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Title
Steamship entering Avalon Harbor, ca.1910
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
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 steamship entering Avalon Harbor, ca.1910. The harbor is at right and is full of small sailing vessels. A large steamer can be seen at right, trailing a plume of smoke. The town of Avalon is at left and is composed of several small buildings. A wooden pier juts out into the water from the shore. In the foreground, several houses can be seen on the side of a steep hill, while more hill can be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5585
USC-0-1-1-5702 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32867
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5585
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32867.jpg
Subject
Islands
Harbors
Steamboats
Boats and boating
Los Angeles County--Catalina--General
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
Avalon
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
32867 [Accession number]
CHS-32867 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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