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AVAlON, cIRcA 1932.

The VIew fROm The PROmeNADe uPPeR Deck, 1920S.

The S.S. cATAlINA AND ONe Of Th e eARly SeA PlANeS

s.s. caTalina facTs:

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AND heRBeRT hOOVeR, AND AcTOR ROBeRT mITchum.