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Pacific Grove Retreat Gate, circa 1881

Pacific Grove Gate Circa 1881, Copyright©1998 California ViewsPhoto by C. W. J. Johnson
Photo Accession # 78-006-0001
5x7" copy negative
circa 1881

This by Charles W. J. Johnson view shows one of the two gates of Pacific Grove, California. The community was founded as a Methodist retreat in 1875. This gate stood at Lighthouse & Grand Avenues from 1875 to early 1887.
The man in the foreground is Joseph Oscar Johnson who was made superintendent of the Grove Retreat by the Pacific Improvement Company in 1881. We have photographs of Lovers Point Beach Beach and Hopkins Marine Station on it in 1893. Also the Del Monte train and the Pacific Grove train station. And photographs from the early tent camp days to today.

Holdings: over 3,000 photos of Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove and the Point Pinos Lighthouse and a Aerial photo of Pacific Grove July 10, 1906 by George R. Lawrence in the photo collection. Some other photos of Pacific Grove
We have over 20,000 photos of Monterey County in the archives.

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