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The public library building, Santa Cruz, CA. Printed on the front of the card, "514 Carnagie Library, SANTA CRUZ, California."
The "City of Santa Cruz" painting hangs on the stairway landing near the second floor entrance to the Young People's room at the Downtown Branch.
The Santa Cruz Daily Surf reported, "the picture of the City of Santa Cruz, painted by F. L. Heath…
The Santa Cruz Daily Surf reported, "the picture of the City of Santa Cruz, painted by F. L. Heath…
'The Whispering Man' statue stood in Santa Cruz Public Library's Downtown Branch lobby for several years from the late 1970's to the mid 1980's. There are no records of when the statue was installed. According to a Good Times article in 1985, at that…
Donaldine McCrae, Branch Manager at Garfield Park, 1970-1980
The first Santa Cruz Carnegie Library (1904-1966), also known as the Main Library. It was designed by William H. Weeks. Andrew Carnegie donated a grant of $20,000 towards its construction. On the left is the Frederick A. Hihn Mansion which, at one…
Andrew Carnegie at the railroad station in Santa Cruz, where he is being greeted by Santa Cruz officials. Later he paid a visit to the Santa Cruz Main Library, one of the four Carnegie libraries to be built in the area.
Dedication of Felton Branch Library, located at the corner of Gushee Street and Felton-Empire Grade. The building, constructed in 1893, was originally a Presbyterian church. It opened as a library in 1956 in memory of Faye G. Belardi, the recently…
Eastside Branch Library, located at 1263 Soquel Avenue, was designed by William H. Weeks. Opened in September 1921, it was the last of the four Carnegie Libraries built in Santa Cruz. It was closed and replaced by the Branciforte Library in 1967.