Lecture: A visit to “Jewel City": How the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exhibition saved the California abalone industry and made Monterey “the Sardine Capital of the World”

Saturday, June 20, 2015
3:00 PM 4:30 PM 15:00 16:30

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A lecture by Tim Thomas, former historian/ curator for the Monterey Maritime & History Museum. Tim is a guest curator for our temporary exhibit about how the PPIE influenced Monterey's fishing industries and even the PG Museum of Natural History.

Cost is $5 and free for Museum members.

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Tagged PPIE, Tim Thomas, abalone, sardines, Monterey County, history

Lecture: A visit to “Jewel City": How the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exhibition saved the California abalone industry and made Monterey “the Sardine Capital of the World”

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