Captions List for Monterey, CA Photos

Word index of all photos (without thumbnails) covering the Monterey: travel attractions, architecturally-significant buildings, parks, monuments, museums.

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  • Monterey: Custom House (1827) when Monterey was capital of Mexican California until American Marines under Commodore Sloat took California in 1846 (on Custom House Plaza).
  • Monterey: Custom House.
  • Monterey: Custom House with ox cart.
  • Monterey: Custom House with ox cart.
  • Monterey: Fountain on Custom House Plaza.
  • Monterey: Pacific House (1847) now Monterey Museum of the American Indian (on Custom House Plaza).
  • Monterey: Pacific House details of Monterey-style architecture.
  • Monterey: Pacific House portal detail.
  • Monterey: Stevenson House (late 1830s) where author Robert Louis Stevenson lived in 1879 (on Houston St. near Pearl).
  • Monterey: Stevenson House aka French hotel.
  • Monterey: Cooper-Molera Adobe (1831-2) by Captain John Rogers Cooper (at Munras & Polk Sts.).
  • Monterey: Cooper-Molera Adobe front door & shutters.
  • Monterey: Cooper-Molera Adobe overview.
  • Monterey: Casa del Oro (1845) served as gold depository & private house (at Scott & Olivier Sts.).
  • Monterey: California's First Theatre (c1840s) by Jack Swan also served as boarding house for sailors (on Pacific at Scott St.).
  • Monterey: California's First Theatre entrance detail.
  • Monterey: California's First Theatre entrance & performance wing.
  • Monterey: Casa Soberanes, built late Mexican period (c1840s) by Don Jose Rafael Estrada (on Soberanes near Pacific St.).
  • Monterey: Casa Soberanes garden details.
  • Monterey: Succulent in garden of Casa Soberanes.
  • Monterey: Casa Don Florencio Serrano, Alcalde of old Monterey (pre 1847) (on Pacific south of Franklin).
  • Monterey: Underwood-Brown adobe (1843) now city executive offices (on Madison at Pacific Sts.).
  • Monterey: Porch of Underwood-Brown adobe.
  • Monterey: Tiburcio Vasquez adobe (on Dutra opposite Colton Hall).
  • Monterey: Casa Joaquin de la Torre, Alcalde of old Monterey (pre 1847) (on Pierce at Jefferson Sts.).
  • Monterey: Casa Joaquin de la Torre entrance.
  • Monterey: Lara-Soto Adobe (pre 1847) (on Pierce north of Jefferson St.).
  • Monterey: Cactus at Lara-Soto Adobe.
  • Monterey: Thomas Oliver Larkin Adobe House (1835) served as American Consulate (1844-6) & is prototype of Monterey-style architecture (464 Main St. at Jefferson).
  • Monterey: Adobe house (late 1830s) later used as Quarters by Lieutenant (later Civil War General) William Tecumseh Sherman during occupation of 1847 (on Main beside Larkin House).
  • Monterey: William T. Sherman Adobe quarters.
  • Monterey: Casa Joaquin Gutierrez (pre 1847) now Thomas Kinkaix Museum & Cultural Center (on Main at Hartwell).
  • Monterey: Dr. James Stokes adobe (c late 1840s) (at Hartwell & Main Sts.).
  • Monterey: Front door of Stokes adobe.
  • Monterey: Gabriel de la Torre adobe (pre 1847), thought to be the first U.S. Federal Court in Monterey (on Polk at Hartwell).
  • Monterey: Torre adobe full view.
  • Monterey: Don Jose Amesti house (c1850) (on Polk near Hartwell).
  • Monterey: Casa Amesti with sculpted trees.
  • Monterey: Don Juan Bautista Alvarado house, Mexican Governor of California (1836-42) (at Dutra & Jefferson Sts.).
  • Monterey: Casa Dona Maria Ignacia Sanchez (pre 1847) (on Alvarado St.).
  • Monterey: First brick house (1847) built by Dickinson family of local brick (on Decatur St.).
  • Monterey: Whaling Station built (1847) by David Wight & served as headquarters of Old Monterey Whaling Company (1855-85) (on Decatur St.).
  • Monterey: Back garden of Whaling Station.
  • Monterey: Garden detail of Whaling Station.
  • Monterey: Colton Hall (1849) where California's constitution was created (on Pacific between Jefferson & Madison).
  • Monterey: Colton Hall grounds.
  • Monterey: Bronze seal of the state of California on Colton Hall grounds.
  • Monterey: Sculpture of California grizzly bears by Kris Swanson at Colton Hall.
  • Monterey: Gordon House (c1850s), an early milled lumber house using lumber from Australia, now city offices (526 Pierce opposite Colton Hall).
  • Monterey: Adobe house (1860s) of Josiah Merritt, first judge of Monterey County (386 Pacific near Franklin).
  • Monterey: Francis Doud House of early America period after 1850s (on Van Buren at Jackson St.).
  • Monterey: House Francis Doud Sergeant of Arms for California Constitutional Convention of 1849.
  • Monterey: First Protestant Church (1876) now Mayo Hayes O'Donell Library.
  • Monterey: Monterey Hotel former Greene building (1904).
  • Monterey: Former A.R. Underwood building (1919).
  • Monterey: Golden State Theatre (1926).
  • Monterey: Golden State Theatre facade detail.
  • Monterey: Monterey Museum of Art with sculpture Parenthesis (1992) by Norma Lewis.
  • Monterey: Lighthouse 1,000-prism Fresnel lens from Point Sur Light Station in Maritime Museum.
  • Monterey: Model of 44 gun frigate USS Savannah (1842), flagship of Commodore John D. Sloat who took California from Mexico on July 7, 1846 at Monterey in Maritime Museum.
  • Monterey: Scrimshaw of sailing ship on whale's tooth in Maritime Museum.
  • Monterey: Scrimshaw pie crimper in Maritime Museum.
  • Monterey: Scrimshaw etching of Victorian woman with children in Maritime Museum.
  • Monterey: Ornamental carving of cat's head from USS Constitution capped beam holding anchor at Maritime Museum.
  • Monterey: Elaborately painted cart at Maritime Museum.
  • Monterey: Docent at Maritime Museum with Marine Corp gear he had used in World War II.
  • Monterey: Carving of a bear in shop.
  • Monterey: Carving of a running rabbit in shop.
  • Monterey: Monterey Bay Aquarium entrance at night.
  • Monterey: Kelp ecosystem tank in Monterey Bay Aquarium.
  • Monterey: Brightly colored jellyfish in Monterey Bay Aquarium.
  • Monterey: Phalaropes in shorebird collection at Monterey Bay Aquarium.
  • Monterey: American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) in shorebird display at Monterey Bay Aquarium.
  • Monterey: Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) at Monterey Bay Aquarium.
  • Monterey: Monterey Bay & Aquarium observation deck.
  • Monterey: Monterey Bay Aquarium building & bay.
  • Monterey: Monterey Bay Aquarium & buildings of Cannery Row.
  • Monterey: Former Monterey Canning Company, now boutiques on Cannery Row.
  • Monterey: Old Cannery Row factories now converted to shops, restaurants & night spots.
  • Monterey: Steinbeck Plaza garden on Cannery Row.
  • Monterey: Bust of John Steinbeck (1902-68)author of Cannery Row (1945) which spotlighted rough life of the sardine canneries.
  • Monterey: Night lights of Cannery Row old factories converted to tourist area.
  • Monterey: Cannery Row's Steinbeck Plaza at night.
  • Monterey: Spirit of Monterey Wax Museum on Cannery Row.
  • Monterey: Carved sign showing otter on Cannery Row.
  • Monterey: Soap & candle selection in shop on Cannery Row.
  • Monterey: Scented soaps in shop on Cannery Row.
  • Monterey: Scented soaps in shop on Cannery Row.
  • Monterey: Colored candles in shop on Cannery Row.
  • Monterey: Stuffed shrimp toys at restaurant on Cannery Row.
  • Monterey: Sailboats anchored off fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Sailboats at anchor at fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Colored dinghies at anchor at fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Star of Monterey tour boat at fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Restaurant on pier of fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Magnum Force Whale Watching boat at fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Whale Watching boat with tourists at fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Restaurant on pier of fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Young gull watches seafood restaurant at fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Gull over boats at fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Smoking salmon booth at fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Crabs at fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Smoked salmon steaks at fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Seafood restaurant on fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Carved fisherman with lantern on fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Carved pelican with fish on fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Fishing boat stained glass window on fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Fish Christmas tree ornaments in shop on fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: Yellow Hummer on fisherman's wharf.
  • Monterey: People stroll on fisherman's wharf.
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