California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island taken from a hill above the city, ca.1894

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Birdseye view of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island taken from a hill above the city, ca.1894

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Photograph of a view of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island taken from a hill above the city, ca.1894. The crescent-shaped bay is at right, and a steam ship is making its way into the harbor and spewing out a considerable amount of black smoke. The city is along the shore at left and is composed mostly of small buildings surrounded by short trees. There is a large building with a conical roof at center, and several buildings are built on the hillside in the foreground. There is a wooden pier extending into the water at center.

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Title Birdseye view of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island taken from a hill above the city, ca.1894

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1894

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)

Date Created 1894

Creator Waite (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-m5566

Identifier 12944 (accession number), CHS-12944 (call number), CHS-12944 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26084 (legacy record id), chs-m5566 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5683 (legacy record id), 1-26- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26084

Unique identifier UC129171

Legacy Identifier CHS-12944.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.6 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
49.8 cm × 41.5 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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