California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Birdseye view of Avalon Harbor in Catalina, 1930-1940

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Birdseye view of Avalon Harbor in Catalina, 1930-1940

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Avalon Harbor in Catalina, 1930-1940. The harbor is at center and is full of small boats. A large steamer is docked at a wharf at center. Another wooden wharf can be seen in the foreground. The semicircular shoreline is at left and is crowded with throngs of people. Many small buildings can be seen. A tall mountain is visible in the background at left, and the Casino is visible on a peninsula at right.

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Title Birdseye view of Avalon Harbor in Catalina, 1930-1940

Subject Ballrooms (lcsh), Boats and boating (lcsh), Catalina -- Avalon Harbor (file heading), Catalina Ballroom (subject), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Islands (lcsh), Steamboats (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930/1940

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, 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), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1930/1940

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-m5572

Identifier 33199 (accession number), CHS-33199 (call number), CHS-33199 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26090 (legacy record id), chs-m5572 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5689 (legacy record id), USC (project), 84-1-896 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26090

Unique identifier UC129648

Legacy Identifier CHS-33199.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
50.4 cm × 40.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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