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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "artists"
They Built a League and Gallery, by
Margaret Koch
Santa Cruz had art long before it had an Art League and a Gallery. [Read more]
The life size wax figures of Jesus and his disciples at the last supper were created by Harry Lisbon, plaster ... [Read more]
Cor de Gavere, Artist. 1877-1955, by
Nikki Silva
Cor de Gavere's early life had the aura of a tragic fairy tale. She was born in Java, where her ... [Read more]
Artists Frank and Lillian [Heath], by
Margaret Koch
Frank L. Heath courted Lillian Dake Storey during painting trips around Santa Cruz County back in the 1890s. [Read more]
The Santa Cruz Daily Surf reports on May 5, 1893 (p. 3) that: [Read more]
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The National Guard training site for the 250th Coast Artillery Regiment was established in Capitola in 1926. The camp was located near the Santa Cruz-Capitola Airport (now occupied by Capitola and New Brighton Middle Schools) and basically used as a summer camp by the 250th for a two week manuever ..." [More]
Excerpted from National Guard Training Site--Camp McQuaide by Carmen Morones
