California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of Avalon Harbor showing the steamer Hermosa II at the dock, 1903

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Birdseye view of Avalon Harbor showing the steamer Hermosa II at the dock, 1903

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Avalon Harbor showing the steamer Hermosa II at the dock, 1903. The harbor is at left and is full of small sailing vessels. The large steam ship is moored at a wooden dock at left. The glass bottom boat Cleopatra is visible as well. The city of Avalon can be seen at right, nestled at the foot of several tall hills. A large forest can be seen at the base of the hills at center. In the foreground, a rocky hillside can be seen. The Hermosa II was commissioned in 1902.

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Title Birdseye view of Avalon Harbor showing the steamer Hermosa II at the dock, 1903

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1903

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)

Date Created 1903

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-m5606

Identifier 32838 (accession number), CHS-32838 (call number), CHS-32838 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26124 (legacy record id), chs-m5606 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5723 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26124

Unique identifier UC129565

Legacy Identifier CHS-32838.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.6 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
57.4 cm × 35.9 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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