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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
Hotel St. Catherine, Santa Catalina Island
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PC-001-063A
Hotel St. Catherine, Santa Catalina Island, California
circa 1919
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This looks a Real Photo Post Card (silver photographic process), but it is probably a gelatin process (collotype) card. The card is damaged on the right edge and has a stain on the bottom in the middle. The words "Hotel-St. Catherine" in white at the bottom would have been scratched onto the image during its development, appearing the same color as the paper. Construction was begun on the Hotel St. Catherine in 1917 to replace the Metropole, destroyed by a fire in 1915 that burned a third of Avalon. By 1918 it was open for business. The surrounding Descanso Canyon shows in the background.
Catalina; Catalina Island; Santa Catalina Island; Hotel St. Catherine; Descanso Canyon; Piers
California - Santa Catalina Island - Descanso Canyon
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
Baker Photographic Company
Postcard
3.5 inches X 5.5 inches
Yes
PC-001-063B; PC-001-057; PC-001-056; PC-001-058; PC-001-059; PC-001-060; PC-001-061; PC-001-062; PC-001-064; PC-001-065; PC-001-066
- San Diego State University Library and Information Access, Special Collections and University Archives
Image
TIFF
20.75 MB
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