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Title
View of Avalon Bay looking south, showing a sail boat and departing Ferndale steamer, ca.1887
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1882/1892
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 Avalon Bay looking south, showing a sail boat and departing Ferndale steamer, ca.1887. The steamer is departing out into the bay from the wharf that extends out from the shore, the Ruby Schooner visible sailing in front of it. The three-story building of the Metropole Hotel is visible just off the beach to the left, with mountains filling the frame behind it.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5558
USC-1-1-1-5675 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7529
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5558
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7529.jpg
Subject
Islands
Harbors
Boats and boating
Hotels, taverns, etc
Steamboats
Los Angeles County--Catalina--Avalon Harbor
Time Period
1882/1892
Place
Avalon
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-26- [Microfiche number]
7529 [Accession number]
CHS-7529 [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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