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From Our Archives: Yearly Effort

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

From Our Archives: Overturned

A crowd gathers around a vehicle crash at Larken Road and the freeway on Sept. 4, 1954. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)

From Our Archives: Martinelli production line

A worker monitors the bottling process of apple juice at S. Martinelli & Co. in Watsonville on March 23, 1954.

From Our Archives: New in Town

The city of Watsonville received this new Plymouth A-1 Ambulance in 1961. (photo by Sam Vestal, Pajaronian file)

From Our Archives: Foolin’ Around

Watsonville Union High School students pull a prank on a fellow student on April Fool's Day, Apr. 1, 1957.

From Our Archives: Berry Fine

Field workers harvest a strawberry crop along San Andreas Road in Watsonville in 1954.

From our Archives: Groundbreaker

These folks gather for a groundbreaking ceremony on July 20, 1954, for the Westview Presbyterian Church in Watsonville.

From Our Archives: Rough Landing

These men examine the damage in a plane crash at the Watsonville Airport on Sept. 25, 1954. According to aviation history buff Gary Plomp, the plane is a Grumman TBF-5 Avenger Carrier, which was used in WWII as torpedo bombers and level bombers. TBFs...

From Our Archives: Holding pattern

These folks practice carrying clouds in preparation for an upcoming Mardi Gras event in Watsonville on Feb. 1, 1961

From Our Archives: Getting Ready

These women tidy up the grounds of the Corralitos Women’s Club in preparation for an annual show on May 1, 1957. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)
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Photo story: Hit-and-run driver injures woman

Emergency officials prepare to whisk an 80 year old woman to the hospital early Monday rafter she was struck by an SUV in the...