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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a panoramic view of Avalon harbor, ca.1897, from the west. The steamer Hermosa #1 is leaving dock. Hotel Metropole is is the largest building. The Congregational Church is under construction at lower right. There are more tents than permanent buildings being used as dwellings. Several sailboats, including a large one, are in the harbor. A rock formation sticks up out of the water at left. This was the first photograph taken of Avalon.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w 8 x 10 in., 6 x 8 in. photographic prints photographs
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