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Catalina Island Museum

Catalina Island
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Avalon becomes a resort community in 1888

AVALON—In the late 1880s George Shatto, who owned the island at the time, embarked on a campaign to turn Catalina Island into a tourist destination. He began planning and building

Frida exhibit
Catalina Connection

Catalina Island Museum reopening turns into reclosing

AVALON— Catalina Island Museum had begun welcoming back members and visitors when another round of state-issued guidelines forced them to close yet again. The museum reopened on June 12 with

Aquaplaning
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Aquaplaning on Catalina Island

CATALINA ISLAND—Before water skis and wave boards existed there were aquaplanes, seen in this photo. Created in the 1920s, the wide riding boards were pulled by a speedboat similar to

Mutiny on the bounty
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Mutiny on the Bounty

TWO HARBORS—“Mutiny on the Bounty” is a 1935 American drama film based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel, Mutiny on the Bounty. The novel is based on a true