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Title
Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1940
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Santa Catalina Island is located approximately 26 miles off the coast of Southern California, near Long Beach. 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. In 1887, entrepreneur George Shatto purchased the island with the intention of turning it into a major tourist destination, but after amassing large debts, he sold the property in 1892 to Joseph and Hancock Banning. For more than twenty-five years, the Banning brothers had ownership of Santa Catalina Island and continued to develop the area. In 1919, the Banning brothers sold the land to William Wrigley, who along with his son Philip, continued to develop the island. In the mid-1970s, they created the Catalina Island Conservancy, which was given 88% of the island to protect native species and prevent over-development.
Photograph of the Avalon Bay, taken from the Catalina Casino. Several boats are visible in the forefront, and in the background, numerous houses can be seen nestled in the mountain. Photograph dated: June 14, 1940.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;9 x 13 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00081802
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Santa Catalina Island-Avalon Bay-Views, Panoramic.
CARL0000081900
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/112513
Subject
Boats and boating--California--Santa Catalina Island
Dwellings--California--Santa Catalina Island
Islands--California, Southern
Bays--California--Santa Catalina Island
Panoramic photographs
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)
Avalon (Calif.)
Time Period
1931-1940

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