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Antique postcards, clippings from
the Tribune, political memorabilia, and the like. |
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California
Views
Pat
Hathaway's collection of over 70,000 historical images cover
Pacific Grove, the Monterey Peninsula, and beyond. |
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Lighthouse
Avenue in the early 1930s, from the Pat Hathaway Collection |
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El
Carmelo Cemetery |
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Many of the town's
historical figures rest in this city-managed cemetery. |
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The
Chautauqua Years exhibit upstairs at City Hall. |
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Chautauqua
Years in Pacific Grove
An exhibit about the
years between 1879 and 1926, originally at the Pacific Grove
Museum of Natural History, now at Pacific Grove City Hall (300
Forest Avenue). |
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Tent cottages
were built in the Retreat on 30' x 60' lots, often over the original
tent. |
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Hart
Mansion
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The Hart mansion, located next door
to the Gosby House on Lighthouse Avenue, was built in 1894 as
a residence and office for one of the town's prominent physicians.
It now houses a restaurant. |
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Steve
Honegger's replica of Hopkins Seaside Laboratories' porch is
on display at City Hall. |
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Hopkins Marine Station |
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Hopkins Marine Station's
chronology
page. |
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Monterey Bay History |
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Webdzine shows that "local history is world
history." |
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Pacific
Grove Heritage Society
Pacific
Grove's historical society publishes a quarterly newsletter,
The Board and Batten, holds events, and maintains a small
museum.They also bestow the green plaques that denote the first
assessed owner of a property and the first year of record. No
one really knows why so many have women's names on them.Exemplary
work on a home can earn the Heritage House Award.
Ketchum's
Barn, now the home of the Pacific Grove Heritage Society. |
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Many older homes boast a green plaque. Both plaques pictured
are awarded by the Heritage Society. |
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Pacific
Grove Museum of Natural History
Important
historical material in the museum's collection includes the original
city charter and the Tuttle Collection of turn-of-the-century
photographs. |
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C.K. Tuttle's
photograph of the original octogon museum building. |
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Pacific
Grove Walking Tour |
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Incorporating information
about the town's past, this self-guided tour take you through
the downtown area. |
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Point
Pinos Lighthouse
Point
Pinos Lighthouse, c. 1930. |
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In Steinbeck's work.
Managed by the Pacific
Grove Museum of Natural History.
The National
Park Service's National Maritime Initiative Point Pinos lighthouse page. |
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C.K.
Tuttle
Photographic chronicler
of Pacific Grove's early years. |
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C.K.
& Emily Tuttle |
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WCTU |
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The Women's Christian Temperance
Union website. Pacific Grove was a dry (alcohol-free) town until
1969! |
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