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Santa Cruz Boardwalk and Main Beach

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Beach Fun

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...

Me and My Girl, 2018

West Coast road trip with my husband. We stopped in Santa Cruz because it snows in Yosemite National Park! (And of course our last name is Croes same as Cruz.) ❤️

Family Vacations, 1950

Several times every year we went to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. One year the Santa Cruz newspaper asked to take our picture for a feature article. It was great. This is my Dad, younger...

Yearly summer family vacation, 2019

My kids and I look forward to this place every year! I live on meager means as a Nutrition Food Service Worker for the school district. But I always save enough money to bring my kids...

My Grandparents on Vacation , 1915

My Grandparents and great grandparents spent 1 month every summer in Santa Cruz. They sometimes stayed at La Playa Cottages. They'd pack their trunk and board the train in Oakland....

Enjoying the Beach, 1960

This is a photo of my late husband, Marc Paris. He always loved the Santa Cruz area, and we were fortunate to move there a year before he passed in 2011.

Dipping Our Toes in the Ocean , 2014

I moved to California from the East Coast when I was 18 and on my own. I'd never traveled far or been to the coast or experienced the ocean. I had always dreamt about it and hoped one...
Boardwalk photo

Life on the Boardwalk, 1945

My father was a lifeguard at Cowells Beach for years. He was also in the Water Carnivals in the Plunge. He did a lot of surfing with his friends. My sister and myself grew up at the beach. Then...