Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938

[sliderossian]

17 was suicide alley - no center divider.

[TomTallis529]

My aunt used to ride the Giant Dipper standing up, back in the early '30s. She also used to ride, standing up, on her boyfriend's motorcycle down West Cliff Drive from Lighthouse Point to Natural Bridges Beach.

[winelovrs1968]

From Bill, the Husband. The shot of entering Scotts Valley with Camp Evers in the shot takes me back to 1948. Had not changed much back then.

[Physco219]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee no seat belts and the good life...

[MrSomeidiot13]

If you ask someone anywhere from 1937 about Santa Cruz they will know and have probably been here. But if you ask anyone now they will say its that place with the red rollar coaster. Santa cruz has lost its old charm

[mntallgriz]

This is great - how about that unpadded iron bar on the front of the Giant Dipper?

[TheGreeneyes777]

that was awesome..Thank you so much for that..I grew up there♥

[johnevoice]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing. Please post anything else like this! Great Job!!

[dyannnecat]

Terrific little film. I agree we are lucky to have it.

[Phoenixwillow90]

Is it a coincidence that the video is 4:20 long? :p Just kidding! This has some amazing footage, we are lucky to have it! Thank you for posting this! :) Peace and love

[seanmcbay]

Looks pretty much the same today!

[djkenny]

They really should have put a train in the middle of that road. I heard OPEC bought out the rights.

[KailuaKid]

Great editing to the music which was perfectly suited for the subject matter.  It gave me a good feel for the times. Thanks!