Charming Avalon and its bay--fair as the oldtime sun-god's retreat--Santa Catalina Island, off California. 5965 Interpositive

Item

A black-and-white stereograph showing two nearly identical views of Avalon Bay on Catalina Island
Title
Charming Avalon and its bay--fair as the oldtime sun-god's retreat--Santa Catalina Island, off California. 5965 Interpositive
Creator
Underwood & Underwood
Date
1900–1910
Type
Stereograph
Source/Repository
Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Rights
Public domain
What It Reveals
Shows what the harbor actually looked like, decades before Wrigley development and the poster's Mediterranean aesthetic
Whose Perspective Is Centered
Tourist/documentary view
Category of Exclusion Addressed
Marketed image vs. documented reality
Paired Poster
A 1930s travel poster showing a white mission-style church with a bell tower beside a tiled plaza lined with palm trees. A steamship passes in the harbor beyond, with mountains rising behind it.Catalina: Now see Santa Catalina, the Scenic Riviera of the U.S.A. ... yet only a short delightful voyage from Los Angeles
Item sets
Contextual Materials
Site pages
Inside & Outside the Frame
Media
A black-and-white stereograph showing two nearly identical views of Avalon Bay on Catalina IslandNMAH-AC0143-20058.jpg