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  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection

Tom Ham's Lighthouse restaurant, San Diego

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Picture postcard of Tom Ham's Lighthouse restaurant on Harbor Island, San Diego
1970s
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Jeran Photography, San Diego, California, 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 starting in 1955. Tom Ham (1919-1973) was an accountant who graduated from UCLA, but his 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
  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
Tom Ham's Lighthouse, San Diego, California
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3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
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  • San Diego State University Library and Information Access, Special Collections and University Archives
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