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Title
View of ships skirmishing at Catalina during the filming of "Old Ironsides"
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 view of boats at Catalina during the filming of "Old Ironsides", [s.d.]. Several boats sit in the lake or bay at the center of the image, with the two largest boats in the foreground. These boats are the frigate "Constitution" and the Tripolitan ship "Castle"
the "Constitution has just fired a broadside into the "Castle". A castle-like structure sits on the coast in the center background, with hills behind it to both sides. These boats are involved in the filming of James Cruze's "Old Ironsides", a Paramount film.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20367
USC-0-1-1-12809 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-31141
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20367
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-31141.jpg
Subject
Paramount Studios
Ships
Motion pictures
Transportation--Water--Old Ironsides
Harbors
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
islands: Santa Catalina Island
Source
1-26- [Microfiche number]
31141 [Accession number]
CHS-31141 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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