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Title
Santa Catalina Island flag raising during World War I, May 4, 1918
Date Created and/or Issued
1918-05-04
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 Santa Catalina Island flag raising during World War I, May 4, 1918. A small crowd waves at the foreground while three flags, including the American flag, hang from a wire above them. The wire is attached to the small building on the left. Covered table line the street behind the crowd on the right. The street curves around the lake in the background at center. Mountains stand behind the lake in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5467
USC-0-1-1-5579 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40288
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5467
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40288.jpg
Subject
Islands
Flags
Military
World War, 1914-1918
Los Angeles County--Catalina--General
Time Period
1918-05-04
Place
Avalon
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
40288 [Accession number]
CHS-40288 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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