Someone asked me not long ago if there was ever a whaling industry in Humboldt…
Trinidad Whaling Dock, c.1920 [County of Humboldt]
Trinidad, August 1923 [Woods; County of Humboldt]
Trinidad [Glen Berry Collection; County of Humboldt]
Trinidad Whaling Station [Cole; County of Humboldt]
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Posted by Lynette M
Jerry Kiler is the man standing on the lighthouse–and this is from the HSU Special Collections Site describing the source of a collection:
Sub series: 7113HME1-7115HME4 Milton and Edith Hunter Collection I (1999.03.0821-1999.03.0851) [there are a lot of great photos if you click on the collection link].
Milton and Edith married when they were past 50. They had been married before. They shared an unusual history as Edith (Kiler) was a descendant of the first lighthouse keeper of Trinidad, Jeremiah Kiler, and Milton was grandson of Frederick Harrington, the second lighthouse keeper at Trinidad.
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Caption from HSU Special Collections site:
Corner of Trinity and Edwards before 1928. || L-R ?, ?, ?, “Fisherman Dave” Nesbith, Jim Blue (standing against lightpost), Billy Beach (barber), ?. Pinkham’s Saloon burned in 1928.
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Posted by Lynette M
Couple of folks thought the Del Norte product from yesterday’s post was typewriter ink. Could be. The typewriter above was in the same collection in French Gulch.
As was this…
It would be fun to learn whether or not typewriter ink was produced in Del Norte (looks like “Crescent City” on the box as well). If anyone learns anything, please let us know.
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This is one of many photos that will be coming from my trip to French Gulch-a gold mining town just off Hwy 299 west of Redding. Please let me know if you can identify the product from Del Norte County.
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I do believe that is a fuel truck on the left.
As many already know, please keep clicking on the photo to enlarge-there is a lot of great detail here.
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