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Half Moon Bay: Past and Present

            This colorful mural that adorns the southern wall of the Francis Building on Main Street in Half Moon Bay, California, depicts scenes from Half Moon Bay's past and present, including the annual Holy Ghost Festival, the Ocean Shore Railroad, and the owners of the area's original Spanish land grant. Today, the Francis Building is home to Fengari, Abode, and The Half Moon Bay Wine and Cheese Company.

The Holy Ghost Festival, a historical tradition among HMB's Portuguese community, dominates the mural with the festival Queen and her court pictured in the center.  All around them is the coast's past. William "Bill Miramontes (1902-1988), of the Miramontes family that owned the area's or"original Spanish land grant, stands beside his oil rig, circa 1920s. The turn-of-the-century turrets on Cunha's Country Store are shown, along with other old-fashioned buildings like the Johnston House, and a locomotive that might once have tootled down the Ocean Shore Railroad.

Taken in: United States / California / Half Moon Bay (show map)

Taken on: October 11, 2024

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Half Moon Bay

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Sets appears in: • Half Moon Bay

Groups appears in: • Painted Wall Art • Walls Have Paint more » • Murales • Half Moon Bay • Wall Street Art (Post 1/Comment 2) • Fine Wall Art Murals « less

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