Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Robert Kennedy, March 1968


U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy rides the crest of a wave of outstretched hands at Monterey Airport on Sunday, March 24, 1968. Seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidency, the younger brother of the late President John F, Kennedy and his entourage of almost 100 campaign advisers and reporters stopped over at Monterey Peninsula Airport on a flight from San Jose to Los Angeles. The Highway patrol estimated the crowd at 8,000.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

1968 Sand Castle Contest


Iriene Daily, Charloa Smith and Bruce Daily work on their sand creation "Sandy Mechanics" during the 7th annual Great Sand Castle Contest on Carmel Beach in October of 1968.

Friday, September 24, 2010

1967 Concourse d'Elegance


Virginia Stanton, hard working member of the Community Hospital Auxiliary came down from her stint at the Hospital to greet Bob Hope on the ramp, where he kept things humming while judges studied the winner's circle to pick the over all winner at the 1967 Pebble Beach Concourse d'Elegance. (Monterey Herald Archives)