PAVING LIGHTHOUSE AVENUE

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#656 Long #: 33.2-656-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Looking southwest, the view includes the front of Tuttle's pharmacy and Fred Cope's hardware store at the corner of Grand Avenue. Excavator breaks up old road surface and moves it into bed of truck (half visible at right). Same image as # 34.1-655-BP.		#651 Long #: 33.2-651-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Excavator breaks up old road material in front of Tuttle's pharmacy on the south side of Lighthouse Avenue, between Grand and Fountain avenues. Same image as #33.2-651-BP.
#657 Long #: 33.2-657-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Looking northeast. Excavator breaks up old surface of street. Large chunks of street material are in foreground. Glimpse of Ed Ricketts' lab on Fountain Avenue between excavator and truck. Same image as #34.1-657-BP and #33.2-657a-BP.		#650 Long #: 33.2-650-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Looking north down Fountain Avenue from above Lighthouse Avenue. Excavator and truck at corner. House on Lighthouse which belonged to Tuttle's mother at right, Ed Ricketts' lab visible down Fountain. Partial view of steps from large house on Lighthouse at far right.
#659 Long #: 33.3-659-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Excavator breaks up old road surface. Looking north down Fountain Avenue, from above Lighthouse Avenue. House on Lighthouse which once belonged to Tuttle's mother at right. Partial view of steps from large house on Lighthouse at far right. Condition note: Scratch or fiber at steps on image right. Same image as # 34.1-659-BP.		#649 Long #: 33.2-649-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Excavator at the corner of Fountain Avenue, looking north. Also visible at left of shovel arm is the overhead wires from the Monterey and Pacific Grove Street Railway. This system was originally horse-powered (see images #027 and #462), and was electrified in 1902. The system was abandoned in 1923.
#652 Long #: 33.2-652-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Excavator faces east on Lighthouse Avenue, at Fountain. Jane Tuttle's one-time house at right. Worker with back to camera shovels road material. Condition note: Stain at top center of image. Same image as #34.1-652-BP		#631 Long #: 33.1-631-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Truck dumps load of paving material, while driver stands on fender. Workers behind rake paving material. Truck has "Autocar" nameplate above grill. In background is Wray Building (2004's Prim & Proper) at southeast corner of Grand Avenue.
#633 Long #: 33.1-633-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue, at block between Grand and Fountain avenues. Tuttle's pharmacy visible behind truck, which is dumping its load of paving materials. Truck has 1923 commercial CA license plate, Goodyear tires. Driver leans out of cabin and looks at camera.		#648 Long #: 33.2-648-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue, at block between Grand and Fountain. Truck dumps load of paving materials. Truck has 1923 commercial CA license plate, Goodyear tires. Driver stands on fender. Looking southwest toward Wray building (corner of Grand Avenue) and down Lighthouse Avenue. Turret of Gosbey's (sign for Carmelo Hotel) visible in background.
#624 Long #: 33.1-624-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue, looking north & down Fountain Avenue. Truck is dumping paving material, while workers with rakes and shovels spread it out. Also visible at right is home of CK Tuttle's mother, Jane, and Hazel Lodge (see #571) at 171 Fountain, and a glimpse of Ed Ricketts' Pacific Biological Laboratories through truck.		#640 Long #: 33.2-640-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Truck elevates bed and empties paving material, while man with back to camera directs. Looking toward northwest corner of Grand Avenue.
#625 Long #: 33.1-625-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue, looking southwest. Well-dressed man stands in middle of street, while workers rake paving material behind him. He stands in front of C.K. Tuttle's pharmacy and the Scotch Bakery.		#655 Long #: 33.2-655-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Four men pose in front of street paving. At left is suited man, also three workers. Behind them is a steamroller on smooth surface. In background is Tuttle's pharmacy and other commercial businesses on the block between Fountain and Grand avenues. Condition note: Scratches on most of image. Same image as #34.1-655-BP.
#643 Long #: 33.2-643-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Broad view west on Lighthouse Avenue, showing workers piling rakes in foreground, truck emptying load of paving material, commercial buildings down Grand Avenue (including Women's Civic Club). View extends to peek of Methodist Church. Street lined with concrete-based streetlights.		#642 Long #: 33.2-642-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Looking across Lighthouse Avenue, down Grand Avenue. Shows glimpse of Women's Civic Club, Associated Gasoline Station. Workers empty bed of truck, others push wheelbarrows. Holman's Department Store property has mound of excavated soil.
#641 Long #: 33.2-641-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Workers rake paving material, while another worker looks on. Looking west down Lighthouse Avenue. First Methodist Church visible in background. Shows garage at corner of Grand Avenue.		#654 Long #: 33.2-654-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Men with shovels flatten paving material on road. Looking west on Lighthouse Avenue from Fountain Avenue, towards garage at corner of Grand. Commercial blocks include glimpse of turret of Dutra Grocery at corner of Forest Avenue and Methodist Church spire. Same image as #34.1-654-BP.
#639 Long #: 33.2-639-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Two steamrollers in action on paved surface. Looking northwest toward commercial block between Grand and Forest avenues.		#644 Long #: 33.2-644-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Three steamrollers flatten surface of street. Looking west down Lighthouse; turret of Dutra Grocery store at northwest corner of Forest Avenue in center of image.
#647 Long #: 33.2-647-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Three steamrollers flatten surface of street. Looking northwest towards commercial block between Grand and Forest avenues.		#637 Long #: 33.2-637-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Looking northwest at block between Grand and Forest avenues. Steamroller operator stands on machine. Hardware store and grocery store visible in background.
#635 Long #: 33.1-635-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Two steamrollers flatten out finished paving. First Methodist Church building in background. Looking at the north side of the block between Grand and Forest avenues.		#638 Long #: 33.2-638-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Side view of steamroller with canopy.
#628 Long #: 33.1-628-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Winnifred Tuttle stands in front of steamroller, while older man with oilcan and bucket sits in driver's seat. Both look at camera. They are in front of the block between Forest and Grand avenues, including the corner bank (2004's Bratty Real Estate).		#629 Long #: 33.1-629-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Steamroller operator stands in cabin of vehicle, which is expelling steam. Workers in background level paving material.
#645 Long #: 33.2-645-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Close-up of steamroller and driver. Looking northwest on Lighthouse Avenue, with block between Grand and Forest in background.		#630 Long #: 33.1-630-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue, showing steamroller with driver standing and looking at camera.
#658 Long #: 33.2-658-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Looking north. Steamroller at corner of Fountain Avenue.		#653 Long #: 33.2-653-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Two steamrollers and truck at corner of Fountain Avenue. Verandah-wrapped houses are in images #445, #483, #487,#518, and #521. This is the same image as #34.1-653-PB.
#634 Long #: 33.1-634-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue, looking toward house at the northeast corner of Fountain Avenue. Truck tilts bed to unload paving material, as workers with shovels look at camera.		#623 Long #: 33.1-623-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue, between Grand and Fountain avenues. Worker in foreground rakes paving. Steamrollers in action. Glimpse of buildings down Fountain Avenue, including Pacific Improvement Co's brow-windowed office (moved from Lighthouse Avenue) and Ed Ricketts' Pacific Biological Laboratories at High Street (now called Ricketts Row).
#627 Long #: 33.1-627-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Block between Grand and Fountain avenues. In foreground, left, African-American worker sits on wheelbarrow and smokes cigarette. Behind him, steamroller blasts smoke. At right, glimpse down Fountain Avenue, showing Hazel Lodge (see image #571) at 171 Fountain Avenue.		#636 Long #: 33.2-636-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Eight workers gathered around cart.
#646 Long #: 33.2-646-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Looking north toward Fountain Avenue. Man with back to camera and arms akimbo watches workers around cement mixer.		#632 Long #: 33.1-632-BP Negative size: 3.25" x 4.5" Negative type: Interpositive Date: 1924 Place: Pacific Grove Binder: Building Paving of Lighthouse Avenue. Men gathered around cement mixer.

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