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From Back: "Santa Cruz Mission, on the Bay of Monterey, was inspired and planned by President Lasuen in his home in the San Francisco Mission. It was founded in the autumn of 1791 and formally dedicated in May, 1794. The Mission reached its zenith of…
From Back: "Founded Sept. 25, 1791 as the 12th California Mission. The original buildings, which stood on the site now occupied by the Holy Cross Church, were destroyed in 1857, and in 1931 this replica was built."
A look through the fence at the closed Pacific Garden Mall and the War Memorial. Pacific Avenue is still closed off for cleanup and reconstruction
Shown are the Veteran's Building, Post Office, the Flatiron Building with Plaza Bakery, and the World War I Memorial.
A cypress tree on the bend of Twin Lakes Beach. The tree was known as the "Old Indian Tree."
Those identified include George O'Brien (second from left), Con O'Brien (fourth from left), Jim O'Brien (sitting down) and Andy O'Brien (with straw hat).
Looking across Mission Plaza at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church. The Church sits on the site of the Mission chapel and graveyard. It was designed by Thomas J. Welsh and was completed in 1889. To the left of the church is the Holy Cross Church…
Note on back: This lighthouse stands as the dividing point between Monterey Bay and the Pacific Ocean...The Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse offers visitors a sweeping view of the Pacific Ocean coastline.
The lighthouse keeper's house at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse. (Later Pigeon Point Lighthouse State Historic Park).Pigeon Point was part of Santa Cruz County until 1868 when it became part of San Mateo County.