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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8cz3db5 Online items available Santa Cruz County Historic Photograph Collection Debra Roussopoulos The University Library Special Collections and Archives University Library University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California, 95064 Email: [email protected] URL: https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll 2017 Santa Cruz County Historic MS 427 1 Photograph Collection Santa Cruz County Historic Photograph Collection Collection number: ms427 The University Library Special Collections and Archives University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California Processed by: Debra Roussopoulos Date Completed: 2017 Encoded by: Debra Roussopoulos Descriptive Summary Title: Santa Cruz County historic photograph collection Dates: circa 1866-1995 Collection number: MS 427 Collector: University of California Santa Cruz Collection Size: 102 linear feet Repository: University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library. Special Collections and Archives Santa Cruz, California 95064 Abstract: This collection contains original and copy prints of Santa Cruz County from 1866-1995. Physical location: Stored at Special Collections and Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English https://n2t.net/ark:/38305/f1p26x9m Access Collection open for research. Use Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information on copyright or to order a reproduction, please visit guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication. Preferred Citation Santa Cruz County Historic Photograph Collection. MS 427. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. Acquisition Information The vast majority of the photographs were acquired by the UCSC library as part of the Preston Sawyer Collection, MS82. Other photographs were donated by various individuals and sources between 1968-2000. Processing Information Photographs were organized according to a topical scheme created by local historians and staff of Special Collections. Duplicates are stored with the originals. After Preston Sawyer's death, and between 1968-1995, a group of local historians and relatives of Sawyer including Esther Lucille Fields Rice, Ariel Sawyer, John and Vivian Byrne, and Harold Van Gorder, dedicated significant time identifying photographs in the collection. Rice spent her retirement visiting the homes of early Santa Cruz residents and their families, sorting through thousands of photographs that were solicited from the community, and contributed to the invaluable information found in this visual record of Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz County Historic MS 427 2 Photograph Collection Many original photographs were made into vintage postcards by Preston Sawyer directly directly after the image was produced. Sawyer annotated and stamped each postcard with the date. Biography / Administrative History Preston Sawyer, the main source for the photographs in this collection, was a proofreader and historical writer, born in Santa Cruz in 1899. He wrote the weekly column, "Santa Cruz Yesterdays" in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. He and his brother Ariel Sawyer ran the Sawyer Tile Company. As a youth, Preston Sawyer worked in the early movie industry located in the Santa Cruz mountains. A prolific amateur photographer, he took hundreds of pictures of actors, directors, film crews, and locations. He also recorded his family, friends, neighbors, pastimes, his tenure at Santa Cruz High School and the Sentinal, as well as local businesses and merchants. Sawyer and his family members were voracious collectors who bought and exchanged photographs and postcards of early Santa Cruz and surrounding areas. After his death in 1968, UCSC acquired his photographs. Scope and Content of Collection This collection includes 154 boxes of original photographs, copy prints, vintage postcards, oversize prints, albums, and 33 boxes of negatives. There is a small number of tintypes and magnesium plates, as well as Santa Cruz ephemera. Some of the local Santa Cruz photographers and studios represented are: Charles (C.L.) Aydelotte, C. Aichberg, Alice Halsey, Kroughs, McKean and Ort, Ole Ravnos, Reese, W.H. Sherer, George Webb, and Wicklund. The collection spans more than 100 years of Santa Cruz city and county development and activity. The photographs document communities and towns, some now gone; businesses and stores; industries: logging, mining, farming, ranching; the natural surroundings: beaches, forests, rivers, creeks, lagoons; cultural events and entertainment: theater, exhibits, celebrations, parades; institutions: government, churches, schools, libraries; military displays and recreation: team sports, camping, and fishing; and means of transportation: railroads, streetcars, airplanes, automobiles, ships and boats. It reveals the daily lives of Santa Cruz residents and where they lived, worked, played, and worshiped. The bulk of the photographs document the city of Santa Cruz, but there are many photos of the North and South county as well. Other large portions include the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and Casino, and the nascent film industry in Santa Cruz including actors, directors, and film crews on location. Arrangement Photographs are arranged by size and by topical subject. Series include: • Series 1. Agriculture • Series 2. Animals • Series 3. Beaches • Series 4. Boardwalk and Casino • Series 5. Businesses • Series 6. Civic Organizations and Government • Series 7. Communications and Utilities • Series 8. Cultural Activities • Series 9. Disasters • Series 10. Entertainment • Series 11. Hotels, Cottages, and Apartments • Series 12. Industries • Series 13. Landmarks • Series 14. Military • Series 15. Nature • Series 16. People • Series 17. Recreation • Series 18. Religion • Series 19. Residences • Series 20. Social Services • Series 21. Towns and Communities • Series 22. Transportation Santa Cruz County Historic MS 427 3 Photograph Collection • Series 23. Oversize • Series 24. Albums • Series 25. Miscellaneous and Ephemera • Series 26. Negatives Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Santa Cruz County (Calif.) -- History Photographs Santa Cruz County Historical Photographs Related Material MS82 Preston Sawyer Collection "Santa Cruz County History", Santa Cruz Public Library, https://www.santacruzpl.org/history/ box-folder 1:1-2:1, Series 1 Agriculture 1895-1969 87:1 Physical Description: 1 box Series Scope and Content Summary This series contains photographs of dairies, farms, fields, gardens, orchards, produce and food, ranches, and vineyards. Some images from vintage postcards depict "giant" produce going to market. See also, 4-H club, Box 19:6. box 1:1 Dairies circa 1900-1955 box 1:1 Carl Dettling's Dairy circa 1960-1969 box 1:1 J.C. Steele's Green Oak Dairy circa 1900-1930 box 1:1 Yellow Bank Dairy Bldgs being Razed 1955 box 1:2 Hatcheries circa 1914-1976 box 1:2 The Archibald Hatchery circa 1920-1945 box 1:2 Crew's Hatchery circa 1920-1945 box 1:2 Rocky Falls Farm circa 1914-1920 box 1:2 Smith's Poultry Farm circa 1920-1940 box 1:2 Webb's Cackle Farm circa 1920-1935 box 1:2 Live Oak Area Poultry Ranches circa 1920-1935 box 1:2 Poultry and Barns circa 1920-1935 box 1:2 Poultry Producers of Central California Santa Cruz circa 1920-1935 box 1:2 California Farm Bureau Egg Laying Contest circa 1920-1935 box 1:2 Men in Barn with Feed Bags circa 1920-1935 box 1:2 Barn and Barnyard with Miniature Houses circa 1920-1940 box 1:3, 87:1 Fields circa 1920-1950 box 1:3 Artichoke Field up Coast Road circa 1920-1940 box 1:3 Barrett Ranch 1945-08-04 box 1:3 Lettuce Field Watsonville Calif. circa 1945 box 1:3 View South from the Summit of Hecker Pass Highway near Watsonville, Calif. circa 1945 box 1:3 A 100 Acre Field of Strawberries circa 1945 box 1:3 Pajaro Valley Watsonville, Calif. circa 1945 box 87:1 Man Plowing with Two Horses. Man and Woman in Field circa 1890-1910 box 1:4 Nurseries circa 1920-1950 box 1:4 H.A. Hyde Nursery circa 1927 box 1:4 Lilydale Ginseng Garden circa 1912-1915 box 1:4 Field of Freesias (in February) at Los Robles, Santa Cruz, Cal. circa 1912-1920 box 1:4 Arthur Main Glads Santa Cruz circa 1912-1920 box 1:5 Orchards circa 1861-1940 box 1:5 San Lorenzo River Flowing Past Barson Pear Orchard circa 1912-1930 box 1:5 Chittenden, California circa 1912-1930 Santa Cruz County Historic MS 427 4 Photograph Collection Series 1Agriculture 1895-1969 box 1:5 Henry Dakin and his Famous Avocado Tree circa 1912-1940 box 1:5 The Farm Santa Cruz, Cal. Scenery circa 1861 box 1:5 Miltonmont Anson Miller's Place Oct. 31, 1931 box 1:5 Mission Orchard Apple Tree Sept. 22, 1932 box 1:5 The 100 Year Pear Tree of Branciforte, 1794-1894, 1894-09-17 box 1:5 Winter Scene in the Santa Cruz Mts. Nr. Wright's, Cal. circa 1920-1940 box 1:5 Coastal Foothill in Orchard Areas circa 1912-1940 box 1:6 Produce and Food circa 1861-1945 box 1:6 Carloads [of Strawberries] Go from Watsonville, California. circa 1900-1910 box 1:6 Spuds from Watsonville Calif. Dec. 3, 1907 box 1:6 Woman Processing Turkeys circa 1920-1945 box 1:6 Box of Red Giant Apples circa 1920-1945 box 1:6 The Mammoth Blackberry circa 1861-1920 box 1:7 Ranches circa 1860-1940 box 1:7 Brownridge's Ranch, Happy Valley Santa Cruz County, Cal. circa 1860-1900 box 1:7 Cowell Ranch circa 1860-1947 box 1:7 Ranch Hands with Cattle circa 1900-1920 box 1:7 Reservoir circa 1920-1940 box 1:7 Oxen and Barn circa 1900-1920 box 1:7 Horse in Paddock circa 1900-1920 box 1:7 Ranch Cowboy circa 1900-1920 box 1:7 Warehouse Aug.

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