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Title
Avalon Bay at Santa Catalina Island, showing children diving for coins thrown from a steamer, ca.1905
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1905
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 children diving for coins thrown from a steamer in Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island, ca.1905. Five small row boats float in close proximity at center while young boys dive into the water in search of coins. The steamer sits in the water on the right with thick ropes extending over the boys to secure the ship to the dock. Many ships and small boats float in the water in the background with two rock formations behind them on the far left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5522
USC-1-1-1-5636 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44914
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5522
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44914.jpg
Subject
Islands
Boats and boating
Tourist trade
Diving, Submarine
Los Angeles County--Catalina--General
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-26- [Microfiche number]
CHS-44914 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 44914; unidentified no: 3328 [Identifying number]
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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