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Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Cal

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1887 and 1896
Call number: priJLC_VIEW_000528
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

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.

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Avalon harbor, Santa Catalina Island. 1904

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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."

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Avalon harbor, Santa Catalina Island. 1904

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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 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, Catalina Island

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Image of the beach in Avalon Bay on Santa Catalina Island, California, as seen from a boat on the water, with people on the pier across from the Metropole Hotel at center with shops and boats visible.

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Avalon harbor, Santa Catalina Island. 1904

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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, Cal

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