Catalina Collection

Consolidated PBY Catalina (aft) climbing away of Boeing built PB2B-2

Bay of Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
View of the Bay of Avalon, with the Casino in the background, Casino Point, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: 1939

Plane arriving, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Plane arriving at Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA, with the Casino on the left and the Hotel St Catherine on the right. Date: 1939

Booklet cover, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA -- The Magic Isle. Date: 1939

Catalina: Now see Santa Catalina, the Scenic Riviera of the USA.... yet only a short delightful voyage from Los Angeles. Travel poster for tourism to Santa Catalina Island, California

The beach at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Cal.. Date c1903

Map, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Map of Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of California, USA, with inset scenes. 1935

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina over Aleutian waters

Flying fish trip, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Flying fish trip at night on the Blanche W, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: 1939

Catalina Flying Boat Catalina Flying Boat
Catalina Flying Boat - American consolidated flying boat. Two 1, 200 H.P. Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp Engines. Range 4, 000 miles. Depicted sighting the Bismarck. Date: circa 1940s

The Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
People and boats at The Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: 1939

Consolidated PBY-5 seen clad in drab 1942 livery Catalinas flown by the US Navy and RAFs Coastal Command helped defeat the U-Boat threat across the Atlantic

Greta Garbo (1905-1990)
A portrait of Greta Garbo on her yacht off Catalina Island. Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm and was spotted whilst studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School by the Swedish director Mauritz

World Record Broadbill Swordfish Catalina Island, California
World Record Broadbill Swordfish - Catalina Island, California, USA. Weighting a whopping 571lb (before the addition of a small child!). Date: 1930s

Spain, Valencia. Santa Catalina Tower. It was built in the 17th century in Baroque style. Engraving, 19th century. Cronica General de Espana. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias

Canadian Vickers OA-10A Catalina L-866
Flyvevabnet - Canadian Vickers OA-10A Catalina L-866 (msn CV402, ex 44-33915), at RAF Cosford after delivery to the RAF Museum circa October 1973. (Flyvevabnet - Royal Danish Air Force). Date: 1973

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 46582 (msn 3035), on display at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL. (To US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6582; Lend-Lease to Brazil in 1944 as FAB 21)

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina N423RS (msn 1524 / t181 / 1694, ex BuAer 48423), at Duxford. Date: 1999

Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina VH-PBZ (msn 2043), of the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society. Date: circa 2005

Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A G-PBYA Miss Pick Up (msn CV-283), seen flying in the colours of Canadian Vickers OA-10A Catalina 44-33915

SS Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Steamship SS Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA Date: circa 1920

Santa Catalina Church, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Santa Catalina Church, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1890

Sta Catalina dock, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Santa Catalina dock, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1920

Group photo, Santa Catalina Hotel, Canary Islands
Group photo of visitors at the Santa Catalina Hotel, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: 1896

Santa Catalina, Puerto de la Luz, Las Palmas, Canary Islands
Santa Catalina dock, Puerto de la Luz, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, with ships, people and cargo. Date: circa 1906

Santa Catalina Hotel, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1906

Harold Whitey Packman, deep sea diver, Santa Catalina, USA
Harold Whitey Packman, deep sea diver, Santa Catalina Island, USA, Date: circa 1926

Vought-Sikorsky VS-44A N41881
Vought-Sikorsky VS-44A NC41881 / N41881 Mother Goose (ex Excambian) of Avalon Air Transport, tied up on the Avalon jetty at Long Beach

de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter N63118 (msn 118) of Catalina Air Lines - Aero Commuter. Date: 1968

Santa Catalina dock (and car park!) at the Port of Las Palmas (Puerto de la Luz), Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. Date: circa 1920s

Las Palmas - The St. Catalina Wharf - Puerto de la Luz
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain - The St. Catalina Wharf - Puerto de la Luz (La Luz Port). Date: circa 1910s

Aerial view, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Aerial view of Avalon Bay and surrounding area, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. With annotations showing Casino Ballroom and Theatre, Submarine Gardens and Seal Colony, Villa Park

Consolidated Catalina by A.F.D. Bannister

The Sackville claimant case
A Twentieth-Century Claimant - characters in the Sackville case. Ernest Henri Jean Baptiste Sackville-West claimed to be the lawful son of the late Lord Sackville and Josefa Duran de Ortega

Catalina, California, USA - Everett Adargo, deep sea diver
Catalina, California, USA - Everett Bernard Adargo (1891-1971), deep sea diver, who set a record of descending to 56ft in 3 minutes, 15 seconds

Catalina flying boat VA723, Redhills Lake, Madras, India
Catalina flying boat VA723, in service with the RAF at Redhills Lake, Madras, India. This type of flying boat was widely used during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Catalina spots Bismarck in heavy sea by G. H. Davis
A Catalina flying boat (seaplane) spotting the damaged German battleship Bismarck in a heavy sea: the flying boat under severe attack by enemy fire during the Second World War

QUISPE TITO, Diego (1611-1681). Saint Jerome

Cervantes reads his La Galatea to his wife Dona Catalina
Miguel de Cervantes, a famous Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, sits reading to his lover, Dona Catalina, his La Galatea, of which she was his inspiration. Date: 1585

Katherine of Aragon (1485-1536). Queen of England. First wife of Henry VIII. Unknown artist. Early 18th century. National Portrait Gallery. London. United Kingdom

Manuel Catalina Rodriguez (1820-1886). Engraving. Colored
Manuel Catalina Rodriguez (1820-1886). Spanish dramatic actor. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903) in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1886

Catalina De Erauzo
CATALINA DE ERAUZO Spanish adventuress Date: 1585 - 1650

Sunbathers on beach, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Sunbathers on the beach at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: 1939

Submarine Gardens, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
People viewing the Submarine Gardens on a glass-bottomed boat, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: circa 1930

Zane Grey residence, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Zane Grey residence at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: circa 1930

The Phoenix, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
The Phoenix, a glass-bottomed boat for viewing marine life, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: 1939

Water sports, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Water sports, with the Casino building in the background, Casino Point, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: circa 1930

Beach view, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Beach view showing terraces, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: 1907

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