VFW Program: Twenty-Second Annual Encampment Department of California, Santa Cruz, California, June 3-7, 1942

A 1942 booklet primarily promoting Santa Cruz County for future residents, wrapped in a five-day program for the twenty-second convention for the Veterans of Foreign Ways of California. Filled with copious photographs of the county and its industries, recreation, and notable locations.

Notables: Laurence M. Taggart, Max Singer, Matthew Beaton, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, M. C. Hermann, O. T. Mahanay, Casa Del Rey Hotel, Troyer Brothers, Richard J. Werner, Heber St. Clair Mahood, Paul Casewell, E. L. Rich, L. G. Taggart, Salinas Junior College, L. E. Tappen, Philip I. Solon, Edward M. Seacord, Ed Strohmaier / Edward Strohmaier, Paul West, Joseph N. Bell, Charles Hancock, George Charles, Antone Gaxiola, Thomas H. Murray, sequoia sempervirens, Pasatiempo, Santa Cruz Art League, lettuce, apples, George A. Morgan, Rose Rostron, C. B. Lewis, C. W. Pinkham, Homer E. Miller, Norman A. Walters, Patricia Adcock, Eleanor Nelson, Frank B. Cordrey, John W. Farrar, James T. McGuigan, Henry H. Hagquist, John Galvin, Santa Cruz High School A Cappella Choir, Santa Cruz High School Orchestra, A. M. Donahue, Ella M. Ferreby, Claire Lynch, Rose Bane, Helen Cantua, Mary Boulton, Edith Nelson, Lola Connor, Margaret Miller, Alice Powers, Marion B. Duff, Esther Hendrickson, Elsie Watson, Culbert L. Olson, Bartley Crum, Cooties, Cootiettes, Joseph N. Bell, Howard Rogerson, Emmet C. Rittenhouse / Emmet Rittenhouse, A. E. Chipman, Alfred C. Handley, Arnold M. Baldwin, John J. Johnson, Edward M. Seacord, E. A. Strohmaier, John H. Vitelle, Matthew Beaton, Earl Blair, Hans P. Petersen, William Flynn, Stewart F. Bond, Roy Smith, J. R. Devitt, Charles Keown, Rose V. Bane, Golden Timeus, Hallie Strong, Maybelle Fisher, Alice Gaxiola, Pearl Coughlin, Maude Quiggle, Rose Blair, Vera McKenna Clayton, Opal Rittenhouse
Creator: Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors; Veterans of Foreign Wars of California
Date: 1942-06-03
Type: BOOKLET; PROGRAM; PHOTO; ILLUSTRATION; MAP
Coverage:
  • Santa Cruz
  • Santa Cruz County
  • 1940s
  • Associations
  • Clubs
  • War
  • Events
  • Tourism
  • California
  • Photography
  • State parks
  • Watsonville
  • Pajaro Valley
  • Rio Del Mar
  • Santa Cruz Mountains
  • Golf
  • Architecture
  • Churches
  • Education
  • Business
  • Agriculture
  • Floriculture
  • Factories
  • Lumber industry
  • Cement industry
  • Fishing industry
  • Beaches
  • San Lorenzo River
  • Covered bridges
  • Highways
  • Santa Cruz High School
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-CONVENTIONS-30

Citation

Supervisors, Santa Cruz County Board of and Veterans of Foreign Wars of California. “VFW Program: Twenty-Second Annual Encampment Department of California, Santa Cruz, California, June 3-7, 1942.” 1942-06-03. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/140993. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.