Back to ArchivesMabel MacDonald Scrapbook Collection
Collection Number: Pending
This collection consists of three (3) scrapbooks belonging to Mabel MacDonald of Capitola, CA and one (1) annotated scrapbook that may also belong to Mabel. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings from the Santa Cruz Sentinel pertaining to local events and people of interest. Newspaper clippings include topics on Santa Cruz history including articles from Preston Sawyer’s “Santa Cruz Yesterdays” column which detailed the history of businesses such as the Garibaldi House of 1886, the Ben Lomond Railroad, logging in the 1880’s and more. Other topics include wedding announcements, athletes, celebrities, and musicians, building projects, and one scrapbook filled almost entirely with articles detailing floods of the San Lorenzo River and Soquel Creek as well as storms during the early 1950’s and 1960’s and their impact on Santa Cruz and Capitola businesses. The annotated scrapbook features newspaper clippings from the Santa Cruz Yesterdays column and articles pertaining to local history with comments on them detailing what the scrapbook’s owner was doing the date of the newspaper clipping or whether she was at the building or business featured. This collection is an interesting look into the history of Santa Cruz in the mid 1940’s-1960s. Date range: 1947-1965