California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Beachgoers on the shore in Avalon, 1929

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Beachgoers on the shore in Avalon, 1929

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Photograph of beachgoers on the shore in Avalon, 1929. The beach can be seen in the foreground and is wide, sandy area. Many people can be seen seated on the sand at left, while a small number of bathers are visible as they play in the gentle surf in the background. A long pier stretches across the image from left to right, and several small boats can be seen moored alongside it. In the background, a large, steep hill is visible at left.

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Title Beachgoers on the shore in Avalon, 1929

Subject Beaches (adlf), Beaches--California (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- Uncataloged (file heading), Piers--California (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929

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 1929

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-m18751

Identifier 35040 (accession number), CHS-35040 (call number), CHS-35040 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18612 (legacy record id), chs-m18751 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18612

Unique identifier UC135614

Legacy Identifier CHS-35040.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 33.4 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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