Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park California-1975: Wooden Shingle-Roofed Park Entrance Sign Beneath Tall Conifers

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit

Serves requests for a circa 1975 on-screen location identifier for Big Sur, California, in documentaries, travel histories and state park stories.

Period detail

The rustic wooden board with routed yellow capitals and a shingled roof may show the park signage style of the 1970s, and the blue-leaning reversal colour fits film of that era.

Home-movie behavior

A visitor stops to film the park sign on arrival, the way families recorded where they had travelled before turning the camera on the campsite.

What appears in frame

A dark wooden sign reading Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, its cedar-shingle gable roof, tall sparse conifers, a pale blue sky, and dense evergreen foliage at the left edge.

Film character

Fine grain, a cyan cast in sky and shadows, scattered dust specks, a thin hair-like line near the end and slight handheld drift give it a projected small-gauge texture.

Edit role

Works as an establishing shot or location title before campsite, river and redwood footage, or as a short insert marking arrival at the park.

Historical context

The park is named for John Pfeiffer, who lived there from 1884; the state bought about 700 acres in 1933 and the Civilian Conservation Corps developed it for public recreation.

Research note

No people appear; the sign is public state park signage, but copyright in the home movie itself and any agency trademark use should be assessed separately before licensing.

Research search match

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park sign vintage, 1970s California state park home movie, Big Sur camping trip film, old wooden park entrance sign footage.

Archive pairing path

Pair first with this reel's campsite picnic meal, Steller's jay at a campsite grill and Big Sur clifftop coastline clips, then other Big Sur footage of the 1970s, then park and trail signs such as the Grouse Ridge Lookout sign.