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"I think flowers' colors are brighter here than any place on earth and I don't
know whether it is the light that makes them seem so or whether they really are."
--From a letter written by John Steinbeck in 1948 while living at his 11th Street cottage. From Steinbeck: A Life in Letters.

Looking across the garden of El Carmelo Hotel towards shops between Fountain & Grand avenues.
Monday, August 20, 1900, 10:40 a.m. #1.0-059-BL, from the Museum's Tuttle Collection.

Woman and man standing in Lovers Point dahlia garden.
Dahlias were cultivated commercially in Pacific Grove in the early 20th century.
c. 1910. #12.0-415-PL, from the Museum's Tuttle Collection.

c. 1900. #22.2-136-BP, from the Museum's Tuttle Collection.

Mrs. Thomas' rose-covered house.
May 28, 1902, a.m. #06.0-307-B, from the Museum's Tuttle Collection.

Derby-hatted real estate & insurance agent William T. Jenison
stands in front of Mrs. Snells' Forest Avenue cottage.
May 25, 1903. #08.0-352-BP, from the Museum's Tuttle Collection.

Young gardeners.
c. 1900. #11.0-140-PB, from the Museum's Tuttle Collection.

Large rose tree covers Miss Margaret Tennant's shed.
May 28, 1902, 3:20 p.m. #06.0-315-BL, from the Museum's Tuttle Collection.