View of a wide dirt street in Avalon, ca.1900

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Photograph of a view of a wide dirt street in Avalon, ca.1900. The broad road is at center and runs from the foreground to the background at left. Many pedestrians can be seen standing in the road, including a large mass at center. A horse-drawn carriage can be seen in the foreground. Low wooden buildings line the street on both sides. A two-story building topped by a cupola can be seen in the distance at center. A line of tall hills runs across the image in the background.

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Title View of a wide dirt street in Avalon, ca.1900

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1900

Subject buildings (lcsh), Carriages and carts (lcsh), Islands (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- Street scenes (file heading), Pedestrians (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

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-m5546

Identifier 32826 (accession number), CHS-32826 (call number), CHS-32826 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-26065 (legacy record id), chs-m5546 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5662 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 26065

Unique identifier UC129629

Legacy Identifier CHS-32826.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.9 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
53.0 cm × 41.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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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