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Santa Cruz Saloon, 1967

My grandfather (on the right) celebrates his birthday at the Santa Cruz Saloon with his two cousins.

Giant Dipper Fun, 1935

This picture was taken of my mom Florence when she was in her early 20’s. Just a day at the beach with her Italian friends and family in front of the Giant Dipper ride, what could be better?
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Mamie Started It, 1957

Beginning in 1957, my Grandmother Mamie started taking my brother, cousin and me to Santa Cruz each summer. Most years we would ride a Greyhound bus from Sacramento to Santa Cruz. We always...
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A Great Memory of a Very Thoughtful Girl, 1966

I took my date named Carol to the Boardwalk for a day of fun. We stopped to play Skeeball so I could win a prize and give the prize to her as a memory of that day. When we decided...

Fun at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 1965

Our family enjoyed vacations every year at the beach. This year a reporter from Santa Cruz newspaper interviewed us and we were in the paper. Always a wonderful memory, we still go...

Mom loved the beach, 1970

My mom loved Santa Cruz. She grew up going there and took us as kids. Then took her Grandkids. Best memories ever. ❤️ When she died she wanted all her kids to go to Santa Cruz in memory of her...

Our Santa Cruz Memories

When I was little, we lived in San Jose. Every weekend, my folks would pack up the car and we would head to Santa Cruz. I love this place very much and now share it with my family. From the...

My Grandma and her friends 1941, 2021

This is a picture of my Grandma with her high school friends from 1941, she was born in 1925 and she told me it was in high school so I'm just guessing around 1941, a lot going...