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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a birdseye view of the community of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, California, ca.1898. Mountainous terrain creates a crescent that encircles the inlet to Catalina Island. A large cargo ship is docked at center, while several other smaller masted ships, as well as some non-sail ships navigate the harbor around it. To the left, both on the flat land, as well as on the lower half of the mountainside, houses are situated closely to one another along a few main roads. On the edge of the mountain in the foreground, a single house with a spire, possibly a lighthouse, can be seen. The community, originally known as Shatto for George R. Shatto, was later renamed Avalon by Shatto's sister Mrs. E.J. Whitney. The name heralds from Tennyson's "Idylls of the King".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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