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OverviewFacing the radiant Monterey Bay, anchored proudly between Pacific Grove's downtown and famed Lovers Point beach, is the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. The historic museum was founded in 1883 to house specimens collected by the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle in the days when horse-drawn carriages still meandered down a dirt road known today as Lighthouse Avenue. What started as a small octagonal building in what is now known as Jewell Park soon became a more impressive edifice, thanks largely to the help of community members like Mary Norton, the museum's first curator, and Lucie Chase, who donated to the construction of a new building in 1932. Others, including noted collector and taxidermist Rollo Beck and scientist Ed Ricketts, friend of author and Pacific Grove resident John Steinbeck, donated amazing specimens that remain on display. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Patrick WhitehurstPublisher: Arcadia Publishing Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Dimensions: Width: 16.60cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9781467128339ISBN 10: 1467128333 Pages: 127 Publication Date: 23 April 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationIn Images of America: The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, author Patrick Whitehurst has drawn from a wide array of sources--museum archives, personal photographs, the Monterey Herald newspaper, and other collections, including the C.K. Tuttle Collection housed at the museum and the Heritage Society of Pacific Grove--to detail the story of this long-standing local institution. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |