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Pictured at the right are scientists Frances Clark, W.I. Scofield, Richard Croker, M.J. Linar and J.B. Philips. Working out of Hopkins Marine Station, this group monitored the growing sardine industry by collecting samples from the canneries and k…
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A chorus of cannery whistles, each with its own unique call, summoned the Cannery Row workforce. Men and women in rubber boots and oilcloth aprons showed up to clean, cut, pack, cook and can sardines that were a major part of Monterey's economy fo…
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During World War I and the decade that followed, much of the workforce in the developing sardine industry along Cannery Row was made up of Spanish immigrants, who had fled crushing poverty for the promise of a new life. Many single men sailed from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM119Z_the-japanese-community_Monterey-CA.html
While the majority of Monterey's commercial fishermen in the 1930s were Sicilian, about 10 percent of the fleet were Japanese nationals, some of whom has been fishing the bay since 1900. These Issei - first generation Japanese - came as single men…
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Filipinos were attracted in large numbers to California after the 1924 Immigration Act excluded Japanese, who had been the major part of the state's agricultural labor force. By 1930, as many as 35,000 Pinoys - young, single, male Filipino laborer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM119G_john-steinbeck_Monterey-CA.html
The real neighborhood of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row.Real people and places in the neighborhood of Monterey's old Ocean View Avenue inspired fictional characters and establishments in the mind of John Steinbeck. Published in 1945, his novel Canne…
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Roofing contractor Charles L. Frost (top) supervises his crew hot mopping a Monterey cannery roof. Concentrated along the shoreline, the fish processing plants were subject to storm damage. In addition, changes were required to accommodate new tec…
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This simple bronze plaque honoring the work of John Steinbeck was sculptured in 1938 by William Gordon Huff. It was dedicated that same year by noted Western historian Dr. Charles L. Camp with all the unwavering oratorical profundity which traditi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1159_edward-ricketts_Monterey-CA.html
Marine biologist, philosopher, writer, ecologist, and friend to many. Immortalized as "Doc" of John Steimbeck's Cannery Row, the real man had a profound influence on the thinking of writers, artists, and scientists through his non-teleological app…
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Built in 1854 when Monterey was the county seat. The building was used as the city jail until 1956.