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Title
Early view of Avalon harbor on Santa Catalina Island, showing a tug boat, ca.1890
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 an early view of Avalon harbor on Santa Catalina Island, showing a tug boat, ca.1890. The harbor is visible at left, while a tall mountain is visible in the background at center. Small temporary buildings and tents can be seen on the beach at right. The tug, identified as the "Warrior", can be seen at center.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
10 x 15 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5634
USC-0-1-1-5753 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40279
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5634
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40279.jpg
Subject
Islands
Harbors
Boats and boating
Tugboats
Los Angeles County--Catalina--Avalon Harbor
Warrior (Tug boat)
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
Avalon
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
40279 [Accession number]
CHS-40279 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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