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Title: Laura Hecox's shell collection
A cabinet containing Laura Hecox's shell collection. Laura Hecox, the lightkeeper, turned one room of the lighthouse into a small museum. In 1904, she donated her collections to the City of Santa Cruz. Out of her collections grew the present Santa Cruz City Natural History Museum.
Source of information: Museum of Natural History
Koch. p. 103.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1887
Publication Information: Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Contributing Institution: Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Collection: Photo Collection
Rights Information: This photograph is courtesy of the Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History.
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Description: A cabinet containing Laura Hecox's shell collection. Laura Hecox, the lightkeeper, turned one room of the lighthouse into a small museum. In 1904, she donated her collections to the City of Santa Cruz. Out of her collections grew the present Santa Cruz City Natural History Museum.
Source of information: Museum of Natural History
Koch. p. 103.
Type: image
Format: Image
Identifier: LH-SCM035
Language: English
Subject: Lighthouses
Hecox, Laura
Time Period: 1880s
Place: Santa Cruz (City)
Relation: Laura J.F. Hecox, Lighthouse Keeper and Naturalist

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