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Title
Birdseye view of Avalon Harbor showing the steamer Hermosa II at the dock, 1903
Date Created and/or Issued
1903
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 birdseye view of Avalon Harbor showing the steamer Hermosa II at the dock, 1903. The harbor is at left and is full of small sailing vessels. The large steam ship is moored at a wooden dock at left. The glass bottom boat Cleopatra is visible as well. The city of Avalon can be seen at right, nestled at the foot of several tall hills. A large forest can be seen at the base of the hills at center. In the foreground, a rocky hillside can be seen. The Hermosa II was commissioned in 1902.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5606
USC-0-1-1-5723 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32838
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5606
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32838.jpg
Subject
Islands
Harbors
Steamboats
Boats and boating
Tourist trade
Los Angeles County--Catalina--Avalon Harbor
Time Period
1903
Place
Avalon
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
32838 [Accession number]
CHS-32838 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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