Santa Catalina Island: Photo Booklet Circa 1900

By Banning Company and Fritz Von Coelln

Reprint of the original "Santa Catalina Island, A Descriptive View Book in Colors." Circa 1905 photo booklet that may have been published as a souvenir. Catalina Island, 26 miles from Los Angeles, is a tourist vacation and fishing destination that saw its first vacationers during the turn of the century. This booklet was part of Earle Reinhardt Pollock's personal effects (1872-1958). Pollok was City Manager for Avalon, Catalina Island during the Big Band Era. Original postcards printed by Detroit Photographic Company and colorized using the Photochrome Process: a hand coloring of images from photographic negatives via direct transfer of a negative onto a lithographic printing plate.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1533502633
• ISBN13: 9781533502636
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 34 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 0.1" x 8.3"