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California Views:
The Pat Hathaway Photo Collection

Mr. Pat Hathaway, Photo Archivist

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Ocean Avenue Carmel, Calif., Street Scene 1950

Carmel pictorial collection
Ocean Avenue California Views
Photo Accession CV #93-008-0093
Real photo postcard, Zan Stark, # 376 circa 1950

Holdings: over 21,500 Photos of Monterey County listed in our database.
And over 81,900 historical California images in our photo archives.

Zan Stark, of Mill Valley, took this photo for a realphoto postcard of the south side of Ocean Avenue in Carmel, California. We have over 867 postcards by Zan Stark and over 3,445 photographs of Carmel 1880-1929 and Carmel Valley in the photo collection.
We have a large number of Carmel buildings from the Tuck Box too the Carmel Bath House on Carmel Beach, Pine Inn Hotel, La Playa Hotel, Golden Bough Theater, The Grace Deere Velie Clinic, Sunset School, Carmel High School, Bay School, Forest Theater and the old Carmel Theater that was on Ocean Avenue.
And also photos of George Sterling, Jack London, Mary Austin, Robinson Jeffers and his wife, Una and family at Tor House in 1929.

We also have a large holdings by L.S. Slevin and Lewis Josselyn of photos of early Carmel and environs.

Carmel River Beach and Carmel's first golf course that was on Carmel Point and California artists.
And the Carmel Highlands just south of Carmel on California Coast Highway One.
Map of Carmel City in April 1888 by W. C. Little. Some early maps of the Carmel area. Aerial photos of the Carmel area.

Holdings: For Carmel over 2,105 and over 3,650 photos of the Carmel area including Carmel Valley, Carmel Highlands, Point Lobos and California Beach Scenes

Holdings: over 21,500 Photos of Monterey County listed in our database.
And over 81,900 historical California images in our photo archives.

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469 Pacific Street, Monterey
California 93940-2702
Phone (831) 373-3811
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