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Title
Sugar Loaf and view of Avalon harbor, Catalina Island, ca.1886
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1886
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 Sugar Loaf (rock formation rising from the water) and Avalon harbor, Santa Catalina Island, ca.1886. Four small boats are anchored in the harbor. Catalina Island rises steeply from the water's edge. The rocky slopes are covered with brush and a few scraggly trees.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
13 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5655
USC-1-1-1-5774 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2682
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5655
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2682.jpg
Subject
Islands
Harbors
Los Angeles County--Catalina--Sugar Loaf
Time Period
circa 1886
Place
Avalon
California
Los Angeles
USA
islands: Santa Catalina Island
Source
1-26- [Microfiche number]
2682 [Accession number]
CHS-2682 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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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