<br><dl><dd><i>Town of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island with new Metropole Hotel and Grand View Hotel, ca.1905</i></dd>
<dd>Photograph of a panoramic view of the Town of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island with new Metropole Hotel and Grand View Hotel, as well as the pier and many small boats in the water, ca.1905. A steamer is docked at the wharf. Legible signs include from west (l) to east (r) on Avalon Bay Beach shore : "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://islapedia.com/index.php?title=Meteor">Meteor</a>", "Oliver P. Smith", "Tony's"..., "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://islapedia.com/index.php?title=CHAPPELL,_Arthur_B.">Chappie</a>"..., "E.M. Mathson", "Compton"..., "T. Washburn" beside the landing pier, at the east edge "Photographer", "Bathhouse"; on the opposite side of the street : "Confectionery", ..."soda water", "Curios", "Arlington Restaurant", "Bar", "Miller &amp; Dye bakery &amp; grocery", "Bay View", "E.F. Beeson &amp; Co., general merchandise, bakery &amp; delicacies", "Jerroe's [...] store, Rainier beer", "Pacific", Grand View".</dd></dl><dl><dd><b>Call number</b>: CHS-1571</dd>
<dd><b>Legacy record ID</b>: chs-m5544; USC-1-1-1-5660</dd>
<dd><b>Photographer</b>: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946</dd>
<dd><b>Filename</b>: CHS-1571</dd>
<dd><b>Coverage date</b>: circa 1905</dd>
<dd><b>Part of collection</b>: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960</dd>
<dd><b>Type</b>: images</dd>
<dd><b>Geographic subject (city or populated place)</b>: Santa Catalina Island; Avalon</dd>
<dd><b>Repository name</b>: USC Libraries Special Collections</dd>
<dd><b>Accession number</b>: 1571</dd>
<dd><b>Microfiche number</b>: 1-26-</dd>
<dd><b>Archival file</b>: chs_Volume149/CHS-1571.tiff</dd>
<dd><b>Part of subcollection</b>: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960</dd>
<dd><b>Repository address</b>: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189</dd>
<dd><b>Geographic subject (country)</b>: USA</dd>
<dd><b>Format (aacr2)</b>: 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&amp;w ; 17 x 22 cm.</dd>
<dd><b>Rights</b>: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California</dd>
<dd><b>Subject (adlf)</b>: harbors</dd>
<dd><b>Project</b>: USC</dd>
<dd><b>Repository email</b>: specol@usc.edu</dd>
<dd><b>Contributing entity</b>: California Historical Society</dd>
<dd><b>Date created</b>: circa 1905</dd>
<dd><b>Publisher (of the digital version)</b>: University of Southern California. Libraries</dd>
<dd><b>Format (aat)</b>: photographs</dd>
<dd><b>Geographic subject (state)</b>: California</dd>
<dd><b>Subject (file heading)</b>: Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- Avalon Harbor</dd>
<dd><b>Format</b>: glass plate negatives</dd>
<dd><b>Access conditions</b>: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.</dd>
<dd><b>Geographic subject (county)</b>: Los Angeles</dd>
<dd><b>Subject (lcsh)</b>: Islands; Hotels, taverns, etc.; Beaches; Boats and boating</dd>
<dd><b>Subject</b>: Grand View Hotel; Metropole Hotel</dd></dl>
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
circa 1905 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div> (date created)
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