California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Avalon Harbor showing the Hermosa #1 at dock, Catalina Island, before 1905

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View of Avalon Harbor showing the Hermosa #1 at dock, Catalina Island, before 1905

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Photograph of a view of Avalon Harbor showing the Hermosa #1 at dock, Catalina Island, before 1905. At right, a three-story building is pictured at the end of the dock that extends left to the moored Hermosa. Behind the building, other, one-story buildings line the shore. Mountains are visible in the background. The Hermosa's hull was burned on July 4th, 1902 off of Avalon.

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Title View of Avalon Harbor showing the Hermosa #1 at dock, Catalina Island, before 1905

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1905

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1905

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-m5518

Identifier 40282 (accession number), CHS-40282 (call number), CHS-40282 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26039 (legacy record id), chs-m5518 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5632 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26039

Unique identifier UC129543

Legacy Identifier CHS-40282.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.7 in × 14.7 in at 300dpi
60.2 cm × 37.3 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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