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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

All Memories

My Mom at the Bordwalk, 1947

This is one of my favorite photos of my mom when she was little. She was about 2 at the time so I’m guessing it was from 1947. My grandparents and her lived in CA for as long as I could remember...

Neptune’s Kingdom Love, 1950

Flipping through my Great Grandma’s albums I came across this photo of her and my Great Grandpa sitting on the beach in front of Neptune’s Kingdom. He was born in Soquel from parents that...

A Captured Moment on Pleasure Pier, 1953

My grandfather Polo, as we called him, and my grandmother Aida who I loved very much. My mother told me the story of a long ride from Texas to California in a slow 1938 International...
Boardwalk photo

Marionette show 1970s , 1976

I have a very vague and distant memory of being 6 years old and walking into the small room with a sandy floor and watching a marionette show. It's more like a photograph in my memory...
Boardwalk photo

The Mouse, 1975

When I was approximately 6\7 we came to Santa Cruz and I begged my father to take me on the mouse roller coaster. He finally gave in and we went on it. My father being 5'11" and be being very...

A Life Time of Boardwalk Memories, 1954

My yearly anticipation of my family's Summer retreat to Santa Cruz was about as exciting as a five year old boy could stand. Yeah, I fell in love with the Boardwalk before I could...

3rd & 4th Generation Giant Dipper riders, 2018

My son Jake and granddaughter Emma. Her first time on the Giant Dipper. He couldn't wait until she was tall enough. 50" I was the same way with him.

Fishing at Santa Cruz, 1969

My dad and I would come here a couple of times each summer. I could always get him on The Giant Dipper or The Wild Mouse. But I LOVED The Walking Charlie, Skee Roll, and The Greyhound Race.