From our Archives

Workers repair the Corralitos Bridge in March of 1956.

Pete Zar shows off his 1928 Chrysler on March 5, 1956 in Watsonville.

Sea Scouts from Ship 98 receive their quartermaster ratings at a ceremony at the Elkhorn Yacht Club on April 20, 1956. Shown here are Mrs. Gilbert Perry (from left), her son, James, Billy Shultz and her mother, Mrs. Harold Shultz.

A length of Freedom Boulevard is shown in the mid-1950s in Watsonville.

This woman climbs aboard a Watsonville Transit bus on the Freedom-Airport route on March 24, 1954.

Anglers crowd the deck of SS Palo Alto concrete ship at Seacliff State Beach on May 31, 1954.

Republicans gather to get out the vote for the 34th U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower on Nov. 6, 1956. Better known as Ike, he served as president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

Girl Scouts lend a hand keeping book shelves tidy at the hospital on Dec. 20, 1956.

These high school juniors lend a hand helping the Blood Bank for the Red Cross on Dec. 27, 1956.

The Moreland Notre Dame Brownie troop lines up for an event in Watsonville on Dec 17, 1956.