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Title
Early view of Avalon Bay, Catalina, 1886
Date Created and/or Issued
1886
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 early view of Avalon Bay, Catalina, 1886. The harbor can be seen at center. The shoreline curves around from the foreground at center to the background at right. The Sugar Loaf rock formation can be seen on the end of the island in the background at right, while tents can be seen in the foreground along the beach. A tall brushy mountain is visible in the background. A steamship can be seen in the harbor at left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
10 x 15 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5609
USC-0-1-1-5726 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40284
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5609
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40284.jpg
Subject
Islands
Harbors
Los Angeles County--Catalina--Avalon Harbor
Time Period
1886
Place
Avalon
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
40284 [Accession number]
CHS-40284 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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