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Early Film Studios in Santa Cruz County, by
Ann Young
In the 1910's and '20's, audiences around the world were both mesmerized and thrilled by a new technology that put ... [Read more]
Hollywood Came to Santa Cruz: Huge Redwoods Seen as Western Backdrops, by
Ross Eric Gibson
Santa Cruz's towering redwoods helped attract the fledgling movie industry to town and served as the backdrop for some of ... [Read more]
For almost a score of years the town had slumbered in obscurity--and blessed contentment. Some time before that, it had ... [Read more]
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After the Japanese and Japanese-Americans were evacuated from Military Area no. 1, the order for Italian and German aliens to evacuate was dropped. Other restrictions were progressively lifted for all Italian and German aliens. (Italian and German aliens who had a close relative in the U.S. military were already exempted ..." [More]
Excerpted from Lifting of Restrictions on Italians and Germans by Rechs Ann Pedersen
