Photograph of passengers standing on ship decks as they travel aboard the S. S. Catalina Island. In the foreground at left, a man's head is in partial view along the bottom edge. Behind him, a set of stairs ascends to a higher deck. A girl holds onto the handrail as she descends the steps. Behind her, about a couple dozen passengers stand behind the deck's rail and face towards the camera. Above and behind them, the bridge's deck stretches across the image. Both decks are in partial view; they enter frame from the left and extend just past center at right. Several passengers stand on a lower deck at right. Beyond them, a harbor is visible in the background.
Photograph of Avalon Bay, as viewed from the approaching S. S. Catalina. Passengers on the ferry stand in the foreground as they cluster together on a deck to view their approach. They stand with their backs to the camera and in a rough line that extends back to the left. Beyond them, Avalon Bay sits at right and stretches to the left. Several boats are visible in the water. Catalina Island and Avalon occupy the distant shoreline. Catalina Casino stands in the distance along the right edge.
Passengers stand on the top deck of the S. S. Catalina while en route to Catalina Island. Dozens of passengers stand clustered together in the foreground on the top deck of the S. S. Catalina ferry. They occupy the bottom half of the image and all generally face towards the left. Some rigging rises from the deck at left, behind the crowd. Low mountains stand in the distance at left.
Photograph of passengers traveling aboard the S. S. Catalina's top deck while en route to Catalina Island. The top deck extends beyond the width of the image, entering frame from the bottom edge and narrowing as it stretches into the distance. In the foreground, passengers sit on benches that line the center of the deck. They are seen from an elevated angle and sit with their backs to the camera. Open deck lines both the right and left sides of the line of benches. Railings wrap around the edge of the deck. Passengers stand along the rails and face out towards the water. At center and beyond the near benches, a mast rises beyond the top frame. Behind it, a funnel rises from a cabin and is secured by rigging. More passengers cluster together at the far end of the ship in the distance. The ocean stretches across the background.
Photograph of passengers standing aboard the S. S. Catalina as it approaches Catalina Island. Two men stand in the foreground at center with their backs to the camera. They face slightly left. Other passengers stand ahead and below them. All appear to look away from camera. Beyond them, water stretches across the mid-ground. Two smaller boats sail through the water at center and at far left. Brush-covered hillsides rise from the shore of Catalina Island in the distance.
Photograph of Mertie West and others traveling on a ferry while en route to Catalina Island. Passengers stand on the deck in the foreground. A man stands in partial view along the left edge with his back to the camera. To the immediate right of him, a little girl stands. She turns her head back towards the camera. Behind the girl, a woman stands in partial view. She faces left and is obscured by the man at far left. Along the right edge, a woman stands in profile, facing left. Between a gap in the standing passengers, other passengers sit on a bench that extends back through center and towards the side of the ship. About four women sit in a row on this bench, including Mertie West. Mertie West sits second from the back. All the women face left. The ocean is visible in the background.
Photograph of passengers clustered together on the top deck of the S. S. Catalina. A woman stands in partial view in the foreground at center. She approaches the camera. Behind her, many passengers stand, facing towards the left. They appear to occupy all available space on the deck as it extends into the distance at center. About halfway down the ship and along the right edge, a small cabin stands behind the passengers. A few small funnels stand around it and a large, solitary stack rises. Rigging stretches overhead at left. Water extends towards the horizon in the background at left.
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West, Frieda Shaw, Everett Shaw and others traveling on a ferry during a trip to Catalina Island. Passengers stand on the upper deck in the foreground. A boy stands at center and faces towards the camera. Behind him, other passengers sit on benches that stand in a line across the deck, facing left. Mertie West sits on the bench directly behind the boy at center. She looks to camera as she leans forward towards the left. Frieda Shaw sits on the near end of the bench behind and to the right of Mertie's bench. She faces left and looks to camera. Beside her, Everett Shaw stands and looks to the camera. Other passengers sit on the benches or stand on the deck. The ocean stretches across the background.
