PC-001-073

Descanso, home of Hancock Banning, Catalina Island, California, 1915

 

1915

C.T. Photochrom, Chicago, Illinois [Curt Teich]

 

This hand-colored picture postcard presents a unique coloration of the home of Hancock Bannng (1865-1925) in Descanso Canyon, also pictured on PC-001-074. Banning was one of the three sons of Phineas Banning (1830-1885, the namesake of Banning, California) who bought Santa Catalina Island in 1891 and built and developed many of the roads and other access, as well as the City of Avalon. This home was built in 1895 and moved by 1918 to make room for the Hotel St. Catherine, erected on the same spot. The number on the back of the card is R-55096, which, according to the guide maintained by the Curt Teich Postcard Archives, translates to 1915.

Catalina; Catalina Island; Santa Catalina Island; Descanso; Descanso Canyon; Residences; Curt Teich

 

California - Santa Catalina Island - Descanso Canyon

 

 

MS-0008

 

Catalina Novelty Co., Catalina Island, California

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

No

PC-001-074

 

 

Image

TIFF

20.41 MB