California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of the boardwalk and the pier in Avalon Harbor, ca.1927

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View of the boardwalk and the pier in Avalon Harbor, ca.1927

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Photograph of a view of the boardwalk and the pier in Avalon Harbor, ca.1927. The boardwalk runs across the image in the foreground and is crowded with people. The pier juts out into the water from the shore at right. In the background, many small boats can be seen moored in the calm harbor. A steamship is visible in the background at center. In the foreground at center, an early-model automobile can be seen.

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Title View of the boardwalk and the pier in Avalon Harbor, ca.1927

Subject buildings (lcsh), Islands (lcsh), Islands (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- Uncataloged (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Avalon (city or populated place), California (states), islands: Catalina Island (geographic subject), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1927

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1927

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18740

Identifier 35041 (accession number), CHS-35041 (call number), CHS-35041 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18605 (legacy record id), chs-m18740 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18605

Unique identifier UC135666

Legacy Identifier CHS-35041.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 33.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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