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Title: Panoramic view of Avalon Bay and The Catalina Casino
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1925
Publication Information: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Avalon, or Avalon Bay, the only "official" city on Santa Catalina Island, is a rural waterfront town with the usual tourist-oriented businesses and services lining the coastline. Beside Avalon, the only other center of population is the small, unincorporated town of Two Harbors on the island. The twelve-story Catalina Casino, a focal point of Santa Catalina Island entertainment since it opened in 1929, is surrounded by the sea on three sides. Although The Casino is an icon of Catalina and Avalon, there isn't any actual gambling allowed. The stunning Art Deco building stands at 140 feet tall and contains the world's largest circular ballroom with a 180-foot diameter dance floor as well as a beautiful movie theater. The Casino hosts most of Catalina's major indoor events, including the annual New Year's Eve Celebration, and the Catalina Island Jazz Festival. As of the 2000 census, there were approximately 3,127 people residing in the city.
View of Avalon Bay on Santa Catalina Island as seen through sparce trees atop a mountain top. Small houses as well as various tourist-oriented businesses and office buildings appear close to the shoreline, with several larger apartment complexes nestled in the hills farther away. The Catalina Casino, surrounded by the sea on three sides, is visible at the edge of the bay on the right along with several boats.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;13 x 18 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00081764
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Santa Catalina Island-Avalon-Views, Panoramic.; N-002-427 5x7
CARL0000081290
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/112283
Subject: Catalina Casino
Boats and boating--California--Santa Catalina Island
Dwellings--California--Santa Catalina Island
Buildings--California--Santa Catalina Island
Islands--California, Southern
Hotels--California--Santa Catalina Island
Bays--California--Santa Catalina Island
Panoramic photographs
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)
Avalon (Calif.)
Time Period: 1921-1930

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