View of the aquarium and other buildings around the harbor in Avalon, ca.1910

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Photograph of a view of the aquarium and other buildings around the harbor in Avalon, ca.1910.The aquarium is housed in a low, rectangular building in the foreground at center. Several more buildings are attached at right. A wide dirt road runs parallel to the buildings at right, while a pier can be seen jutting into the harbor at left. Many pedestrians are visible at right, and a large number of small sailing vessels are moored in the harbor. In the background, two large houses can be seen perched on the side of a steep hill.

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Title View of the aquarium and other buildings around the harbor in Avalon, ca.1910

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1910

Subject Aquariums (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Islands (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- General (file heading), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1910

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 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)

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-m5542

Identifier 32824 (accession number), CHS-32824 (call number), CHS-32824 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26061 (legacy record id), chs-m5542 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5658 (legacy record id), USC (project), 9045 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26061

Unique identifier UC129812

Legacy Identifier CHS-32824.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 11.9 in × 8.9 in at 300dpi
30.3 cm × 22.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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