California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of two piers at a harbor of Catalina Island, 1938

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View of two piers at a harbor of Catalina Island, 1938

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Photograph of a view of two piers at a harbor of Catalina Island, 1938. The harbor is shown from above, looking past at tree at left. Below, two docks extend from the beach, a long steam boat moored to the farthest. Shops and residential buildings can be seen extending into the island to the left.

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Title View of two piers at a harbor of Catalina Island, 1938

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 1938

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (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 1938

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-m18739

Identifier 36992 (accession number), CHS-36992 (call number), CHS-36992 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18604 (legacy record id), chs-m18739 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18604

Unique identifier UC135596

Legacy Identifier CHS-36992.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.8 cm × 33.9 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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