Friday, May 27, 2011

Joan Baez, 1965


Attorney W.K. Stewart, Ira Sandperl and Joan Baez listen as the County Board of Supervisors conduct a use permit hearing that Joan Baez was seeking for the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence school that she was trying to create and to be operated in Carmel Valley on December 1, 1965. The Board approved the permit with a 3-2 vote. (Monterey County Herald Archive)

Friday, May 20, 2011

John Gardiner Tennis, circa 1960


Tennis instructor John Gardiner with students Richard Lea, Howard Richmond and Paul Skinner at the Gardiner Tennis Ranch in Carmel Valley circa 1960 (Monterey County Herald Archives)

Friday, May 13, 2011

Fourth of July, 1946


1946 Fourth of July Parade in Monterey that was described as the biggest local parade ever. Fort Ord troops from ships anchored in the bay attend the parade and the centennial flag raising. (Monterey County Herald Archives)

Friday, May 6, 2011

1958 Jazz Festival


The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello and Eugene Wright pose at the Monterey Fairgrounds for a publicity photo to advertise the first Monterey Jazz Festival in October of 1958. (Monterey County Herald Archives)