Lithograph from Norton's 1913 book "Story of California" depicting Monterey from the bay, [s.d.] 

Drawing of the capture of Mexican-held Monterey by the American Navy, July 4, 1846 

Exterior view of the ruins of the old log Fort Fremont at Monterey, 1887 

Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Monterey during the arrival of the United States Squadron of the Pacific sketched in 1842, ca.1932 

Detail of a drawing by Edwin A. Sherman depicting the raising of an American flag in Yerba Buena, (later known as San Francisco), 1846 

Detail of a Vischer drawing depicting a cypress grove at Point Cypress, 1867 

Drawing depicting the presidio and pueblo of Mission San Carlos, Monterey, 1839 

Sketch depicting the capture of Monterey and the raising of the U.S. flag on July 7, 1846 

Exterior view of the first State Capitol building in Monterey, 1898 

Mexican adobe home in Monterey, 1887 

Drawing of Monterey published in the book "United States Illustrated, Volume 1", ca.1860 

Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the El Jolon Stage Station in Monterey County, June 26, 1875 

Lithograph depicting a panoramic view of the Mission Francis de Asis (Dolores), ca.1900 

Exterior view of the first custom house in California, an adobe structure in Monterey, ca.1890 

Old Spanish Convent of Santa Catalina on Main Street, later the site of the San Carlos Hotel, Monterey, ca.1898 

Pacific Ocean at Monterey, ca.1900 

First Pacific coast theater, Monterey, California, ca.1900 

Exterior view of the Washington Hotel at Monterey, ca.1890 

Scraggly sentinel cypress tree growing out of the rocky shore near the ocean in Monterey, ca.1900 

General view of Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) in Monterey, California, from the northeast, ca.1860