Steamship entering Avalon Harbor, ca.1910

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Photograph of a steamship entering Avalon Harbor, ca.1910. The harbor is at right and is full of small sailing vessels. A large steamer can be seen at right, trailing a plume of smoke. The town of Avalon is at left and is composed of several small buildings. A wooden pier juts out into the water from the shore. In the foreground, several houses can be seen on the side of a steep hill, while more hill can be seen in the background.

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Title Steamship entering Avalon Harbor, ca.1910

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1910

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1910

Type images

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

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

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-m5585

Identifier 32867 (accession number), CHS-32867 (call number), CHS-32867 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26103 (legacy record id), chs-m5585 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5702 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26103

Unique identifier UC129708

Legacy Identifier CHS-32867.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.8 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
45.4 cm × 35.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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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