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"Avalon" Catalina Island, May 9th '07

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Description: Image of a panorama of Avalon Bay with boats in the water and a steamer ship docked at the pier on Santa Catalina Island, California. The Peter Gano House, also known as the Holly Hill house, is on a hill above the bay at right, and the Sugarloaf Point rock formations are visible at far left.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: May 9, 1907
Call number: photCL 555
Creator: Marquez, Ernest (1924-)(Opens in new tab)
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Avalon Bay, Catalina Island, California

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Elevated view of the city of Avalon on Santa Catalina, Island, California, showing a steamer ship in Avalon Bay with the Hotel Metropole visible near the dock at center and the Peter Gano House (later known as Holly Hill House), in the foreground at right. There are boats tied up in the bay, the Sugarloaf Rock, and shops and tent cabins along the beach with houses in the distance.

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Avalon Bay, Catalina Island

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Image of a steamer ship in Avalon Bay with the Hotel Metropole near the pier at center and the Peter Gano House, also known as the Holly Hill house, in the distance at left on Santa Catalina Island, California. There are boats tied up in the bay and shops and tent cabins along the beach with houses in the distance.

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Avalon Bay, Catalina Island

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Image of a steamer ship in Avalon Bay with the Hotel Metropole near the pier at center and the Peter Gano House, also known as the Holly Hill house, in the foreground at right on Santa Catalina Island, California. There are boats tied up in the bay and shops and tent cabins along the beach with houses in the distance.

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View of Avalon Bay with boats and dock, Catalina Island

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Image of a steamer ship docked in Avalon Bay and a second pier at right with boats in the water on Santa Catalina Island, California.

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[Tourists at Avalon, Catalina Island]

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This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California, from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.

Redondo, Cal

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Image of men walking on the Redondo wharf, with a schooner docked at right and steamer in the distance. This appears to be Wharf no. 2, which was built in 1894.

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"Avalon" Catalina Island, May 9th '07

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