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The Pat Hathaway Photo Collection

Mr. Pat Hathaway, Photo Archivist
Historic Monterey, California • (831) 373-3811

Big Wave


The Wave that went around the World




Giant Breaker Santa Cruz, California
Stanley A. Piltz, S.F. Calif. No. 910


Giant Breaker San Francisco, California
Curt Teich & Co. No. 122



Giant Breaker on the Pacific, California
Curt Teich & Co.


Giant Breaker on the Pacific
Curt Teich No. 910

Giant Breaker, California

Giant Breaker on the Pacific
Curt Teich & Co.No. 674

Giant Breaker, Casco Bay, Portland, Maine
No. 96296

Pres De L’Hotel Gaspesien – Route 6 – Capal, Que.
No. S-333 C.T. & Co.

Greetings From Huntington, Long Island
S 331
Giant Breaker Greeting from Taft, Oregon
S 331

Giant Breaker on the Pacific
No. 674

Giant Breaker Hampton Beach, N. H.
2A-H808


High waves Pacific Grove, California
Real photo postcard
Postmarked Aug. 18, 1919

Giant Breaker, Pacific Grove, California
Leopold Hugo Circa 1919
(December 24, 1866-September 7, 1933)

Giant Breaker, Pacific Grove, California
By Pat Hathaway, Pacific Grove, California

2018

Gps

Cambrai, California

Giant Breaker, Pacific Grove, California
By Pat Hathaway, Pacific Grove, California
GPS 36.622931, -121.912122
2008

Big Waves on Santa Barbara, California
Pacific Novety Co. L-32

High Waves at Pacific Grove, California
No. 5770

High Waves, Monterey Bay, Calif.
Pacific Novety Co. No. 4553

Giant Breaker on the Atlantic
E. C. K. Co.

Giant Breaker on Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The image for this card has been fliped
E. C. Kropp Co. Postcard No. 15


Giant Breaker, Asbury Park, New Jersey.
2A-H8808
Real Photo Postcard Azo Stamp Box
Circa 1919
Beautiful big waves, Santa Cruz
Pcific Novelty Co. Postcard sc205

Giant Breaker on the Atlantic
Curt Teich & Co. No. 53


This page was first created on July 1, 2018

This page was last updated on October 1, 2019
Copyright©2019 California Views Historical Photo Collection.

To obtain permission to use any photographs please contact Mr. Pat Hathaway.


Dedicated to the preservation of our photographic heritage



Richard J. Arnold , (June 28, 1856 – May 19, 1929) Monterey

George R. Butler, (1862-1930) Salinas

Carrol B. Clark, (September 12,1868-March 15, 1951) Pacific Grove

Cecil C. Coy, (November 1, 1892-November 27, 1978) Salinas

Dan Freeman, (October 26, 1876-1962) Pacific Grove & Monterey

Julian P. Graham,(March 13, 1886 -November 14, 1963) Pebble Beach

Robert N. Green, (May 30, 1905 – December 24, 1968), Salinas

A. C. Heidrick, (Jan. 18, 1876-September 8, 1955) Monterey

Robert W. Horne, Circa 1905-1914, (1880-19??) Salinas

Leopold Hugo, (December 24, 1866-September 7, 1933) Pacific Grove

Lewis Josselyn, (Sept. 13, 1883- March 14, 1964) Carmel

James E. Meddaugh, (1864-1926), Watsonville

Carl Jones, Mission Photo, (Feb. 13, 1896-January 3, 1994) Monterey

California Postcard by Alexander J. “Zan” Stark gallery

Joseph K. Oliver, (April 26, 1863-Feb 28, 1942) Monterey

Louis S. Slevin, (November 7, 1879 – November 9, 1945) Carmel

Anton T. Sorillon, Circa 1903 (March 1868-19??) Monterey

Francis C. Swain, (July 24, 1866-May 6, 1945) Monterey

Chester B. Toombs, (September 12, 1879-May 6, 1962) Pacific Grove

H.G. Trout & Stanford, Circa 1910 Salinas

Hugh G. Trout, (July 18, 1880- May 21,1934) Salinas

Charles K. Tuttle, (December 29, 1859 – August 2, 1939) Pacific Grove

Joseph C. Vasser, (Jan. 7, 1877-19??) Salinas

Anson C. Warner, (1846-1922) Pacific Grove

Herbert G. Webb, Custom House Studio, Circa 1908 Monterey

Donald L. Woodward, (1901-1962) Monterey

George Alfred Besaw Western Card Company




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Mr. Pat Hathaway


California Views Photo Archives

Monterey, California 93940-2702

Phone (831) 373-3811

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