California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

View of Avalon Bay and Sugarloaf, showing a Ferndale steamboat and a Ruby schooner, 1887

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View of Avalon Bay and Sugarloaf, showing a Ferndale steamboat and a Ruby schooner, 1887

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Photograph of a view of Avalon Bay and Sugarloaf, showing a Ferndale steamboat and a Ruby schooner, 1887. The schooner is visible on the water at center, a small flatboat with two people visible in front of it. Farther to the left of it, a second sailboat can be seen. The steamer is pictured flying an American flag off of its stern at right. A mountain ridge and large hill are pictured in the background.

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Title View of Avalon Bay and Sugarloaf, showing a Ferndale steamboat and a Ruby schooner, 1887

Subject Boats and boating (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Islands (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- Avalon Harbor (file heading), Steamboats (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Avalon (city or populated place), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1887

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1887

Creator Friend, H. (photographer), Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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-m5552

Identifier 7535 (accession number), CHS-7535 (call number), CHS-7535 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26071 (legacy record id), chs-m5552 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5669 (legacy record id), 1-26- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26071

Unique identifier UC130080

Legacy Identifier CHS-7535.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 11.9 in at 300dpi
47.2 cm × 30.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Date Created 1860/1960

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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