California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Birdseye view of the community of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, California, ca.1898

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Birdseye view of the community of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, California, ca.1898

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Photograph of a birdseye view of the community of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, California, ca.1898. Mountainous terrain creates a crescent that encircles the inlet to Catalina Island. A large cargo ship is docked at center, while several other smaller masted ships, as well as some non-sail ships navigate the harbor around it. To the left, both on the flat land, as well as on the lower half of the mountainside, houses are situated closely to one another along a few main roads. On the edge of the mountain in the foreground, a single house with a spire, possibly a lighthouse, can be seen. The community, originally known as Shatto for George R. Shatto, was later renamed Avalon by Shatto's sister Mrs. E.J. Whitney. The name heralds from Tennyson's "Idylls of the King".

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Title Birdseye view of the community of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, California, ca.1898

Subject bays (adlf), Dwellings (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Islands (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- Avalon Harbor (file heading), Steamboats (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1893/1903

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), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1893/1903

Creator 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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5570

Identifier 6721 (accession number), CHS-6721 (call number), CHS-6721 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26088 (legacy record id), chs-m5570 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5687 (legacy record id), 1-26- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26088

Unique identifier UC130000

Legacy Identifier CHS-6721.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.3 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
44.0 cm × 34.9 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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