Two pioneers at Catalina

Travel lecturer Burton Holmes photographs American singer Al Jolson from a dock on Santa Catalina Island. Jolson stands in a small rowboat with a fish in one hand and a fishing pole in the other.

Publication date: 1931-08-02

Size: 14 x 17 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)

Subject(s):

• Fishermen--California--Santa Catalina Island--1930-1940
• Holmes, Burton, 1870--Social life--1930-1940
• Jolson, Al, 1886-1950--Social life--1930-1940
• Photographers--California--Santa Catalina Island--1930-1940
• Piers & wharves--California--Santa Catalina Island--1930-1940
• Rowboats--American--California--Santa Catalina Island--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (August 2, 1931), p. 3

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Associated Press