Passengers stand on the decks of the S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Item Overview

Title

Passengers stand on the decks of the S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

[between July 29-30, 1948]

Date

1948-07-29/1948-07-30

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of passengers standing on ship decks as they travel aboard the S. S. Catalina Island. In the foreground at left, a man's head is in partial view along the bottom edge. Behind him, a set of stairs ascends to a higher deck. A girl holds onto the handrail as she descends the steps. Behind her, about a couple dozen passengers stand behind the deck's rail and face towards the camera. Above and behind them, the bridge's deck stretches across the image. Both decks are in partial view; they enter frame from the left and extend just past center at right. Several passengers stand on a lower deck at right. Beyond them, a harbor is visible in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2389. Catalina Island trip July 29 and 30, 1948 1 Passengers on upper deck SS Catalina 2 approaching Catalina 3 same 4 Speedboats meet Catalina at Avalon 5 Avalon harbor 6 Casino where Sugar Loaf stood 7 Passengers on front part of Catalina 8 Same 9 Same

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Santa Catalina Island

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Ferries--American--California--Santa Catalina Island
Ocean travel
Passengers--California--Santa Catalina Island