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Title
View of the shore of Avalon bay with buildings in the background, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 the shore of Avalon bay with buildings in the background, ca.1900. The calm water of the bay can be seen in the foreground, with several small sailing vessels visible. A large crowd of people is gathered near a railing around a large, low building on the water at center. In the background, man small houses and shops can be seen on the side of a hill. The Grand View Hotel can be seen at left. In the distance, the buildings thin out and several a hillside covered sparsely with bushes and trees.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5545
USC-0-1-1-5661 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32825
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5545
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32825.jpg
Subject
Grand View Hotel
Islands
Hotels, taverns, etc
Boats and boating
Los Angeles County--Catalina--Architecture
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Avalon
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
32825 [Accession number]
CHS-32825 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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