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Avalon harbor, Santa Catalina Island. 1904

Description: 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."
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Date: 1904
Call number: photCL 470 (140)
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Avalon harbor, Santa Catalina Island. 1904

Visual Materials

A slightly elevated panoramic view of the harbor at Avalon, on Santa Catalina Island. There are dozens of unoccupied small boats in the harbor, as well as three small boats with their sails up. There are two tall sailing ships in the harbor, neither of which has their sails up. Avalon stretches back from the shore, with mostly larger buildings closer to the harbor, and smaller residences farther away. Much of the area is wooded, and there are high hills on the far side of Avalon. Writing in white at the bottom reads "Avalon. ; Catalina Island ; 1904."

photCL 470 (139)

Avalon harbor, Santa Catalina Island. 1904

Visual Materials

A panoramic view of the harbor at Avalon, on Santa Catalina Island. The photograph was taken from somewhere along the northwestern shore of the bay, with the city of Avalon on the far right. There is a boat with a striped canopy and seven or eight people on it being rowed across the center of the image. There are also a few people standing or sitting on the shore. There are several unoccupied small boats on the water, as well as a three mast sailing ship, and few sailboats with their sails up. Writing in white at the bottom reads "Avalon Bay, Catalina. ; 1904."

photCL 470 (141)

Avalon, Santa Catalina Island

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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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View of Avalon harbor at Santa Catalina Island, showing casino building and boats in water.

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Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Cal

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

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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.

photCL 402 (02612)

Avalon harbor, Santa Catalina Island. 1904

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