Carmel Magazine

166 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • W I N T E R 2 0 1 5 T he echoes of the past reverberate around the many buildings and sites of profound historical significance concen- trated in downtown Monterey. At the center of this garden of early California historical delights is California Views Photo Archives, where Pat Hathaway has amassed photographic images that eloquently paint a high-definition picture of the past. Hathaway didn't set out to become the care- taker of this treasure trove. After a stint in the Army, he tried his hand at photography, securing commercial work such as weddings, portraits and magazine assignments. "I didn't find the work fulfilling," he says. Then one day he heard that the family of early Carmel photographer and painter Lewis Josselyn had been unsuccess- ful in finding a museum willing to accept the late artist's personal collection of 7,000 photo- graphs. "I acquired those images and started this archive on Nov. 29, 1970," Hathaway recalls. Unsure what to do with all those pictures, he hung a few around his apartment. "A friend came over and said he would like a copy of one of them for himself," he says. "And then others did the same." A flashbulb went off: "Hey! Maybe there's a market here." The collection has now grown to 81,000 images — and counting. "I guess I have that col- lecting gene," Hathaway says. "As a kid, I had lots of collections…rocks, coins, stamps, shells." He's still at it. "I recently picked up some 100-year-old photos of Monterey that were in a private col- lection in Texas," Hathaway says. His shop on Pacific Street is like a time machine, crammed with fascinating photos, cate- gorized by subject and location. The place has a cluttered, archival feel. Binders, boxes, file folders and prints in glassine envelopes are piled every- where. Rows of filing cabinets hold negatives, including thousands of rare and delicate glass negatives. But, true to a man who remembers the exact date he started this collection more than 40 years ago: "I'm very organized. People 154 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • W I N T E R 2 0 1 5 California Views A Focused Look into the Past B Y M I C H A E L C H AT F I E L D P H OTO G R A P H Y F R O M T H E PAT H AT H A W AY C O L L E C T I O N A visit to Pat Hathaway's California Views shop on Pacific Street in Monterey is like a photographic time machine: step in and prepare to be transported back in time to California's early years. Photo: Kelli Uldall

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