-4

Various Schools A-Z, and Unidentified circa 1880-1972

box 101:5-102:2

Fire Departments circa 1880-1955

box 102:3

Police Departments circa 1918-1977

box 103:1-2

Doctors and Hospitals circa 1880-1950

box 103:3-5

Libraries and Museums circa 1893-1989

box-folder 104:1-114:1, 128:3-4, 130, 132-134

Towns and Communities Series 21 1856-1960

Physical Description: 15 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs that document the towns and communities of Santa Cruz County.

Arrangement

Photographs are arranged by location, street name, and size.
box 104:1-110:4, 128, 130, 132

Santa Cruz circa 1856-1960

box 104:1-106:6, 130, 132

Pacific Avenue circa 1856-1960

box 128:3-4

Pacific Garden Mall circa 1970-1972

box 106:7

Beach Hill and vicinity circa 1890-1939

box 107:1

Beach Street circa 1910-1949

box 107:2

Branciforte Avenue circa 1920-1946

box 107:3

Broadway and vicinity circa 1920-1939

box 107:4

Campbell Street and vicinity circa 1915-1948

box 107:5

Cedar Street and vicinity circa 1900-1937

box 107:6

Chestnut Street circa 1900-1940

box 107:7

Church Street circa 1880-1948

box 107:8

Cooper Street circa 1910-1950

box 107:9, 130

Front Street circa 1910-1945

box 107:10

Garfield Street circa 1918-1955

box 107:11

Lincoln Street circa 1913-1945

box 108:1

Locust Street circa 1882-1935

box 108:2

Mission Street circa 1890-1955

box 108:3

Morrissey Boulevard and Pacheco Avenue circa 1910-1952

box 108:4

Ocean Street circa 1920-1929

box 108:5

Potrero Street and River Street circa 1890-1920

box 108:6

Riverside Avenue circa 1920-1937

box 108:7

Seabright Avenue circa 1891-1950

box 108:8

Soquel Avenue circa 1880-1960

box 108:9

Vine Street circa 1920-1939

box 108:10, 133

Walnut Avenue circa 1889-1949

box 109:1

Water Street circa 1900-1945

box 109:2

West Cliff Drive circa 1883-1930

box 109:3-110:1

Upper Westside, Highland and vicinity circa 1870-1960

box 110:2

Artist's Rendering of Downtown circa 1876-1900

box 110:3

Eastside and vicinity circa 1918-1960

box 110:4

East Cliff Drive circa 1890-1935

box 110:5-7

Capitola circa 1869-1950

box 111:1

Soquel circa 1870-1935

box 111:2-5

South County circa 1880-1948

box 111:2

Aptos and vicinity circa 1920-1944

box 111:3-4

Watsonville circa 1880-1948

box 111:5

Hecker Pass circa 1927-1948

box 111:6-113:3

San Lorenzo Valley and vicinity circa 1900-1949

box 111:6

Scotts Valley circa 1915-1940

box 112:1-2

Felton and vicinity circa 1870-1950

box 112:3

Mt. Hermon to Ben Lomond circa 1920-1949

box 112:4

Boulder Creek and Miscellaneous San Lorenzo Valley circa 1870-1949

box 113:1

Big Basin circa 1880-1949

box 113:2

Highland, Skyland and Wrights circa 1890-1930

box 113:3

Holy City circa 1920-1950

box 113:4-114:1, 134

Aerial Views of Santa Cruz circa 1919-1960

box-folder 114:2-128:2, 133-134

Transportation Series 22 1865-1970

Physical Description: 16 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains photographs that document county roads and highways including construction projects, bridges and trestles. The second part of this series documents conveyances and vehicles by air, land, and sea. Also included are images of pilots, engineers, captains, passengers, as well as tunnels, lighthouses, and wharves. Also included are vehicle accidents.

Arrangement

Photographs are arranged by location, type of conveyance or vehicle, and size.
box 114:2-115:1

County Roads and Highways circa 1880-1960

box 114:2-3

Highway 1 and vicinity circa 1900-1960

box 114:4-5

Highway 17 and vicinity circa 1918-1956

box 114:6-115:1

Unidentified County Roads circa 1880-1930

box 115:2-117:5

Bridges circa 1880-1970

box 115:2

Aptos, Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Brookdale circa 1918-1940

box 115:3

Capitola circa 1880-1944

box 115:4-5

Felton circa 1880-1949

Box 115:4

Covered Bridge circa 1928-1946

Box 115:5

Swinging Pedestrian Bridge circa 1880-1930

box 115:5

Mount Hermon circa 1900-1944

box 115:6-117:5

Santa Cruz circa 1880-1970

Box 115:6

Glen Canyon Covered Bridge Moved to De Laveaga Park circa 1930-1950

Box 115:7

Branciforte Creek, Cooper Street Footbridge, and Broadway circa 1910-1940

Box 115:8

East Cliff Drive and Schwann's Lagoon circa 1890-1945

Box 116:1

Garfield Street circa 1930-1935

Box 116:2

Paradise Park circa 1918-1930

Box 116:3-4

Riverside Avenue - "Cut Bias" Bridge circa 1888-1956

Box 116:5-117:2

Soquel Avenue circa 1888-1956

Box 116:5

Covered Bridge circa 1880-1921

Box 117:1

Covered Bridge Demolition 1921

Box 117:2

Soquel Avenue Bridge Construction 1921-1931

Box 117:3

Water Street circa 1890-1965

box 117:4

Soquel and Watsonville circa 1900-1965

box 117:5

Miscellaneous and Unidentified circa 1890-1970

box 117:6-119:1, 133-134

Conveyances by Air circa 1890-1964

box 117:6

Balloons and Airships circa 1890-1932

box 118:1-119:1

Airplanes circa 1915-1954

Box 118:1

Monoplanes and Biplanes circa 1915-1931

Box 118:2-3

Pilots and Passengers circa 1913-1929

Box 118:4

Stunts circa 1918-1925

Box 118:5, 133-134

Airports and Aerial Views circa 1917-1954

Box 119:1

Accidents circa 1918-1925

box 119:2-125:3, 133-134

Conveyances by Land circa 1873-1959

box 119:2-5

Animal Powered circa 1880-1955

box 120:1-3

Automobiles, Busses, and Trucks circa 1890-1945

Box 120:3

Accidents circa 1919-1953

box 120:4-124:3, 133

Railroads circa 1873-1959

Box 120:4-121:6, 133

Engines and Trains circa 1875-1949, 1995

Box 122:1-123:1

Routes, Trestles, and Tunnels circa 1879-1950

Box 123:2-124:2

Depots and Stations circa 1873-1959

Box 124:3

Accidents circa 1880-1935

box 124:4-125:3

Streetcars and Trolleys circa 1888-1940

Box 125:3

Accidents circa 1880-1935

box 134

Stagecoaches see also, Film 40, 42, 147 circa 1890-1910

box 125:4-128:2, 133

Conveyances by Sea circa 1865-19

box 125:4-126:2, 133

Boats and Ships circa 1876-1959

Box 126:2

Accidents circa 1876-1959

box 126:3-4

Lighthouses circa 1880-1951

box 127:1-128:2

Wharves circa 1865-1959

box-folder 129-144, 150

Oversize Series 23 1870-1959

Physical Description: 16 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains oversize photographs across several series. Original prints not found elsewhere in the collection are located in boxes 129-134 and 150. Boxes 135-144 and one map case drawer represent duplicates from the collection.
Photographs are arranged by size.
box 129-144, 150

Oversize circa 1870-1959

box 129

Series: Civic Government, People, Utilities

 

William Jennings Bryan

 

President Moncado and Orchestra

 

Samuel Henry Cowell

 

W. Kimball Briggs

 

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Telephone - Employees

 

Santa Cruz High School Class of 1919

 

Santa Cruz Children and School Bus

box 130

Series: Towns and Communities, Disasters, Military, Industries

 

Pacific Avenue and Front Street

 

Aerial of San Lorenzo River after 1955 Flood

 

Naval Reserve Armory and 3rd Field Gun Crew

 

U.S. Alert. Decoration Day 1907

 

Wallace - Reynolds Post. G.A.R. of Santa Cruz

 

Caplatzi Bros. Quarry; Mill; Locomotive in Redwoods

box 131

Series: Residences, Beaches, Religion, Animals

 

Pope House and Douglas House

 

West Cliff Drive and Casino

 

Mission Santa Cruz

 

Cowell Ranch Elk Herd

box 132

Series: Military, Residences, People, Civic Government

 

Encampment at Harvey West Park, California National Guard

 

Piedmont Court

 

Santa Cruz High School Fraternity, Pi Delta

 

Moose Lodge

 

Chamber of Commerce;

 

Mayor Howe and Arthur A. Taylor with Santa Cruz Aerie F.O.E. Band

box 133

Series: Military, Businesses, Transportation, Civic Government, Residences, Cultural Activities, Industries, Towns and Communities, Disasters

 

Naval Militia Group circa WWI

 

Walnut Avenue Bakery and Interior of a Grocery Store

 

Soquel Avenue Covered Bridge

 

Aerial View of Skypark

 

Twin-Masted Sailing Yacht, Shamrock

 

South of S.P. Depot, to S.C. Municipal Pier

 

Santa Cruz County Courthouse

 

Roedel House

 

Parade Float

 

Worker's Houses at Lime Kilns and Employee Barbeque at Cowell Ranch

 

Flooding Along San Lorenzo River Mouth

box 134

Series: Cultural Activities, Towns and Communities, People, Industries, Transportation

 

Portrait of Orchestra Members

 

Aerial Views Morrissey and Soquel

 

Family Portrait with Farmhouse, Barn, Horse and Buggy

 

Santa Cruz Graduating class circa 1890-1910

 

Directors, 1895 Venetian Water Carnival

 

Men, Women, and Children Tent Camping in the Redwoods

 

Soquel Paper Mill

 

Aerial View Henry Cowell Lime and Cement Company

 

Stagecoach with Three Horses

box 150

Panoramic Photographs circa 1908-1955

 

School Children circa 1910-1933

 

Santa Cruz Old Timers Reunion circa 1950-1955

 

Pacific Fleet in Monterey with Stunt Biplanes circa 1908

 

Officer's Day at the Santa Cruz Big Tree Grove circa 1908

 

Santa Cruz Day. Panama Pacific International Exposition PPIE March 2, 1915

 

Advent Christian Church Camp Meeting. 214 Pacific Avenue. 1937

 

Water Front of Santa Cruz. View from Roof of Warehouse on New Wharf. 1915

 

Air Ships at Del Monte, Cal. 1919

 

Looking Down on First Nine from Reservoir Hill, Casa del Rey Golf Course. circa 1920-1929

 

Set Panoramas for Foolish Wives, Point Lobos, Nov. 28/29. 1920

box-folder 145-148

Albums Series 24 1890-1945

Physical Description: 4 Boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains five photograph albums and selected pages.
Two albums were created by Preston Sawyer of film companies in Santa Cruz. Films represented are: Babes in the Woods, False Evidence, The Fog, In Old Kentucky, Kick In, Melissa of the Hills, Peggy Leads the Way, Poverty Flat, Primal Lure, A Romance of the Redwoods, Rosemary Climbs the Heights, and Soul of the Beast.
In addition: one album created by the son of Bob Haines, Quality Paint Store, of signed photographs by local baseball players from the Swiss Dairy team. One album of Santa Cruz scenes and family members, gifted by Mrs. H.S. Wedmore. One album of enlargements of Santa Cruz scenes. A single page from an album on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. A set of pages from the Bailey-Terrill family album. Other surnames in the Bailey-Terrill album include: Cole, Effey, Grant, Haight, Knowlton, O'Neil, Peterson, Sanborn, Voorhies, plus unidentified individuals.
box 145-148

Albums circa 1890-1945

box 145

"Photographs Santa Cruz, Calif.", circa 1920-1930

 

Subjects: Beaches, Redwoods, Hotels, Agriculture

box 146

Wedmore Album, circa 1900-1919

 

Subjects: Men, Women and Children, Beaches, Countryside

box 146

Page of Santa Cruz Beach and Casino, circa 1900-1919

box 147

"Movie Snaps" Film Companies, Actors and Production Crews on Location, 1915-1918

box 147

"Snap Shots" Actors and Production Crews on Location, 1920-1923

box 147

"Photographs" Swiss Dairy Baseball Team, circa 1930-1945

box 148

Bailey-Terrill Family and others, circa 1890-1900

box-folder 149, 151-152

Miscellaneous and Ephemera Series 25 1908-1955

Physical Description: 4 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains miscellaneous photographic processes: magnesium plates, proof sheets with negatives, and transparencies.
Also included are notes by Esther Rice and others, clippings, select newspapers, photocopies of maps, a political ribbon, a pamphlet, a booklet on the California Powder Works and Paradise Park site, and a postcard mailer.

Arrangement

Material is arranged by type.
box 149

Four magnesium plates circa 1956

box 151

Proof sheets with negatives, transparencies, notes, and ephemera. circa 1925-1996

box 152

Newspapers 1894, 1933-1942

box-folder 153-186

Negatives Series 26 1920-1970

Physical Description: 33 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains original and copy negatives for images in the collection. Also included are negatives of other locations in California.

Arrangement

Negatives are arranged numerically.

Processing Information

Negatives are partially processed and are not digitized. There is a partial inventory to the negatives available. It appears that the descriptions in the negatives inventory are partially sourced from the original objects. Descriptions supplied by Library staff appear in brackets.

Additional Collection Guides

  1. Santa Cruz County Historical Negatives