Fiesta Parade, Santa Cruz, California, 1946
This home movie footage was taken on Pacific Avenue near Walnut Avenue. The parade has a history theme, emphasizing the Spanish and Mexican periods in Santa Cruz history. There are floats, bands, horses, and an old fire truck. Near the beginning is the Santa Cruz High School band, dressed in red. Note especially the colorful drill team (from San Francisco) sponsored by the Santa Cruz Chinese Merchants. At one point, a photographer steps out to get a photo. That is almost certainly George Lee, well known Santa Cruz photographer at that time and prominent member of the Chinese community. Floats include ones by the Santa Cruz Art League and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Subjects include Mission Santa Cruz, sawing a redwood log, a covered wagon, and a re-enactment of the flag raising on Iwo Jima. Fiesta Queen Doris Foote rides one of the floats with attendants Bunte Braun, Jolene Brogdon, and Jo Ann Briggs. There were 30 floats and cars, only some of which are shown here. Original movie in the collection of the Capitola Historical Museum.
US Hydraulic Elevator At The Museum Of Art And History Santa Cruz, California
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Top Tourist Attractions in Santa Cruz: Travel Guide California
Top Tourist Attractions and beautiful places in Santa Cruz: Travel Guide California
Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz Wharf, Mystery Spot, Wilder Ranch State Park, Roaring Camp Railroads, Seymour Marine Discovery Center, UCSC Arboretum, Museum of Art & History, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center, Santa Cruz Surfing Museum, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
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Santa Cruz Downtown Victorian Homes by Sandy Wallace
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Santa Cruz Downtown Victorian Homes by Sandy Wallace
The history of Santa Cruz goes way back to the late 1700's when a Spanish explorer Don Gasper de Portola discovered this area of land.
About 20 years or so later, missions were established here. Santa Cruz county was one of the first original counties when California became a state in 1850. So there is a lot of history here in Santa Cruz.
The different architectural influences remain from the different periods in history. There are different styles here:
Spanish Style dating back to 1791
Pioneer Style from the 1850's
Greek Revival Style from 1850
Gothic Revival style from 1860
Italianate Style from 1870
Stick Style from 1880
Easter Lake Style from 1880
Romanesque Revival from 1890~ like the County Courthouse
Queen Anne Style 1890
Colonial Revival from 1890
Mission Revival from 1900
California Bungalow from 1920
Santa Cruz is well known for all the Victorian Homes in Downtown. I took these pictures while walking down Walnut Street. Many of the homes have the cities historic homes plaque. The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History also has a plaque for historic homes in Santa Cruz.
SantaCruz
Video of Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County) featuring downtown Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, the Santa Cruz Farmers Market, UCSC, Shakepeare Santa Cruz, the Natural History Museum, the Santa Cruz Wharf, the Santa Cruz Harbor, Seymour Marine Discovery Center, the Surfing Museum, West Cliff Drive, surfing at Cowell Beach and Steamer Lane, and more.
Hive Series Installation at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Here's quick video of my Hive sculpture being hoisted up. I didn't expect the spinning or for it to look so cool! More information about the installation:
Amtech Reliable Hydraulic Elevator Being Inspected at the Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA
This elevator was being inspected by Elevator Service Co. They maintain this elevator. After the video, I talked to the elevator mechanic. He was impressed about how much I know about elevators. I had a lot of fun talking to him. A roller bearing for the guide rails was wearing out, causing noise.
Museum of natural history sant Cruz
I really liked this museum I hope u enjoy
Amtech Reliable Hydraulic Elevator at the Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA Retake 3
This elevator was very busy because of an event going on. For the event, they put these decorations in the elevator that literally hang down from the ceiling to almost the floor in the middle of the elevator. Since the last video, the floor passing chime stopped working, and the indicator got stuck on 2. The elevator permit expired the day this video was filmed. I put the camera in my pocket for parts of this video because photography was not allowed here, and when employees got in, I did not want them to know I was filming.
Exploring Santa Cruz Natural History Museum
Amtech Reliable Hydraulic Elevator at the Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA
The third floor is not usually closed, but it was closed when I was there. This elevator parks on floor 2.
Specs:
Brand: Amtech Reliable
Type: Hydraulic
Fixtures: Amtech Reliable
Floors: 3
Year installed: Early 1990's
27. The Santa Cruz Mission
I recently painted in watercolor at the Santa Cruz Mission, part of the state park system, which also has an informative museum within the last remaining adobe building. The building I painted housed the neophyte population, which were native peoples recruited to work the various agricultural and manufacturing enterprises of any of the California Missions and at the same time, be baptized into Christianity. The old barrel and grinders that I gazed at took on added meaning as I imagined the native hands that used these tools. Native peoples had strolled under the portico and walked through the same door I was now painting. They slept under the same adobe walls and tiled roof. Many Indians died of disease in the close quarters of the mission set-up. But even greater numbers died after the system was secularized.
According to Hurtado's Indian Survival on the California Frontier, when the Spanish came to California there was an estimated 300.000 Native population. By the time of the Gold Rush in 1849 and statehood in the 1850's, that population had dwindled to about 150,000. At the end of the Gold Rush the natives had dwindled by 80% to the astonishing number of about 30,000. The demise of the Indians increased dramatically as non-native peoples flooded the state during Gold fever.
It's hard to know what to say when confronted with a subject where history echos through your paint. As an artist and human being, I dedicate this painting to the memory of the native people who lived and died here. May it be of some comfort to their spirits to know that their history is now honored by the conquering peoples who first rejected them.
Santa Cruz Tasting Room Opening
The grand opening of the Silver Mountain tasting room in Santa Cruz, California.
Amtech Reliable Hydraulic Elevator at the Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA Retake 2
This video was already uploaded, but for some reason I couldn't watch it, and I tried 2 different computers. If you find a video of mine you can't watch, tell me, and I will test it on my end. Original description:
This video was filmed on April 12, 2011.
Santa Cruz Children's Museum of Discovery
Amtech Reliable Hydraulic Elevator at the Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA Retake
This video was filmed on July 22. 2010.
Santa Cruz Bolivia - Santa Cruz de la Sierra Tourism
The department (state) of Santa Cruz occupies almost the entire Eastern and South Eastern section of Bolivia and is the largest of the country's nine departments. The city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra is located in the western section of the state, and is its capital city.
Through the 1950's it was still considered a small, marginal city with a population of only 25,000. Today Santa Cruz is modern and prosperous and Bolivia's financial center with a population of over 2 million, making it Bolivia's largest city. It is quickly becoming the most developed region of Bolivia and currently supplies nearly 40% of the country's Gross National Product. It is also among the 15 fastest growing cities in the world.
Some of the ethnic groups native to the Department of Santa Cruz, mainly from the tropical forests and other impenetrable regions, are the Guarayos, Guaraní, Sirionós, Chiquitanos, Chamacocos, Zamucos, Lenguas, Tapietes, and Yuacarés, among many others. Not native to the region, but increasing in presence due to immigration, are the Aymara and Quechua populations which have migrated to the city in record numbers over the past 10 years.
As this region was ignored for over 450 years and past governments did little to develop it, cruceños are proud of the fact that they've developed most of their city and their region through private funding and enterprise. Cruceños are generally easy going, hospitable, warm and inviting, but are also intensely protective and proud of their social and cultural heritage.
For more: boliviabella.com/santa-cruz.html
For more: boliviabella.com/santa-cruz-de-la-sierra.html
Redwood Forest Steam Train at Roaring Camp Railroads & More (Santa Cruz County with Kids Part 2)
Visiting Santa Cruz County: Seacliff State Beach in Aptos, Gayle's Bakery, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Roaring Camp Railroads, Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park, Santa Cruz Surf Museum, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Snap Taco, and The Penny Ice Creamery.
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Big Sur Fog; The Science and the History
This video covers the discussion after viewing the movie Big Sur Fog, the Science and the History by Drs. Stephen and Mary Albert. The film examines the science behind coastal fog and tells a forgotten story from Big Sur’s pioneer days. The film uses recent scientific findings on fog to propose a “Big Sur Forest Cycle” and facts from the past to explore fog as a metaphor for human nature.
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