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Title
View of Catalina's Buena Vista Park with Avalon Harbor in the background
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a view of Catalina's Buena Vista Park with Avalon Harbor in the background, [s.d.]. The park can be seen on a wooded hill in the foreground. A large grassy are surrounded by trees can be see on top of the hill. At right, a road leads up to the park. Steep hills can be seen on the far side of Avalon Harbor at left, and large rocks rise from the water near the mouth of the harbor. A steamship has been pasted onto the image at right.
Photoprint reads: "P-20. Buena Vista Park, Catalina Island, Cal. (Paint out all printing on photo, put in pretty clouds and sky effect, fake in steamer entering bay attached to photo, bring out details, color the rocks, water, trees and foliage, we are sending along some samples to give you an idea as to coloring desired on all these Catalina Island views and the sky and water effect desired.) Notice, elevation in center of photo has water to the left and a green lawn to the right with trees and shrubbery and a path dividing the two."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5507
USC-0-1-1-5620 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32844
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5507
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32844.jpg
Subject
Islands
Parks
Boats and boating
Harbors
Los Angeles County--Catalina--Avalon Harbor
Place
Avalon
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
32844 [Accession number]
CHS-32844 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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