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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of a street performer entertaining a crowd in Avalon. A plaza stretches across the foreground. At center, an entertainer performs for a crowd and faces towards the camera. Beyond him, spectators gather in a line that spans the width of the image. Behind the spectators, buildings stand across the background. Text from negative sleeve: 2396. Catalina Island trip Aug. 7, 1948. 1. Arrival at Avalon and getting down the gang plank 2. The crowd at end of wharf to greet us. 3. The Wild Man of Borneo greets us 4. Close up of the Human Ape 5. Everett Shaw looking at Camera, his wife on bench at his side. Mrs H.H.West smiling right behind the boy standing at end of bench.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2396_004 ark:/21198/zz002j3wz3
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Street entertainers--California--Avalon Plazas--California--Avalon Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) Crowds--California--Avalon
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