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Window of the Sperry Flour Company on the N.W. corner of Chestnut and Laurel Streets. The manager, Eugene M. Van Antwerp, would travel up the San Lorenzo Valley to take orders. He used carrier pigeons to send the orders back to the store in Santa…
Eli J. Wood and his son, Robert A. Wood, delivering four cords of oak wood to the Capitola Hotel. The wagon is stopped in front of the cottages along the Esplanade in Capitola. Mr. Wood died at age 90 in 1955 and is buried in the Odd Fellows…
Two men shoeing a horse. One is identified as S. Walker (left?), a local horseshoer.
Parade on Pacific Avenue, viewed from the corner of Lincoln and Pacific. The group in the front is the Alert Hose Company, a volunteer fire brigade. The building on the right with the squared off tower is the Masonic Hall. Further down the street, on…
Crowds at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, in front of Miller's Famous Hot Dogs.
The City Cash Store, a grocery store (C. E. Towne and Co. proprietors) at 154 Pacific Avenue. Next door at 152 Pacific is Harris Brothers (Henry and Samuel Harris) selling clothing and men's furnishings.
Electric streetcars of the Union Traction Company, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians at the intersection of Pacific and Soquel (on the right) Avenues. Streetcar #17, on Pacific, is bound for Vue de l'eau. The town clock is partially visible…
The intersection of Pacific and Walnut (on the left) Avenues. The truck in the middle of the intersection is advertising the "Marion Toaster an early electric toaster, by driving a large model of the toaster around. The town clock is visible half-way…
The McHugh and Bianchi Building, on Pacific Aveune at the convergence of Pacific and Front. It was built by LeBaron R. Olive for Anson Hotaling in 1886-87 and torn down in 1974. Originally, the first floor was used for shops. The second floor was a…
Unidentified cafe (Saddle Rock Cafe in the St. George Hotel?)