California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Panoramic view of Avalon harbor from the west, ca.1897

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Panoramic view of Avalon harbor from the west, ca.1897

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Photograph of a panoramic view of Avalon harbor, ca.1897, from the west. The steamer Hermosa #1 is leaving dock. Hotel Metropole is is the largest building. The Congregational Church is under construction at lower right. There are more tents than permanent buildings being used as dwellings. Several sailboats, including a large one, are in the harbor. A rock formation sticks up out of the water at left. This was the first photograph taken of Avalon.

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Title Panoramic view of Avalon harbor from the west, ca.1897

Subject Boats and boating (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Islands (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- Avalon Harbor (file heading), Metropole Hotel (subject), 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 1897

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 8 x 10 in., 6 x 8 in. (aacr2), photographic prints (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 1897

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5556

Identifier 2953 (accession number), CHS-2953 (call number), CHS-2953 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26074 (legacy record id), chs-m5556 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5673 (legacy record id), 1-26- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26074

Unique identifier UC129797

Legacy Identifier CHS-2953.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.9 in × 11.8 in at 300dpi
40.6 cm × 30.1 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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