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The wharf at Pigeon Point Landing. At one time, it was used as a whaling station and a shipping station for the dairy products from nearby coastal dairies. Pigeon Point was named for the British sailing vessel, the Carrier Pigeon, that wrecked on the…

Date: ca. 1870s
Type: PHOTO

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A stereograph of the first Santa Cruz Lighthouse on West Cliff Drive. It was built by the U.S. government in 1869 and torn down in 1948.

Date: Prior to 1886
Type: PHOTO

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West Cliff Drive, looking east towards Lighthouse Point. The entrance gate to the lighthouse is in the background to the right. To the far right, above the trees, is the lighthouse light.

Date: ca. 1930s
Type: PHOTO

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Laura Hecox, lightkeeper, sitting on the rocks just below West Cliff Drive.

Date: Early 1880's
Type: PHOTO

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Laura Hecox and her mother, Margaret Hecox, on the front steps of the lighthouse. Miss Hecox's father was the lightkeeper until his death in 1883. After his death, Laura Hecox took over the position and served as lightkeeper for 33 years.

Date: ca. 1887
Type: PHOTO

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The first Santa Cruz Lighthouse was built in 1869 and torn down in 1948.

Date: Early 1880's
Type: PHOTO

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Laura Hecox, lightkeeper, among the rocks.

Date: September 1888
Type: PHOTO

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A cabinet containing Laura Hecox's shell collection. Laura Hecox, the lightkeeper, turned one room of the lighthouse into a small museum. In 1904, she donated her collections to the City of Santa Cruz. Out of her collections grew the present Santa…

Date: 1887
Type: PHOTO

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The Santa Cruz Lighthouse.

Date: 1880's
Type: PHOTO

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The Santa Cruz lighthouse as seen from the ocean.

Date: Early 1880's
Type: PHOTO

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