California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Distant view of the casino in Avalon Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, [s.d.]

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Distant view of the casino in Avalon Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a distant view of the casino in Avalon Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, [s.d.]. A park-like area can be seen in the foreground, and a small bush is visible on a grassy lawn at center. A brush-covered hill can be seen at right, and a tree is visible in the foreground at left. The cylindrical casino can be seen in the background at center. It is a light-colored building with a darker roof. The ocean can be seen in the background at left.

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Title Distant view of the casino in Avalon Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, [s.d.]

Subject Dance halls (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Islands (adlf), Islands (lcsh), Trees (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

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-m30184

Identifier 37260 (accession number), CHS-37260 (call number), CHS-37260 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24073 (legacy record id), chs-m30184 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24073

Unique identifier UC131787

Legacy Identifier CHS-37260.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.3 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
41.6 cm × 33.4 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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