Exhibit Opening: Pat Hathaway's Historical Images of Monterey

Join the City of Monterey in celebrating the opening of the new photography exhibition, The Pat Hathaway Memorial Exhibition: Celebrating His Images of Monterey, on Thursday, August 29, 5pm-7pm at Colton Hall Museum. Free and open to the public.

About the Exhibit

This exhibit celebrates the life and photo collection of the late Pat Hathaway, featuring historical images of Monterey, c.1870-1950, collected and preserved by Pat over the course of 50 years. The exhibit, designed to feature some of the highlights of his collection, will run August 29 - September 29, 2024.

About Photographer Pat Hathaway

Pat Hathaway, raised in Pacific Grove, assembled one of California’s largest privately held image collections. Upon his return to the Monterey Peninsula in 1968 after serving in the Vietnam War, Pat immediately began collecting.

Pat managed to assemble over 80,000 historical images, mostly of the Monterey Peninsula, Salinas Valley, and California dating to the 1850s. The collection also includes over 470,000 of Pat's own photographs, chronicling over five decades of daily life on the Monterey Peninsula. His collection is now preserved in the vaults of the Monterey County Historical Society.