Monterey County has a rich and colorful history. The Monterey County Herald has been there to cover the names and places that make our county unique. With some “never seen before” images from our archives, The Herald hopes to jar your memory and to participate in this ongoing look back on the history of Monterey County.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Spearfishing, 1965
These two men drove to the old Monterey Peninula Herald office located at Pacific Street and Jefferson Street in Monterey in 1965 to get photographed with their catch of halibut after a spearfishing trip in Monterey Bay. (Monterey Herald archives)
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Dave Brubeck, Monterey Jazz Fest, 1966
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Monterey Pop meetings, May 1967
Monterey Mayor Minnie Coyle and John Phillips, co-producer of the Monterey Pop Festival, at the Pop Festival hearings at the Mark Thomas Inn in Monterey, May 15, 1967. Phillips delivered his proposal for the three day festival to be held at the Monterey Fairgrounds on June 16, 17, 18, 1967.
(Photo: © Monterey County Herald, May 15, 1967)