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California Views:
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George Pfeffer, proprietor Circa 1893 Photo Accession CV # 84-100-0001 Holdings: over 250 photographs |
Working on fishing boats on the low-tide at Woodward's Marine Photo Accession CV # 93-093-00 Donald L. Woodward Photo We have over 100 4x5 negatives and prints A gift from the Woodward family. 4x5 Neg. Circa 1955 |
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Named after captain Charles Moss, Moss Landing lies on the eastern shores of Monterey Bay at the mouth of Elkhorn Slough on the central California coast.
Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad (Narrow Gage) Sugar king Claus Spreckels wanted transport services for his plant at Watsonville. The April 18, 1906 earthquake destroyed the wharf and much of the infrastructure of Moss Landing. Moss Landing shore Whaling Station's owned by the California Sea Products Company opend in 1918. The First Whale taken was a Sperm whale on January 22, 1919 by the chase boat Hercules and the Station closed in 1927. Monterey Bay Salt Co. salt pond operators in the 1930's and Japanese oyster farmers and also in the 1930's and 40's in was Sardines fishing and canning in the late 1940 and in the early 1990's Basking shark fishery. Castroville is 3.7 miles away, Mojo Cojo Adobe and station and the Pajaro Valley Rail Road Company in Moss Landing. |
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Prints are available from 11 x14 - 40x60 inches. Please keep checking back as we will be adding more galleries |
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Copyright©2019 California Views Historical Photo Collection To obtain permission to use any photographs please contact Pat Hathaway |
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Monterey, California 93940-2702 http://caviews.com Phone (831) 373-3811 By Appointment Only Pacific time Greenwich Mean Time -8 |
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