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[Hotel Metropole, beach and swimmers, Avalon, Catalina Island, Calif.] – Antique Wall Art

[Hotel Metropole, beach and swimmers, Avalon, Catalina Island, Calif.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Hotel Metropole, beach and swimmers, Avalon, Catalina Island, Calif.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Hotel Metropole, beach and swimmers, Avalon, Catalina Island, Calif.], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Hotel Metropole, beach and swimmers, Avalon, Catalina Island, Calif.]

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The Hotel Metropole stood on the waterfront at Avalon, the resort town on Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast, and this glass negative captures its beach with bathers in the water and on the sand. Avalon grew into a popular seaside getaway in the early 1900s, drawing steamer passengers from Los Angeles who came for swimming, fishing and island excursions. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made and sold views of American resorts and landscapes during these years, documented places like this for travel promotion. The "Bay View" sign on the hotel's right side helps pin down the building's name and its role as a fixture of the waterfront.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. Bay View" on hotel to right. "4512" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 068086. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHotels. Beaches.United States--California--Santa Catalina Island.United States--California--Avalon.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 713 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76936

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