A Children’s Parade in Historic Boulder Creek
Costumed children march in a parade along a Boulder Creek street in this undated photograph from the Santa Cruz Public Libraries local history collection. Behind them, a barber shop sign, a parked sedan and a fire truck provide a glimpse of the town as it looked on a day whose details are unclear.
The library identifies the image as a Valley Press photograph. The occasion, according to the catalog description, may have been Halloween.
A visual estimate places the scene around 1940, perhaps between the late 1930s and mid-1940s. That estimate rests primarily on the appearance of the sedan and truck.
Photo: Children’s parade, Boulder Creek. Undated Valley Press photograph, Santa Cruz Public Libraries local history collection.
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