California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

People standing on the shore near a glass bottom boat on Catalina Island, [s.d.]

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People standing on the shore near a glass bottom boat on Catalina Island, [s.d.]

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Photograph of people standing on the shore near a glass bottom boat on Catalina Island, [s.d.]. The boat is at center and is a small vessel with two tall masts and an open upper deck. A lifeboat is hung from the second deck at right. The people, a mixture of men and women, are standing on the sandy beach in front of the bow of the boat. They are all wearing hats, and the men are wearing suits and ties while the women are wearing long dresses. There is a wire fence with wooden posts at right, and a large object is covered by cloth at left.

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Title People standing on the shore near a glass bottom boat on Catalina Island, [s.d.]

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), islands: Santa Catalina Island (geographic subject), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

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)

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-m5520

Identifier 12945 (accession number), CHS-12945 (call number), CHS-12945 (filename), 1-26- (identifying number), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26041 (legacy record id), chs-m5520 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5634 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26041

Unique identifier UC129170

Legacy Identifier CHS-12945.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.0 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.8 cm × 40.8 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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