Historic
Photos of Monterey Harbor
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View of
Monterey shoreline and Old Town Monterey, 1907. Shows in
the background Fisherman's Wharf (known as the Monterey
Wharf or Pacific Steamship Wharf at the time), built in
1875, with express office at shore end and Pacific
Steamship office at bay end; in foreground: Southern
Pacific train station; to right the SP pier. In the far
distance is the Associated Oil Co. wharf.
Richard J. Arnold, photographer.
Credit: Monterey Public Library, California History Room |
Monterey
Wharf and waterfront. Ca. 1907. Shows Fisherman's Wharf
(foreground) and Associated Oil Company's wharf. In the
distance is the Murray mansion on what became Cannery
Row.
Credit: Monterey Public Library, California History Room |
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Entrance
to Fisherman's Wharf, 1935. View of Fisherman's Wharf
taken from the roof of the Custom House by A. C.
Heidrick.
To left is Booth's Cannery with rail boxcar
in front ready to ship sardines.
Credit: Monterey Public Library, California History Room |
View of
Monterey Harbor. Shows part of Old Town Monterey,
Fisherman's Wharf, and the fishing fleet (primarily
lampara boats). Southern Pacific train station to left
and foreground. This photo was taken in 1919 by A. C.
Heidrick from atop a water tower during the visit of the
U. S. Navy's Pacific Fleet. [By the way, Heidrick added
the acrobatic airplanes!] This is also a section of a
larger panorama.
Credit:
Monterey Public Library, California History Room |
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View of
Wharf No. II (often called the New Wharf), 1927. Shows
new fish warehouse and working wharf, as well as fishing
fleet of lampara boats. [This, too, is part of a larger
panorama.]
A. C. Heidrick, photographer.
Credit: Monterey Public Library, California History Room
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Fishing from
Wharf No. 2, ca. 1935.
Shades of Monterey Collection.
Courtesy Gary Carlsen; Monterey Public Library,
California History Room |
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December 14,
1943 storm hitting Monterey Harbor, pushing the sardine
fleet onto shore where
many boats were wrecked.
Credit: Monterey Public Library, California History Room
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Tunnel construction in the 1960's. |
Custom House
with Southern Pacific rails. Ca. 1897. Oliver
Collection. J. K. Oliver, photographer.
Credit: Monterey Public Library, California History Room
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Aerial view
of Monterey Harbor showing Wharf No. 2 (L), Fisherman's
Wharf (center), and the Breakwater (foreground, right).
Ca. 1954.
Credit: Monterey Public Library, California History Room
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Fishing
Fleet in Monterey Harbor, 1956.
Lee Blaisdell, photographer.
Credit: Monterey Public Library, California History Room
(HP 2229) |
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