PC-001-108

Avalon's Casino Ballroom, Catalina Island, California, 1957

 

1957

Watson, George E., Color Photographer

H. S. Crocker, San Francisco, California

According to the Catalina Chamber of Commerce, "the round, Art Deco structure rises the eqivalent of 12 stories," now "surrounded by the sea on three sides." Never a gambling establishment, the "casino" was built as a ballroom and movie theater, one of the first outfitted for sound, in 1929, known as the "Avalon Ballroom" to radio listenders from the 1930s to 1950s. The back of the postcard gives, along with the title, the information that the viewpoint is from the Via Casino near the Tuna Club, and the photographer's number, GW 387. copyright symbol and copyright date.

Catalina Island; Catalina; Santa Catalina Island; Avalon; Catalina Casino Building; Avalon Bay; Avalon Ballroom

 

California - Santa Catalina Island - Avalon

© George E. Watson, Color Photographer

 

MS-0008

 

Golden West Color Card Co., Long Beach, California

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

No

 

 

 

Image

TIFF

21.26 MB