Friday, November 27, 2009

Sen. Barry Goldwater, 1964


Barry Goldwater was in Monterey on Tuesday May 26, 1964 - grim and fighting and locked in a desperate race for the Republican nomination over Nelson Rockefeller in Tuesday's presidential primary. The 55-year-old Arizona senator, the champion of the conservative movement in America, addressed more than 2,500 of his fans in front of Monterey's historic Colton Hall.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Crosby Pro/Am, 1964


Jack Nicklaus plays Monterey Peninsula Country Club during his second round at the 1964 Crosby Pro-Am. Photo: Monterey County Herald, 1/17/64

Friday, November 13, 2009

Big Sur Mudslide, 1972


Perry Davis, manager of the River Inn, checks on damage to cars and structures from a massive mudslide in Big Sur on Wednesday, November 15, 1972. (Ben Lyon/Monterey County Herald)