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Rock & Roll, 2019

This was a Bertazzon Matterhorn ride that would spin around forwards and backwards and swing in and out. The ride vehicles were a Chevrolet Bel Air body. It was removed

#offdevices, 2024

With much anticipation to visit Santa Cruz, LJ made this Giant Dipper painting for the contest but mom failed to enter it!!! Let’s get kids off devices more!

Then and Now, 2009

The photo of me as a child with the ice cream cone ran in the Boardwalk brochure for over a decade. When the 100 year anniversary came around, I visited

50 years of marriage, 2024

This is a story of two teenagers falling in love going to Santa Cruz just about every weekend as teenagers. We loved riding the roller coaster and all the other

100 Years ago, 1922

Found this photo in an album of my grandfatherā€™s. Other pictures were dated 1920-23.

My grandma and grandpa, 1959

This is a picture of my grandma and grandpa (Ken and Nancy) approx. in 1959, when they were first dating. They got married in 1961 they had 4 children and

First ride on the Big Dipper, 1949

In 1949 there were no age or size restrictions on the Giant Dipper, so my father carried me on that ride when I was an infant in diapers. I don’t

My first Santa Cruz photo, 1958

My parents took me to Santa Cruz when I was 6 months old. My dad’s parents would stay in a little cottage close to the Boardwalk for a month’s vacation,

Building of the Dipper, 2024

I have been told all of my life that my great grandfather was part of the crew that built the Big Dipper in Santa Cruz. His name was carved on

Old Family Photo, 1915

This is a picture of a great-great aunt of mine and other members of the family enjoying the day at Santa Cruz! Fun to see how they used to dress

Rollercoaster Scare, 1964

My friends mom took my friend and I on the roller coaster when you didn’t have to have a height requirement. I remember going up in the air when we

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