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Santa Catalina. Avalon beach and bath house, Santa Catalina Island

Description: The beach an bathhouse at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island. There are bathers on the shore and in the water, as well as normally attired people who are watching from the pier attached to the bath house. Two men are standing on a railing at the end of the pier preparing to dive, while a third is mid-dive.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1908
Call number: photCL 402 (02612)
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Santa Catalina Island Bath House and bathing

Visual Materials

View of bath house and bathers.

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Catalina. Exterior of Bath House at Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island. Bathers in water and on dock

Visual Materials

The Harold A. Parker Studio Collection of Negatives consists of 5157 glass plate negatives, film negatives, and panoramic negatives, 1889-1949, that depict commercial, residential and landscape sites in and around Pasadena and Southern California. The images provide a look at the commercial, residential and social development of Pasadena and surrounding areas during the early years of the twentieth century. The collection is especially rich in images of residential architecture in Pasadena, Altadena, and San Marino; images of Lake Tahoe; depictions of, and activities at, the Raymond, Maryland, and Huntington Hotels in Pasadena; and the commercial, social and cultural landscapes of Pasadena. The collection also provides, through its breadth and depth of subject matter, an example of the career activities of a commercial photographer in Southern California in the early years of the twentieth century.

photCL 402

Avalon harbor, Santa Catalina Island. 1904

Visual Materials

An elevated panoramic view of the harbor at Avalon, on Santa Catalina Island. There are dozens of unoccupied small boats in the harbor. A ferry with two masts and a smoke stack has entered the harbor and is headed towards the pier. Avalon stretches back from the shore, with mostly larger buildings closer to the harbor, and smaller residences farther away. Much of the immediate vicinity is wooded, and there are high hills on either side of Avalon. Writing in white at the bottom reads "Avalon, ; 1904."

photCL 470 (140)

Avalon, Santa Catalina Island

Visual Materials

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)

North Beach and Arcadia Bath Houses, Santa Monica, Cal

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Image of the North Beach Bath House and Arcadia Bath Houses on the beach with people lying in the sand and piers visible in the distance in Santa Monica, California. Signs are visible that read "Anheuser Busch beer St. Louis Eckert & Hopf" and "Arcadia Bathhouse." The portion of the pier at center is the remains of the Los Angeles & Independence Railroad Wharf.

photCL_555_01_1110

Boy watching boats from pier, Avalon Bay, Catalina Island

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Image of a boy watching a steamer ship come into Avalon Bay as seen from the second pier on Santa Catalina Island, California.

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Santa Catalina. Avalon beach and bath house, Santa Catalina Island

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