Snapshots of the Past

Hotel Metropole, Santa Catalina Island, hand-colored photochrom print – Antique Photo Print

Hotel Metropole, Santa Catalina Island, hand-colored photochrom print — historic print
Hotel Metropole, Santa Catalina Island, hand-colored photochrom print. Historic print from the Taverns & Saloons collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

Few images capture their era like this historic print of Hotel Metropole, Santa Catalina Island, hand-colored photochrom print. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Hotel Metropole, Santa Catalina Island, hand-colored photochrom print

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Avalon, the harbor town on Santa Catalina Island, drew steamer passengers from Los Angeles in the 1890s, and the Hotel Metropole was one of the resort buildings that welcomed them. This print was made by photochrom, a process that reproduced a photograph in color by printing from several stone or metal plates, and it was then finished by hand. Hotels of this period often had bars and dining rooms that served as social centers for guests, so the building's place on a board of taverns and saloons reflects that role. The hand coloring gives the scene the bright, idealized look that made such views popular as souvenirs.

Original scan7,326 × 5,566 px · prints to 24 × 19 in at 300 dpi
Referencetif17990_HotelMetropoleSantaCatalinaIsl

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