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These women take part in the Mother's March in Watsonville on Jan. 30, 1957. More than 400 women were set to take part in the event to raise money for polio. They raised $4,800 the previous year, and that year were aiming for $5,000.

The 1882 Records Building—today called the Octagon Building—is shown in Santa Cruz in 1954. It is now part of the popular Abbott Square at Cooper and Front streets.v(Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)

A city bus rolls along Main Street into the Watsonville Transit Square on March 23, 1954. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)

A crowd gathers on the deck of the SS Palo Alto, colloquially known as the “Cement Ship,” on May 31, 1954. Built in 1919 as a 420-foot concrete tanker, it was eventually decommissioned and hauled to Seacliff Beach in 1929. By 1930, it was ...

Staff at Watsonville Union High School goof off during a “Faculty Rally” in 1954.

Contestants for the Cabrillo College football queen line up for a photo on Nov. 21, 1959. Shown here are Beverleigh Jordon (from left), Lacretia Wilson, Cloren Lucini, Mary Avila, Bonnie Freeman and Nancy Jones.

These women prepare for the annual All Saints Bazaar on Dec. 15, 1955.

These folks prepare for an exhibit at Salsipuedes School by the PTA on Oct. 20, 1955. (Photo by Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)

Rescuers had to use a tow truck to yank a cow out of a well on Linden Road on April 8, 1957.