California Views:
The Pat Hathaway Photo Collection

Mr. Pat Hathaway, Photo Archivist

Photo Accession # 72-008-0045
6½x8½" glass negative
circa 1910

Here is a hand colored photo by Pat Hathaway The 17 Mile Drive began in the early 1880's by the Pacific Improvement Company a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Co. as a route for horse-drawn and later touring car's excursions for tourists at the Hotel del Monte to the original log Lodge in the Del Monte Forest at the time it was only a lunch stop along the shores of Carmel Bay.
The 17 Mile Drive was the round trip from the Hotel del Monte to the Lodge and back to the Hotel. We also have photos of the original log Lodge and Jung San Choy Chinese fishing village at Stillwater Cove and early photos of golfing at Pebble Beach from the 1929 U.S. Men's Amateur and the Bing Crosby's golf tournament from 1947 to the 1960's.
Pebble Beach has played host to the Rich and Famous from Clark Gable to J. F. Kennedy

Holdings: over 1,685 photos of Pebble Beach from 1880 to today.

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