PC-000-550A

Picture postcard of entrance to Tom Ham's Lighthouse restaurant on Harbor Island, San Diego

 

1970s

Ed Royce

Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, New York, US

This picture postcard of Tom Ham's Lighthouse (established 1971) appears much the same as photographs of it in 2013, although it has been remodeled. According to the restaurant Web site, Ham's first experience in San Diego with running a restaurant was his "rescue" of the Bali Hai (included on the map on the back)i starting in 1955. Tom Ham (1919-1973) was an accountant whose study of California history led him to incorporate a Coast Guard beacon into the design that as of 2012 was still used by the Coast Guard (Beacon #9). The property is at the end of Harbor "Island" (a long narrow peninsula jutting into San Diego Bay).

Tom Ham's Lighthouse restaurant; Restaurants; San Diego; Harbor Island; Beacons; Beacon No. 9

2150 Harbor Island Drive

California - San Diego - Harbor Island

 

 

MS-0008

English

Coronado Cards, San Diego, California, US

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

Yes

PC-000-550B; also PC-000-545

 

 

Image

TIFF

20.15 MB