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Title
Birdseye view of Avalon Harbor, showing the steamer Hermosa II at the dock, ca.1905
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1905
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 birdseye view of Avalon Harbor, showing the steamer Hermosa II at the dock, ca.1905. The harbor is at left, and in addition to the large steam ship, many small sailing vessels are visible. The city of Avalon is at right, and many small buildings are visible. The large Hotel Metropole is at right. A dense forest can be seen behind the city. Large hills run across the image in the background and are covered with a variety of bushes. In the foreground, a cactus-covered hillside is visible.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5591
USC-0-1-1-5708 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32850
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5591
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32850.jpg
Subject
Islands
Harbors
Steamboats
Boats and boating
Los Angeles County--Catalina--General
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
Avalon
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
32850 [Accession number]
CHS-32850 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 4269 [Identifying number]

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