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Title
Avalon Harbor on Santa Catalina Island showing the steamer "Hermosa", ca.1890
Creator
Friend, Herve
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1890
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 Avalon Harbor on Santa Catalina Island showing the steamer "Hermosa", ca.1890. The steamer is on the left side of the image and has two levels above the waterline. There are two flags on tall masts, one of which bears the name of the boat. There is also an American flag on the stern and another flag on the bow.. There are several other small boats on the water in front of and to the right of the "Hermosa"
two of these boats have people in them. Parts of the island are visible in the background, rising steeply out of the water.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5575
USC-1-1-1-5692 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-10110
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5575
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-10110.jpg
Subject
Islands
Harbors
Steamboats
Los Angeles County--Catalina--Avalon Harbor
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
Avalon
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-26- [Microfiche number]
10110 [Accession number]
CHS-10110 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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