California Views:
The Pat Hathaway Photo Collection

Mr. Pat Hathaway, Photo Archivist

Cannery Row
Historic Monterey

This image may be the most-seen image of Cannery Row. It was taken by photographer George Seideneck of Carmel. It was taken from a vantage point between Hoffman and McLellan Streets in Monterey looking northwest towards the Carmel Canning Co., Custom House Packing Corp. and Monterey Canning Co. It shows the California Packing Corporation plant 101 from in front of plant 106 that Ed Ricketts worked at part-time as a chemist, from 1943 until his death in 1948.
The cart-wielding cannery worker is Henry "Hank" Damewood.
We have photos of most of the Canneries from F. E. Booth, Pacific Fish, San Carlos, Aeneas Sardine Packing Co., Oxnard Canning Co., Hovden Food Products Corp.
Fishing boats with names like, A. A. Ferrante, Adventure, American Eagle, City of Monterey. C.R. Martinolich, E.S. Lucido, Geraldine-Ann, U.S. Liberator, Lucky Boy, Mineo Bros, New Hope, New Marettimo, Star of Monterey, Pacific Star, Providenza, El Cerrito, Western Flyer, Western Maid, and Vitina A at one time fished in Monterey Bay.
Early Monterey Fishing industry Gallery
We also have photos of the California Abalone Industry and the Japanese abalone fishermen We have photos from the early feluccas,lampara , half-ring and purse seiners and other Monterey Bay fishing boats.
Cannery Row was made famous by John Steinbeck by the publication of his book Cannery Row in 1945. Originally named Ocean View Avenue, it was renamed Cannery Row by the city of Monterey in 1958.

California Views has over 720 cataloged photos of Cannery Row, and even more of the Monterey's early Sardine fishing fleet on which the canning and reduction industries relied for their supply of fish.
Monterey's Fishing Fleet from the 1930's through the 1960's.