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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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The Casino : Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Date built: 1928 ; Architect: Webber & Spaulding ; Description: Interior and exterior views of casino and Catalina Golf Club.
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Date built: 1928 Architect: Webber & Spaulding Description: Interior and exterior views of casino and Catalina Golf Club.
photCL 415
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This personal album of photographs documents a trip from the South to the West Coast of the United States with photographs by various unidentified professional photographers. The book begins with images of New Orleans, Louisiana, and continues westward to California, with 36 of the 49 photographs depicting California landmarks. The photographs are printed onto the album pages and are accompanied by handwritten captions identifying the landmark or view. This album may have been owned by C.W. Hornick, whose name is engraved on the album's front cover.
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A slightly elevated view of the beach-front town of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island. There are two steamships in the harbor, one of which is docked. There are also number small rowing and sailing boats, both in the water of the harbor and pulled up on the shore.
photCL 402 (02610)
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This album contains typical commercial photographs of the towns and scenery of California, Oregon and Washington dating from the 1890s. Of note are early views of San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Tacoma, and Seattle. There are also views of California missions and coastal landscapes. The Oregon photographs are of scenery only. Photographs of California include San Diego; Casa de Estudillo in Old Town San Diego; Mission San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, and Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara; San Luis Obispo; Confederate general James Longstreet's Los Angeles home; the Bellevue Terrace Hotel; various Los Angeles homes; Pasadena; Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch; San Francisco city scenes; and wilderness en route to Oregon. Oregon photographs show images of the Columbia River; Mt. Hood; Latourell Falls; Multnomah Falls; and nature scenes. Photographs of Washington state include Tacoma; Green River; Native Americans from an unidentified tribe; Seattle; and Angeline, the daughter of Chief Seattle of the Suquamish tribe. Twenty-six of the pictures in this album were photographed by Isaiah West Taber and twenty-two were photographed by W.H.J. and Company. It may be that William H. Jeffers created those twenty-two photographs, as he was active in California during this time period. Other photographers who contributed to this album include Thomas H. Rutter, Charles B. Talbot, and Boyd & Braas (William F. Boyd and George H. Braas). The initials "E.B.R." and the year 1897 are embossed on the photo album's spine.
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Image of an elevated landscape view of Santa Catalina Island, California, from a hillside, showing the bay, piers, boats, people walking and on horseback on the beach, and the city of Avalon, extending from the coast into the mountains; two-color lithograph.
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