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Title
Exterior view of the Avalon Hotel on Crescent Avenue, Santa Catalina Island, 1889
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1889
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 an exterior view of the Avalon Hotel on Crescent Avenue, Santa Catalina Island, 1889. Alonzo W. Wheeler was proprietor. The two-story wooden building has a covered porch in front with balcony overhead. About six people are standing near the entrance beside or on the porch. Visible adjacent buildings include a bakery and grocery store. Legible signs include: "Bakery" and "Cable Grocery". Mountains are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
20 x 25 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5531
USC-1-1-1-5645 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1880
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5531
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1880.jpg
Subject
Islands
Hotels, taverns, etc
Los Angeles County--Catalina--Architecture
Wheeler, Alonzo W
Avalon Hotel
Avalon Home
Buildings
Time Period
1889
Place
California
Crescent Avenue
Los Angeles
Santa Catalina Island
Avalon
USA
Source
1-26- [Microfiche number]
1880 [Accession number]
CHS-1880 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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